jan 21st was the most depressing day
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jan 21st was the most depressing day January 22, 2008 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 4,402 |
January 21 may be the gloomiest day of the year - but in Brown's 'Britain', only until January 22
08:18am 22nd January 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/dailymail.html?in_article_id=509634&in_page_id=1790
According to new research, January 21 was the gloomiest day of the year, when the post-Christmas blues reached a crescendo. In the normal course of events, I ignore such "surveys", which are merely a thinly disguised way of getting some obscure company's name in the paper.
But on this occasion, I'll make an exception. Yesterday, I felt like crawling back into bed and pulling the duvet over my head.
Unfortunately, that wasn't an option. There was a column to be written and journalists, unlike novelists, aren't allowed to suffer from writer's block.
And that means having to read the newspapers, which over the past few days have been uniformly depressing.
Psychologist Cliff Arnall says six factors combine to make us miserable.
They are: "The dank and gloomy weather; debt; a feeling of monotony; low levels of motivation; broken resolutions; and a desperate feeling that you need to take action to improve your drab existence."
Scroll down for more...
They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad...
I don't know why we're giving away DVDs and antioxidants. If this report is right, a bottle of Paraquat and a packet of razor blades would be a better bet.
It's days like this when you ring up the Samaritans because you're thinking of killing yourself - and they advise you on the best way to do it.
You could try throwing yourself in front of a train. It would be cheaper than actually travelling on one. Britain now has the highest rail fares in the world.
Then there's the latest MRSA scare, which centres on nursery schools, classrooms and gyms, in addition to the estimated 300,000 people a year who contract superbugs in hospital.
Now researchers have discovered a new strain which can kill you within 24 hours. Mind you, that's if diabetes and heart disease don't get you first. Another "survey" says four million "healthy" people are at risk, even though they're not overweight.
If you survive that lot, there's always the chance you might drown. The Met Office says more torrential rain is on the way and heavy flooding is forecast.
Of course, you may freeze to death, instead. Another report says more than four million can't afford to pay their power and gas bills - which are going up by 15 per cent, faster than any other country in Europe.
Still, it might take your mind off the latest government data protection bungle. The Ministry of Defence has lost the records of 600,000 military recruits.
It is described as a treasure trove for terrorists. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: "You couldn't make it up."
I wonder where he got that from. Meanwhile, taxpayers are into Northern Rock for £25 billion and Gordon Brown is trying to stitch up a cut-price deal to knock it out to Richard Branson.
Oh, and the value of your house is falling by £120 a day.
Plus, if you use a mobile phone shortly before going to bed, you'll almost certainly die of brain cancer.
Nearly 1 billion in Lottery money has been frittered away on traffic humps and providing advice and support for the "travelling community".
And, ladies, drinking coffee will either cause you to miscarry your unborn child or ward off ovarian cancer. Be lucky.
The Home Secretary says it's not safe to walk the streets and schools are installing metal detectors to stop pupils bringing guns and knives to school.
Finally, a leading imam gave an interview in which he spoke of his desire to convert Britain to sharia law.
And I haven't even mentioned the Cuprinol Kid, the EU referendum scandal, MPs' pay, the pensions black hole or the bloody Lady Di inquest. I could go on, but I'm rapidly losing the will to live.
Perhaps that report was right after all. But it should have added that January 21 is the gloomiest day of the year - so far.
I'm reminded of the old blues classic, Stormy Monday.
"They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad.
Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's awful sad."
See you on Friday. Chin up
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii
Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.â€
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein
08:18am 22nd January 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/dailymail.html?in_article_id=509634&in_page_id=1790
According to new research, January 21 was the gloomiest day of the year, when the post-Christmas blues reached a crescendo. In the normal course of events, I ignore such "surveys", which are merely a thinly disguised way of getting some obscure company's name in the paper.
But on this occasion, I'll make an exception. Yesterday, I felt like crawling back into bed and pulling the duvet over my head.
Unfortunately, that wasn't an option. There was a column to be written and journalists, unlike novelists, aren't allowed to suffer from writer's block.
And that means having to read the newspapers, which over the past few days have been uniformly depressing.
Psychologist Cliff Arnall says six factors combine to make us miserable.
They are: "The dank and gloomy weather; debt; a feeling of monotony; low levels of motivation; broken resolutions; and a desperate feeling that you need to take action to improve your drab existence."
Scroll down for more...
They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad...
I don't know why we're giving away DVDs and antioxidants. If this report is right, a bottle of Paraquat and a packet of razor blades would be a better bet.
It's days like this when you ring up the Samaritans because you're thinking of killing yourself - and they advise you on the best way to do it.
You could try throwing yourself in front of a train. It would be cheaper than actually travelling on one. Britain now has the highest rail fares in the world.
Then there's the latest MRSA scare, which centres on nursery schools, classrooms and gyms, in addition to the estimated 300,000 people a year who contract superbugs in hospital.
Now researchers have discovered a new strain which can kill you within 24 hours. Mind you, that's if diabetes and heart disease don't get you first. Another "survey" says four million "healthy" people are at risk, even though they're not overweight.
If you survive that lot, there's always the chance you might drown. The Met Office says more torrential rain is on the way and heavy flooding is forecast.
Of course, you may freeze to death, instead. Another report says more than four million can't afford to pay their power and gas bills - which are going up by 15 per cent, faster than any other country in Europe.
Still, it might take your mind off the latest government data protection bungle. The Ministry of Defence has lost the records of 600,000 military recruits.
It is described as a treasure trove for terrorists. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: "You couldn't make it up."
I wonder where he got that from. Meanwhile, taxpayers are into Northern Rock for £25 billion and Gordon Brown is trying to stitch up a cut-price deal to knock it out to Richard Branson.
Oh, and the value of your house is falling by £120 a day.
Plus, if you use a mobile phone shortly before going to bed, you'll almost certainly die of brain cancer.
Nearly 1 billion in Lottery money has been frittered away on traffic humps and providing advice and support for the "travelling community".
And, ladies, drinking coffee will either cause you to miscarry your unborn child or ward off ovarian cancer. Be lucky.
The Home Secretary says it's not safe to walk the streets and schools are installing metal detectors to stop pupils bringing guns and knives to school.
Finally, a leading imam gave an interview in which he spoke of his desire to convert Britain to sharia law.
And I haven't even mentioned the Cuprinol Kid, the EU referendum scandal, MPs' pay, the pensions black hole or the bloody Lady Di inquest. I could go on, but I'm rapidly losing the will to live.
Perhaps that report was right after all. But it should have added that January 21 is the gloomiest day of the year - so far.
I'm reminded of the old blues classic, Stormy Monday.
"They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad.
Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's awful sad."
See you on Friday. Chin up
*********************************************************************************************************************************
I just post the stories, for interest.. for everyone
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii
Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.â€
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein
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