# Six out of seven dwarfs aren't happy

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Joke
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-joke-six-of-seven-dwarfs
- Themes: humour, labels, happiness
- Life situations: needing a light joke

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

A psychological 'assessment' of the Seven Dwarfs proves six out of seven aren't happy — because only one was named Happy.

## The story, as told by Ajahn Brahm (verbatim captions)

six out of Seven Dwarfs aren't happy that terrible joke isn't it six out of Seven Dwarfs aren't happy because now one of the drawers was named happy

## Teaching point

Labels can fake statistics.

## Reflection (in the spirit of Ajahn Brahm's talk)

A psychological study, Ajahn Brahm reports, proved six of the Seven Dwarfs aren't happy, because only one is called Happy. A terrible joke, he admits, and the audience agrees. Labels can mislead as easily as statistics. Don't take a name for the truth about anyone, yourself included.

## Source

- [Ultimate Reality | Ajahn Brahm | 5 May 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVdJEqpyuuc) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 38:10 to 38:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVdJEqpyuuc&t=2290s