TEXAS….
July 19th, 2005
Three aspiring psychiatrists attended their first class on
emotional extremes.
“Just to establish some parameters,” said the professor to
the student from the University of Texas, “What is the
opposite of Joy?
“Sadness,” responded the student.
“And the opposite of depression?” he asked the student from Harvard.
“Elation” was her reply.
“And you, sir,” he said to the young man from Texas A&M. “How
about the opposite of woe?”
The Aggie replied, “Sir, that would be giddy-up.”