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Amusing Bad Science column (there may be a tautology in there somewhere).

(Alternative link for those allergic to the Guardian)

…there are numerous inhabitants of these Isles who have comfortable homes and are hardly unhappy at all. This, they know instinctively, is Wrong (and in extreme cases, Sin). So once a year they feel obliged to drive themselves out into the small open spaces in search of discomfort.
Sellars & Yeatman