True happiness Three men, an American, a Frenchman and a (Soviet) Russian are having a chat about real happiness. The American says, ""I will tell you what real happiness is. It is a loving wife, well behaved kids and a steady job with good pay so I can afford a nice house, a big car and a big television to watch football. That is all I need to get real happiness."" The Frenchman scoffs, ""That is so boring and bourgeouis. Real happiness is having a lot of friends to drink fine wine with, and having lot of time to enjoy your life of leisure."" The Russian takes a long swig of vodka, blinks and says, ""My friends, you really don't know. Real happiness is waking up to find the KGB knocks on your door at 2AM."" The American and the Frenchman are surprised. ""What the heck do you mean? KGB at your door at 2 in the morning?"" ""Yes,"" says the Russian, ""you open the door and the KGB says 'Vassili Alexandryev, you need to come with us right now.' and you say, ['sorry gentlemen, Vassili Alexandryev lives in the next-door flat.'](/spoiler) That is when you have true happiness.""