Happy people don't watch time. Happy hours are not observed? And the unfortunates? Why We See What Others See: The Mirror Neurons of the Optical Interpretation System

There are many so-called catchphrases in our speech. I would like to understand their origins and origins. For example, who said "happy hours don't watch?"

We hear this phrase often. It is pronounced both seriously and with irony, and even with anger. It all depends on the situation in which it is said.

History of appearance

This expression was introduced into Russian everyday life by A.S. Griboyedov. In the comedy Woe from Wit, Sophia says such words to the maid Lisa about her date with Molchalin. (act. 1, yavl. 4).

"Happy hours don't watch!"

But with some variants of such expressions met in the literature before.

Matthew Prior's satirical poem Alma, written in 1715, says:

Happy hours do not know!

And in Friedrich Schiller's drama "Piccolomino" (the second part of the trilogy about Wallenstein), Marco Piccolomino says:

Happy clock does not strike!

Time is relative?

The fact that the flow of time in different situations and in different emotional states is felt differently is no secret to anyone. And this can probably be called the emotional theory of relativity.

While waiting, the time is very long. We look at the clock every minute, but time seems to freeze!

Vladimir Mayakovsky in his poem "A Cloud in Pants" writes how he is waiting for Maria, who promised to come at four o'clock, but she is still not there. Every hour is like an ax blow.

The twelfth hour has fallen, like the head of the executed from the chopping block!

Or Fazil Iskander writes that in the Abkhaz language there is a stable expression: "The time at which we stand." It means immutability, constancy, absence of events. This time, as a rule, is gloomy, devoid of joy.

In the life of Nina Chavchavadze, Griboyedov's beloved woman, the time of her life was also divided into two unequal parts. In 1828, Alexander Sergeevich arrived in Tbilisi and fell in love with the Georgian princess Nina Chavchavadze. In the autumn of the same year, they got married and left for Persia, where Griboyedov was appointed ambassador. He left his wife in Tabriz. And in January 1829, a brutal mob of fanatics who attacked the Russian embassy tore it to pieces.

For only a few months, Nina was happy and wore mourning for more than 30 years.

Why did my love survive you?

Written on her grave.

After his death, Nina wore mourning for more than 30 years. And the months spent with Griboyedov were her main life.

Music also affects our perception of time. Different melodies either speed up or slow down our perception of reality. Physiologists have proven this by measuring the frequency of heartbeat and respiration while listening to various melodies. For example, when performing the work "Time Forward" by Georgy Sviridov, the subjects' pulse increased by 17%. And Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" slowed down the pulse by 8%

Catchphrase in our life

Modern writers also often play with the expression: "Happy hours do not watch" in different ways. Igor Guberman in his "Gariki" writes for example:

Happy then always sob that they don’t watch the clock on time!

It is clear that this is not only about the loss of vigilance during a love date. Happiness is always followed by retribution.

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Happy hours don't watch

From the comedy "Woe from Wit" (1824) by A. S. Griboyedov (1795-1829). Sophia's words (action 1, appearance 4):

Look at the clock, look out the window:

The people have been pouring down the streets for a long time;

And in the house there is a knock, walking, sweeping and cleaning.

Happy hours are not observed.

A possible source of this expression is the drama "Piccolomini" (1800) by the German poet Johann Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805): "Die Uhr schlagt keinem Gliicklichen" - "The clock does not strike the lucky one."

Happy hours don't watch
Monologue
Everyone is staring, staring. They look at the clock, but the happy ones, on the contrary; they don’t watch the clock! But why goggle at them? What is interesting about the clock? Gray-haired old man .... Our clock that hangs in the kitchen with two weights and with a hole, covered with a round lid, is more than a century old! - My great-grandfather looked at them when he was unhappy. I must admit - an unusual clock with a cuckoo. She voices every digit with its cuckooing, jumping out of the hole.An old cuckoo, shabby - you won’t find a feather on it anymore, besides - without a tail! It’s growing decrepit, it began to mope, crowed with difficulty; if you could replace it, but where can you find such a bird?

Happy hours are not watched... It is disgusting to look at these hours, although I consider myself not always happy and must therefore watch them at least once a week.

You do not think about the clock, suddenly you hear: kuuu-ku; kuuu-ku; kuuu-ku ... that - about to die - a bird - it is so hard and reluctantly she fulfills her duties.

Once this clock cuckoo threw out such a thing that you are amazed: she allowed arbitrariness - she supplemented her kuuuka with a word that was not provided for by any document. Here's what I heard: kuuu-ku, hello; kuuu - ku, hello; kuuu - ku, hello ... I'm already stunned! He shook his head, driving away various bad thoughts, he could not believe his ears! Hour sat to hear her cuckoo again: kuu-ku, hello; kuuu - ku, hello ..., just teasing ... And what if someone was playing a joke on me: hiding under the table and adding the word - hello! There is no one under the table, the door is empty... What the hell?! Shared information with my wife. We sat with her in the kitchen for an hour to hear the cuckoo again ... And then the cuckoo came to life; kuuu-ku, hi, kuuu-ku, hi... I shout to my wife: did you hear? heard? The wife calmly answers.; yes! I wonder. What should I hear? - the wife is nervous. The word "hello"! She shrugged, spreading her arms.

The psychiatrist looked at me suspiciously and asked: how is your health? Not complaining! And in what year did the State Duma sequester the budget? I am silent In what year did the default occur? I am silent again. With your memory ... that ... What should I do, doctor. Force yourself to forget the word "hello". How can I greet my friends? Well, say: Bonjour! or "healthy boules!" or "salve". The choice of words is enough!

Happy hours are not observed! - and they are doing it right: there is nothing to be distracted from the case!

The train driver was told that his son had just been born: 3200, height 52. What happened?! The engineer almost went mad with happiness; left the controls and dance well. I had to stop the train. Passengers congratulated the driver on the birth of a toddler, decorated the electric locomotive with wild flowers, had fun, danced, someone uncorked a bottle of champagne, someone took out a bottle of cognac, the moonshine came in handy ... The driver became happy and stopped looking at the clock and the traffic schedule .. The electric train was late to the place of arrival by as much as two hours.... The driver was acquitted: he is right! Happy hours are not observed!....

It turns out bad that they, happy, do not look at the clock with both eyes, well, at least they looked with one eye ....

The referee of a football match accidentally became... who do you think?... not - but, a millionaire! Remember, on TV they asked: who wants to become a millionaire ??? And take the judge, and blurt out: I want ... A happy judge in the field is a disaster! He does not look at the scoreboard, he despises the stopwatch. the clock does not recognize ..., fans and players confused all the cards! The football players in the field got wet, stuck out their tongues, the poor, look at the referee... Half time, as you know, lasts 45 minutes, but an hour has already passed, and the referee does not let the players go for a break - he forgot that he has a whistle - the main tool of labor!

The fans get nervous, show the referee their watch, and he turns away. The stadium began to chant: time! Time! Time! The referee seemed to be deaf, waved his hand and continued the game. Players from fatigue fell on the lawn. I had to urgently replace the referee: a happy one with an unfortunate, miserable one, so that he could finish the match, even if at times he would look at his watch.

Yes, happy hours are not observed! It has become their habit... it has become their hobby!

He came on a date with a bouquet of flowers, took a place under a pillar with a clock, impatiently waiting. While he is happy, he does not look at his watch. She is worried, excited; today she has an important date with a young man - he promised her to confess his love!

Well, I ran! she says. Mother shouts: stop! take a dramatic break! It is necessary that your betrothed toil, worry, suffer ... Love without suffering is not love! I'm with your father ... then followed a long story about an old gray-haired love. He could not find a place, was nervous, began to eat flowers - he had already chewed half the bouquet, his nostrils were inflated like a hot stallion. He did not like the watch - he began to shake his fist at it.

She again rushed to the door, again shouting: stop! If he loves, then he must wait until the last!

Happy hours are not observed! Well, well, everything is clear with them - the happy ones lose their heads / like that driver, judge ... Imagine if everyone in the country suddenly became happy ... Nobody looks at the chronometers, chaos would reign in the country, confusion All around : disrupted all schedules, schedules, prescriptions; the work schedule of institutions has collapsed - no one comes on time because everyone is happy who does not look at their watches. Airports, railway stations, theatres, museums... work in virtual time, people have become virtual...

That is why in the country, in addition to happy citizens, there must be unhappy, long-suffering, mediocre citizens who are supposed to watch the clock according to their status.

Happy hours are not observed, but this is their business, and we must live in real time, without a sense of time - what a life.

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P.s. Happy hours are not observed. They wear them
We are all used to the fact that the one who wears the watch is "unhappy". The whole world believes that without this accessory, a businessman is no longer a businessman, but an entrepreneur. Especially if suddenly his watch is Chinese, from the market. Then it’s definitely better for him not to stretch out his hands to partners in negotiations - they won’t respect him and they won’t understand. Business is easier for ladies, but the current fashion dictates hourly rules for them too.

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