The Week contest — Low expectations

Last week's question: Scientists have discovered that the key to happiness is low expectations, noting that people who don't expect much from life get greater pleasure when something good happens. We asked you what title you would give a self-help book based on this principle.

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FIRST PLACE: "The Bearable Meh-ness of Being"

Meredith Swart, Saint Joseph, Mich.

SECOND PLACE: "Don't Expect This Book to Help You"

Benjamin Blech, New York City

THIRD PLACE: "How to marry a Hundredaire"

Wilfred Mundy, Stone Mountain, Ga.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Lean Back"

Joanne Sullivan, Maspeth, N.Y.

"Awaken the Average-sized Person Within"

Paul Orosz, Denver

"Chicken Poop for the Soul"

Shaw Millerman, Lake Oswego, Ore.

"Oh, the Places You Probably Won't Go"

Howard Tingley, Gig Harbor, Wash.

"No Pain, No Pain"

Warren Alexander, New York City

"The 7 Habits of Highly Ambivalent People"

Charles Huber, Gettysburg, Pa.

"Breathing: It's a Start!"

Alan Parven, Commerce Township, Mich.

"Who Moved My Velveeta?"

Mike Silvia, Barrington, R.I.

"Meek? Inherit the Earth!"

Joseph W. Hurst, Milwaukee