“Money Can’t Buy Happiness…”

That phrase was obviously thought up by somebody who had never experienced poverty. Yes, looked at logically and in isolation, it’s perfectly correct: Happiness is an intangible state and not a purchasable commodity. However, it’s a phrase that’s too often abused and misused. Too many people interpret it as “Money is incompatible with happiness”, which is nonsense; they are too entirely different things.
As Spike Milligan observed: “Money won’t buy you happiness – but with it, you can be miserable in comfort.”

Good old Doc G has increased the dosage of my beta-blockers – musing and burbling on philosophical matters while I walk home from the village shop must be one of the side-effects he was warning me about.