emotional extremes
The aspiring psychiatrists were attending their first
class on emotional extremes. Just to establish
some parameters, said the professor to the student
from Arkansas, What is the opposite of joy?
Sadness, said the student.
And the opposite of depression? he asked of the young
lady from Oklahoma.
Elation, said she.
And you sir, he said to the young man from
Texas, how about the opposite of woe?
The Texan replied, Sir, I believe that would be giddy-up.