Are you cheery?

[alex_cycles]

Jeez, we really can argue about anything here, can't we?

No

 

[Dogtrousers]

you should have defined your terms as my old government teachers used to tell me.

My terms are pretty well defined. Cheery? Yes or no*. Couldn't be clearer.

I'm not interested in the nuances of how you feel, just whether the words "cheery" or "cheerily" can be applied to you or your actions.

You say you feel "pretty good". I'll take that as a no. Pretty good is not "cheery"

* Reminds me of sitting in the Wong Kei once, quite late and the kitchen was shutting down so they only had a limited menu. Someone at the next table had asked for another dish, prompting the waiter to yell "NO! SOUP NOODLE! ONLY SOUP NOODLE! SOUP NOODLE: YES ... OR ... NO" Clearly the menu was down to just one item by then.

 

[matticus]

No we can't. I can't believe you said that.

That's not arguing. You're just disagreeing with me.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I would say cheerful rather than cheery as that does sound a bit insane When ive ever been riding a cycle or motorcycle i feel happy about it and if ive just left the dentist and riding up the road then im goddamn ecstatic!

I'm good with "cheerful". It's not "cheery"

 

[Chief Broom]

Jeez, we really can argue about anything here, can't we?

Im not arguing just clarifying! Being cheerful is a spontaneous, natural feeling where being 'cheery' has a falseness to it.

 

[All uphill]

Quietly content. I can go with that.

A professor of philosophy I happened to meet told me to forget the search for happiness, and gently seek contentment instead.

I've followed his advice for 30 years and quite often the result has been happiness.

 

[Blue Hills]

My terms are pretty well defined. Cheery? Yes or no*. Couldn't be clearer.

I'm not interested in the nuances of how you feel, just whether the words "cheery" or "cheerily" can be applied to you or your actions.

You say you feel "pretty good". I'll take that as a no. Pretty good is not "cheery"

* Reminds me of sitting in the Wong Kei once, quite late and the kitchen was shutting down so they only had a limited menu. Someone at the next table had asked for another dish, prompting the waiter to yell "NO! SOUP NOODLE! ONLY SOUP NOODLE! SOUP NOODLE: YES ... OR ... NO" Clearly the menu was down to just one item by then.

well currently close on 80 per cent have said yes to a term you've since dissed.
What could have been going on there?

 

[Dogtrousers]

well currently close on 80 per cent have said yes to a term you've since dissed.
What could have been going on there?

Just means I'm in a minority. I'm used to it. I will bear it cheerily stoically.

 

[Cycleops]

Once, out in the country lanes, I passed an old man and called out "Good Morning".
He replied "I woke up - it's a good morning"

'An old man' or 'another old man' ?

 

[Brandane]

Of course northerners are more friendly/cheery on bikes - especially when crossing the Humber Bridge)

Only cheery when crossing northbound, surely? The other direction taking them closer to London....

 

[Sharky]

'An old man' or 'another old man' ?

I am old, but he was really old!

 

[Bollo]

I may appear cheery but in all honesty I'm dead inside.

 

[yello]

I really dislike the word "cheery". To me it suggests a kind of senseless, inane forced jollity. So I'm never that.

As an aside, I really like personal vocabularies. We all have them and I like it when we explore them.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Personally I think it's pretty hard not to feel pretty good when cycling - in that way I think it is actually - consistently - better than sex.

Sounds like my mate - he has an appalling sex life; he asked his wife a couple of years back if they could shag 3 times on holiday and she said once is enough as a treat! How sad is that? (Asking, quantifying, her response.)

On the other hand he maintains that sex more than twice a week would be boring! How sad is that?

Although golf; 3-4 times a week and occasionally 8-9 days in a row is "fantastic".

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Only cheery when crossing northbound, surely? The other direction taking them closer to London....

Well no, as northerners are spread throughout the country.

Only cheery when crossing northbound, surely? The other direction taking them closer to London....

Majority of northerners moved to London in the 80s. Much as I love the idea that no one moves more than 20 miles (in their lifetime) from where they were born