{"id":14292,"date":"2010-05-06T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T10:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2014-06-12T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:59:25","slug":"if-you-want-to-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/if-you-want-to-be-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Want to be Happy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14293\" title=\"Happy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy-624x837.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy-278x373.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy-526x706.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy-330x444.jpg 330w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Happy-572x768.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>On this particular day, when we&#8217;ve been saturated with admonitions to change your own and your neighbour&#8217;s lives by sticking a little cross next to one politician or another&#8217;s name, we thought that the various spin doctors of party politics could take a leaf out of this brazen Beemer bike ad from the seventies.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14413\" title=\"mini\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini.jpg 594w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini-278x405.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini-526x767.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini-304x444.jpg 304w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mini-572x834.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>And we&#8217;re sure you know that size is not the measure of true happiness. But surely British leyland were pushing the boundaries a bit when they put forward the Mini as the answer to contentment.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14415\" title=\"gear\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear.jpg 604w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear-278x397.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear-526x751.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear-310x444.jpg 310w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2010\/05\/gear-572x817.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>But in the way that this woman is lovingly assisting with the safety of the situation with the handbrake, we think that the MG Midget just might be the answer. 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