Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Ten Steps to be Miserable

The Ty Mam Duw Poor Clare Colettines in Wales list ten steps to be miserable on their community website (. It is obvious that this ten point scheme for self-hindrance is what should be avoided at all cost:
  • Sulk - this is highly successful and guaranteed to achieve lasting results.

  • Grab - make sure that, always and in every place, you come first.

  • Scowl - there is nothing to smile about, and you should let everyone know it.

  • Assert yourself - it is the very least you owe to yourself.

  • Do not complain, all you have to do is say, "I don't want to be difficult, but...". This will always get the point over.

  • Argue - other people always need enlightenment.

  • Be sentimental - it will prove that you are a beautiful person who thinks with the heart.

  • Pick your food - slimmers must eat, no matter how many people may starve.

  • Worry - this is one of the most genteel and widely accepted methods of avoiding responsibility.

  • Never forget! Keep an ineradicable charge sheet of your neighbours failings printed on the inside of your eyeballs. And whatever good they may do, do not hold it against them