According to a story in the Sunday edition of "The Washington Post" from Scott Vogel based on a study by the University of Michigan, Denmark is the happiest country in the whole wide world.
America ranks #16, and I imagine if they asked people living in the economically-repressed town of Martinsville, Va. (between Roanoke and Greensboro, NC), that number would be even lower!
During a travel to Copenhagen, Vogel found a sausage vendor who credited Carlsberg Beer (pictured here) for the reason why everyone in Denmark acts like they're on Paxil. Other folks told the reporter that the Danish tradition of dinning with friends made them feel happy.
But, Denmark can not to be too thrilled with their early Olympic results. The Danes have yet to medal though the Swedes, Norwegians and Finns have.
Nevertheless, I did see Danish swimmer Jeanette Ottesen (pictured below) compete in the semi-finals of the 100-meter free-style swimming event, during the NBC broadcast tonight.
Ottesen, who turns 21 on New Year's Eve, holds the Danish record in this event.
Alas, she did not qualify for the finals today, but since she is Danish perhaps she will go home happy, anyway!
CORRECTION: I saw Ottesen compete tonight, so perhaps she made the semi-finals after all. She came in fourth. I need to see if Denmark has won any medals........!
UPDATE (Aug. 15)- Denmark has won its first medal! It was a bronze (team competition) in the equestrian/horse sport of dressage.
UPDATE (Aug 18)_ Denmark should now be even happier as the country has won two gold medals since this entry. They were team gold medals in rowing and sailing. The rowing medal was a disputed one, but we don't have time to go into that!
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Denmark is pretty friggin' cold in the winter!
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