The Cheery Digest

Apparently...

... people who are happy earn an extra $750,000 plus in their lifetimes than glumsters.

Cheery spam...

Apparently the Cheery Digest Facebook Group has been spammed by some wally who has messaged all the members, and the Cheery editor is no longer on Facebook, so can't get in and do anything about it, so if you're reading this, dear Cheery supporters, please ignore...

But the Cheery side of this silly debacle is that all this talk of spam made us remember this

which can only be a good thing.

Tata for now!

Audrey Hepburn's favourite poem...

Sam Levenson's Time Tested Beauty Tips

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. 
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. 
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. 
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day. 
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone. 

The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete. People even more than things have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw out anybody. 

Remember if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. 

Your 'good old days' are still ahead of you, may you have many of them."

Hart-felt Morph-ing...

If you haven't seen this already, the BBC have a fantastic video of the day there was a Morph Flash Mob at the Tate Modern.

The Morph-tacular was arranged in tribute to the late great artist Tony Hart ... He brought us many hours of cheeriness, God bless him.

A quote...

“I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird.” Paul McCartney.

So don't worry about being weird, basically.

Get dosh for your old mobile...

Nothing new, is this, but if you're thinking of upgrading to a spanking great new moby, maybe read this bad boy from the Telegraph, which claims you can make a tidy sum by trading it in...

Solo happiness

Nothing rude, before you ask. 

The Independent have done a cool little article on how to be a happy personage in solitudinousnessness....

You don't have to be swanning off to parties all the time you know. In fact, if you're cheery in your own company then we reckon you're onto a winner. Everything in moderation of course.

Floating smiliness...

Artist Stuart Semple cheered up London's South Bank today by releasing over 2,000 pink smiley faces into the air.

The smiles, which were made from helium, vegetable dye and soap, floated over London after their launch from outside the Tate Modern, to create a 'Happy Cloud' installation.

Semple told Auntie Beeb: "I've had enough of the doom and gloom in the air and I wanted to show something completely positive floating up in the sky.

"I am hoping it might put a smile on a few people's faces as they go through their day."

Stuart, you're our kind of chap.

Smooching encouraged at High Wycombe station

We thought it wasn't quite in the Valentine's spirit when we heard that kissing was banned at the passenger drop-off point at Warrington Bank Quay station, because it 'held commuters up'.

But High Wycombe have started a counter-campaign to encourage kissing, because railway stations are romantic places after all, and if you couldn't kiss your loved one goodbye as they set off on their train journey, well, what kind of a world would this be?

Chiltern Railways are even encouraging couples to send in pictures of themselves kissing, and the most romantic one will win a champagne afternoon tea at London's Landmark hotel in Marylebone.

So there!

Monty's cottage saved!

'Come on lads, let's get home. The sky's beginning to bruise, night must fall and we shall be forced to camp.' Monty

Hooray! The nice chap who has bought Sleddale Hall - Monty's cottage in the cult film Withnail and I - has vowed to restore it to it's former glory.

Cumbrian businessman Sebastian Hindley, who also owns the Mardale Inn in nearby Bampton, snapped up the gem from water firm United Utilities for £265,000 after it lay empty for many years.

He said: "I will be glad to welcome everyone, from local people to fans of the film, to those who would like to spend some quality time in tranquillity.

"I want to see it back like it used to be in the film and, where scenes were filmed elsewhere, try and incorporate those into the whole package.

"I live in this area because I love this area. One of the things that makes it so attractive is the bleak beauty that was highlighted in the film."