Taki Taki

High life | 8 December 2016

Here’s Dr Taki’s prescription for happiness: don’t strive for it non-stop; stay away from social media; head for Salt Lake City

issue 10 December 2016

Here we go again, my 40th Christmas column in a row, and it seems only two weeks ago that I filed the last one. This is a very happy time of year — parties galore, lots of love for our fellow man and happiness all around. Mind you, there is an old calypso that says: ‘If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife…’. I’m not so sure about that; in my book, the prettier the woman the happier it makes me, but I could be wrong. My instinct tells me that a pretty woman keeps a man on his toes. No beautiful woman will stay with a man who doesn’t deserve her — not in the long run, anyway. But I’ve also noticed that many — though not all — very beautiful women are not very happy.

Why is that? Phonies such as Freud and his ilk blamed it all on sexual dreams, but I don’t agree.

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