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| 7/31/2006 |

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| AROUND THE WATERCOOLER THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH |

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|07:48:51 |

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|07:48:51 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) 'Around the Watercooler" this morning, the question is simple but |

|the answer may be complex. What do you think is the happiest country on |

|the planet? Ladies, some guesses? |

|07:49:02 MARYSOL CASTRO |

|(OC) Somewhere in the South Pacific, perhaps. |

|07:49:04 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) Fiji was a guess over here. And he plays with steel drums, so you |

|can guess, over there. |

|07:49:09 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) So, we're going with the happy culture environment? |

|07:49:10 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) It would have to be an island, I would think. Yes. |

|07:49:12 MARYSOL CASTRO |

|(OC) Yeah. |

|07:49:12 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) I would think, if not the South Pacific, maybe the Caribbean. I |

|don't know. |

|07:49:16 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) And you? |

|07:49:16 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) I know the answer. Go. |

|07:49:19 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) I would, I would still say America. I'm an American. |

|07:49:22 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) Oh, come on, Chris. |

|07:49:22 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) Yeah? |

|07:49:24 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) Not an Ameri-can't. But let's take a look, David Muir went with |

|the researchers, he came up with the answer, let's see what it is. |

|07:49:28 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) Yes. |

|GRAPHICS: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY |

|GRAPHICS: THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH? |

|07:49:29 DAVID MUIR, ABC NEWS |

|(VO) The happiest country on Earth? Denmark. Researchers at the |

|University of Leicester in England looked at 178 countries. What mattered |

|most? Health, WEALTH and education. 'Precisely," says the Danish |

|Embassy. |

|07:49:44 HELLE MEINERTZ, ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS |

|We're happy because we have a balance between our work and our private |

|life. |

|07:49:49 DAVID MUIR |

|(VO) How many weeks of vacation? |

|07:49:50 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|Do you really wanna know? |

|07:49:52 DAVID MUIR |

|(VO) Let me know. |

|07:49:53 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|Five to six weeks. |

|07:49:54 DAVID MUIR |

|(VO) But vacation, she says, is only part of it. There are shorter |

|workweeks, 37 hours on average, and higher education and healthcare for |

|all. And when it comes to the people, well, they say they're humble. |

|07:50:05 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) And you say they don't like to brag? |

|07:50:07 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|No. |

|07:50:08 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) And yet, you'd be happy to tell us that you're happy. |

|07:50:11 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|We'll be happy to tell we're happy. But then, nothing more. And we'll |

|do it together. |

|07:50:14 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) But no bragging? |

|07:50:15 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|No bragging. |

|07:50:16 DAVID MUIR |

|(VO) But they have reason to. And who's behind them? |

|GRAPHICS: HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH |

|GRAPHICS: SWITZERLAND |

|GRAPHICS: AUSTRIA |

|GRAPHICS: ICELAND |

|GRAPHICS: BAHAMAS |

|07:50:19 DAVID MUIR |

|(VO) Switzerland, Austria, Iceland and the Bahamas. Where's the US? |

|GRAPHICS: USA RANKING |

|GRAPHICS: 23 |

|07:50:24 DAVID MUIR |

|(VO) Twenty-third. Not so bad, out of 178. |

|07:50:27 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) But Denmark is not as big as the United States by any means. |

|07:50:30 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|Definitely not. It's a little smaller than Lake Michigan, so... |

|07:50:34 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) Denmark, all of Denmark? |

|07:50:34 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|Yes. All of Denmark. |

|07:50:36 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) There is a new poll out about the happiest country on Earth. Give |

|a guess. |

|07:50:40 PEDESTRIAN, FEMALE |

|Angola. |

|07:50:41 PEDESTRIAN |

|Italy. |

|07:50:41 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) Angola? Italy? |

|07:50:43 PEDESTRIAN |

|Finland or one of those Nordic countries. |

|07:50:45 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) Close, close, close. |

|07:50:46 PEDESTRIAN |

|Sweden. |

|07:50:47 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) Getting closer. Starts with a D, sound like Men Mark (PH). |

|07:50:51 PEDESTRIAN |

|Denmark. |

|07:50:52 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) Yeah. |

|07:50:52 PEDESTRIAN |

|Denmark. There you go. |

|07:50:54 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) What do you think is the happiest country? |

|07:50:56 PEDESTRIAN |

|It's my country. |

|07:50:57 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) It's your country. |

|07:50:57 PEDESTRIAN |

|It's Denmark. |

|07:50:58 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) You're from Denmark? |

|07:50:58 PEDESTRIAN |

|Oh, yeah. |

|07:50:59 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) What are the chances? She's from Denmark. |

|07:51:01 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) You've heard that song, 'Don't Worry, Be Happy?" |

|07:51:03 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|Yeah. |

|07:51:04 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) Is that your national anthem? |

|07:51:06 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|No. Not yet. |

|07:51:06 DAVID MUIR |

|(OC) But it could be? |

|07:51:07 HELLE MEINERTZ |

|It could be. |

|07:51:11 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) How about my man Muir saying 'Menmark" when he was trying to get |

|them to... |

|07:51:13 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) Love it. Love it. |

|07:51:15 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) But there is something to be said about the balance. You know, |

|people who talk more about life and HAPPINESS than work. |

|07:51:20 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) True. |

|07:51:21 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) And in this country, we talk so much about work. |

|07:51:23 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) It's true. |

|07:51:24 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) I think that. And lunch of herring. |

|07:51:27 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) Herring is nice pickled, isn't it? |

|07:51:27 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) Herring and glogg. Smorgasbord. |

|07:51:29 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) But seriously, the question is, you said the islands, all these |

|places. Would you want to live there? Would you wanna live in Fiji |

|instead of here? |

|07:51:35 MARYSOL CASTRO |

|(OC) Not forever. |

|07:51:37 MARYSOL CASTRO |

|(OC) But Denmark is a beautiful place. I have been there. |

|07:51:39 CHRIS CUOMO |

|(OC) It is. |

|07:51:39 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) Yeah. |

|07:51:39 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) And I have to say it is very, very inspiring. |

|07:51:41 DIANE SAWYER |

|(OC) It is. |

|07:51:42 DEBORAH ROBERTS |

|(OC) We love America. But we love America. |

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