..who's the happiest of them all?

I met an italian guy today.

I was with a bunch of arab girls, dancing, yelling and laughing all night long.

He came closer to us and said : "you are the happiest girls I have ever seen in my entire life.. and people believe that italians are the happiest human beings on earth!!"

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Actually, I never knew whether it's a good thing or a bad thing to live in a third world country with continuous electricity cut-off, the highest poverty rates, where unemployment reigns, war is a constant threat, and violence and sexual abuse is part of our everyday life - men violence against women, parents and teachers violence against children, government violence against peaceful civilians, and despite all the above, we're  simply happy* - even better, the "happiest* girls a carefree italian guy ever saw"!