This message is from: "Birgit Mortensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
As far as I remember it was Curt Pierce who in July told the list and especially the people from Northamerica travelling to the Danish jubilee in August that they were going to meet the most happy people in the world, i.e. the Danes .. Recently more news have been published on that subject. In the Xmas issue of British Medical Journal (BMJ) you can read an article (written by a professor, a paediatrician and a director from the University in my hometown). They have considered a lot of possible reasons for all this happiness, starting with the old saying 'blondes have more fun' (blond being a very common hair colour in Denmark). They work their way through 12 possible reasons. Their conclusion is very surprising. Actually we Danes are very pessimistic with very low expectations for the future. On every single New Years Eve we expect the worst in the year to come ... and when 'the worst' does not happen, we are happy. It is so simple as that .... When the article is published in the Xmas issue of BMJ the reason might be that this issue allows articles about research not based on truly scientific methods. Scientific or not ...... When Autumn comes with rain and short days/long evenings a lot of Danes spirits go down. Already in 1986 one of our melancholic poets - Henrik Nordbrandt - wrote a poem with the title 'The year has 16 months' (November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, November, November, November). In consequence of his dislike for our climate (especially in November and the other dark months) he has chosen to spend most of his time in the Mediteranian region Half of the Danes have been coughing and sneezing their way into 2007, so now of course we are happy that we survived. All the best wishes for 2007 Birgit P.S. The fjords in Denmark have seen no sign of winter yet, no snow and no temperatures below the freezing point - but a lot of rain. Our exhibition- and outdoor event-season starts in April and as usual some of us will be in Norway four months from now (stallion exhibition, of course) But before that I will spend some hours in January sending letters to the US with things I promised to send in October in Winona ... The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
