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I had intended to open a new Giggle blog but, cheeee, I hardly have time to post to the blogs I already have so I figure I might as well include it in the webtide blog which is pretty well an anything goes blog although the name webtide does give me the valid option of posting web design/development topics. One of which is already in the pipeline regarding RSS.

Seriously folks, laughter is no laughing matter.

OK so Scientific American says the Laughter is good for you.
OMG. Like we need a scientific journal to tell us that?

Excerpts:

The concept of laughter as a cure for disease lacks scientific support, but humor may indeed have significant effects on the psyche.

Laughter relaxes us and improves our mood, and hearing jokes may ease anxiety. Amusement can also counteract pain.

Cheerfulness, a trait that makes people respond more readily to humor, is linked to emotional resilience—the ability to keep a level head in difficult circumstances—and to close relationships. Life satisfaction may increase with the ability to laugh.

In his book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient (W. W. Norton, 1979), Cousins described his self-prescribed laughing cure, which seemed to ameliorate his inflammation as well as his pain. He eventually was able to return to work, landing a job as an adjunct professor at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he investigated the effects of emotions on biological states and health.

The community of patients inspired by such miracle treatments believes not only that humor is psychologically beneficial but that it actually cures disease. In reality, only a smattering of scientific evidence exists to support the latter idea—but laughter and humor do seem to have significant effects on the psyche, even influencing our perception of pain. What is more, psychological well-being has an impact on overall wellness, including our risk of disease.

Laughter relaxes us and improves our mood, and hearing jokes may ease anxiety. Amusement’s ability to counteract physical agony is well documented, and as Cousins’s experience suggests, humor’s analgesic effect lasts after the smile has faded.

Science also indicates that a sense of humor is sexy; women are attracted to men who have one. Thus, in various ways, life satisfaction may increase with the ability to laugh.

To commence, just a few snippets of stupidity:


Pollies are fair game

Q. Why do they bury politicians 200 metres underground?

A. Because deep down they are really nice people.



Actual conversation

Jenny: I'm back from the shop.

Bob: Good, did you remember to get me some olives?

Jenny: Yeah, but they didn't have green and they didn't have black so I got stuffed.



Summertime Blues

Q. Why are the days longer in the summertime?

A. Because heat makes things expand.


Joy to all beings
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