FNS quote of the day

In an article describing a 'happiness mapping' Iphone application;

The problem being that the phone is in the hands of a subspecies of humanity which are the biggest, most ignorant, arrogant tossers on the planet, next to the First 15 Rugby team of any college in New Zealand.

Ah yes, quantifying happiness. The most pointless of all pointless exercises, useful only for 'proving' a point that you've already though of. I might carry out a survey of people eating ice cream in a sunny midland car park and of people waiting for a bus in the rain somewhere in London on a monday to 'prove' that Brummies/motorists/tall people are 'happier' than some other group of people of whom I disapprove. In fact..

FRIDAY NIGHT SMOKE LISTENERS HAPPIER, HEALTHIER*

*than people being kicked repeatedly in the balls