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Have You Ever Not Been Able to Stop Laughing?
Geez, and I thought my crying at my wedding was bad! But then, nobody said anything about waffles...
I left my wife a voice mail last week where I couldn't stop laughing long enough to tell her I'd have to call her back. She has saved the message, and has played it for anyone who was having a bad day since.
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But that, like all America's Home Videos/YouTubed moments looks staged to me. Where are they getting married? In front of a chalkboard somewhere?
And why were they miked?
She does cackle a little...extravagantly...
I noticed that the minister said waffle first.
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Oh Sally, farts are hilarious. Wrong time, right place, accidentally blown. Pure comedy magic.
I have had horrible laughing-at-inappropriate-times-syndrome.Like once when an elderly lady fell in a restaurant I worked at. And come on, that shouldn't be funny. She could have broken a hip.
And another time when a plane I was on was having such bad turbulence that everyone on the plane was screaming. Yup. I laughed until tears were streaming down my face, and every time they screamed louder, I laughed harder.
That one didn't bother me so much because if we had died, then at least I would have died happy.
Oh Julie. I can see the one on the plane. But I can't officially approve of the old lady falling -- even if I would have done the same.When I was about 12, I was staying with my grandparents for the whole summer in Arkansas (I know ... right?). One Sunday I was in Sunday school (my GF was the preacher) and I started laughing about a Bible story and could. not. stop.
The SS teacher (no, not a Nazi) was mortified by that, I know.
When I am an old lady, I fully give permission to anyone to laugh at me if I fall. Just as long as it's not everyone that is surrounding me at the time. Somebody's gotta help me get up.
Maybe you could put a big "OK to laugh" badge on your clothes.
Good idea.I'll make up the t-shirts now.
I mean, it may be even funnier when you're not old.
Nope. That ruins the whole inappropriate factor.
Larry? "When I was about 12...my GF was the preacher"You were dating the preacher when you were 12? heeheeeee!
I haven't been able to stop laughing since I got married. Seriously, if y'all knew the Looper brothers you'd understand. :D
I was in church once and there was a reader who had a very long reading. The words House Of Jacob, probably occurred 10 to 15 times. What made it funny was he pronounced Jacob, Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaycub. It was that long, and for some reason his voice made the strangest sound when he said it. That made me giggle the first time, by the 10th time I had to leave.You had to be there.
The absolute worst is when this happens during a funeral, and that happens to me at almost every funeral I attend. It usually starts with an "OH sh*t. I'm about to lose it... Hold your composure, Heidi... HOLD IT TOGETHER!" and then I start trying to focus on a funny memory of the person we're celebrating... except I go TOO funny for the occasion, so I'll start sniggering into my kleenex... and then everyone starts trying to comfort me because it looks like I'm sobbing when really I'm just trying to keep my laughter in check... and then when they realize I'm laughing, they're horrified which makes me laugh even harder... so I try to remember that I'm really very sad about my friend/family member who died... which makes me start snorting because I'm laugh-crying... and it's all a vicious cycle really. I try to sit in the back for that reason.
That sounds wise, Heidi. I suggest cry first, then laugh, then everyone will know you're nuts with grief. :-)
On the older show Coupling from the BBC, this is exactly what they call the giggle loop.You just barely start with a snicker, and then you think about how inappropriate it is to be laughing (ex. at a funeral), so you tell yourself you Must Stop!
That then sets you off laughing harder, and on and on.
The Giggle Loop.
Well...on of the more memorable times was I was visiting a relative, and tried to play darts.My uncle kept winning, and I couldn't hit a thing, so I started laughing and tried to throw him off target, to the point of tackling him. He simply tossed me over the couch and scored anyway, and I kept tackling him, laughing harder and harder, but he kept tossing me aside.
Eventually I got to laughing so hard that I passed pretty loud explosive wind...and there was sudden silence...as I'm sure there is sudden silence now after reading this.
L O L Rachel, you funny girl. I bet the silence soon broke out into big laughter.
Well...no...actually. They all pretended nothing had happened, and we left the house shortly afterwards.
Nope! Honest! THAT one isn't made up! Cross my heart!
But are your fingers crossed as well?
Nope! They're trying very hard to cross my heart, but it seems an impossible feat without major surgery.
I don't quite know what that means...You took away "hardly" so does that mean you're more than hardly horrified? Or are you saying that it hardly horrifies you?
*feels dizzy from the mental exercise*
Just trying to keep you on your toes, grasshopper.
Rachel, you really live in Malaysia? If so you must be British, because you certainly are not English as second language.
Yes, I do!Eh...we speak 3 different languages here, and several dialects, too, but I speak English at home, heehee! Pretty snazzy, huh?
I feel a bit like Alice with the looking glass right now.
Oh no...more riddles...why, pray tell would you feel like a little girl who harasses white bunnies?
There's something exhilarating about not knowing what is real.
Isn't Malaysia rather strict with women?
Stephen? What on Earth are you getting at?
Strict in what sense? Only with Islamic women, I think.
Larry wrote: "There's something exhilarating about not knowing what is real."?! How did you make that a riddle?!
What do you not know that may or may not be real?!
Rachel wrote: "What do you not know that may or may not be real?!"Exactly!
Clearly I'm not familiar with Malaysian political situation. I'm guessing it is a Secular Muslim state?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekXTq...
This woman is somewhat terrifying.
However, have you ever been in a situation in which you were not able to stop laughing?
Once I sat in a staff meeting at an elementary school and an old woman farted near me. Tears rolled down my eyes as I desperately tried not to laugh. Luckily I was sitting on the floor, somewhat hidden by a table, so I was able to hide. My friend Carol wasn't so lucky...everybody could see her trying not to laugh. Honestly, I don't know how the other people in the room were able to keep it together...they must have not heard or been more grown up or something...