When you are forty, you can use this simple formula to calculate your happiness.
(Total Dollar Value of Cars Owned) / 25
+ (Value of House) / 50
+ 1000 * years of college attended
- 2000 * years of college attended past expected number of years to graduate
+ 1000 * years of graduate school attended
+ 500 * (25 - (undergrad college's rank in US News & World Report)) (if total is less than 0, add zero, do not subtract)
+ 500 * (25 - (graduate college's rank in US News & World Report)) (if total is less than 0, add zero, do not subtract)
+ 1000 * (wife's attractiveness on 1-10 scale)
+ 2000 * (number of children with > 3.5 gpa)
- 2000 * (number of children with < 2.5 gpa)
- 1000 * (number of illegal drugs used)
- 5 * (number of times marijuana or any illegal drug was used)
- 5 * (number of times alcohol was consumed to excess)
+ 5 * (number of times wine was consumed in small quantities)
+ 100 * (value of most expensive wine ever consumed)
+ (annual income) / 10
This number shows your relative happiness, as scientifically proven, it is a direct correlation. The higher the number you aim for, the more likely you will be to achieve happiness. A completely free market society is guaranteed to have a higher total number for all its citizens than any sort of socialized system.
Posted by icejew at February 27, 2005 10:33 PMi don't think us news ranks grad schools...it would be a much more complicated endeavor, since a given university might have a dozen different graduate "schools"...not that there is anything particularly logical about their rankings to begin with
Posted by: farbs at March 1, 2005 12:22 AMYour criticism is the result of you not having happiness yet. Do you even own a house?
Posted by: DHI at March 1, 2005 09:52 AMDude, "- 2000 * (number of children with
Posted by: Jon Mandel at March 1, 2005 07:12 PMactually there should be a whole new entry on the formula:
- 1000000 * number of children who are Mandel
Posted by: farbs at March 1, 2005 08:50 PMHEY FUCK YOU! MY BROTHER ISNT AS BAD AS ME
Posted by: Jon Mandel at March 2, 2005 06:16 PMwhat the fuck? i was talking about you, mandel.
Posted by: farbs at March 2, 2005 08:36 PMThis leads me to believe the Mandelians (Nelson, Jon, Ma, Pa, and the others) live in that shoe on Garrison. Garissahhhhhn.
Posted by: dcohen at March 2, 2005 11:09 PMDescribe the shoe
Posted by: Jon Mandel at March 3, 2005 10:13 AMMike Furir Mike 729
Posted by: Mike Furir 948 at March 18, 2006 12:35 AMThe Astros have been in even worse shape, using three starters with less than two years of major-league experience. Signing Clemens to go with right-hander Roy Oswalt and left-hander Andy Pettitte again gives them a legitimate Big Three once again. If Clemens, after several minor-league tuneups, proves anywhere near as good as he was last season, he will give the team precisely the lift it needs.
Posted by: aharoaharonn at June 6, 2006 01:04 PM