"Britain is suffering a sense of humour failure, with laughter levels three times lower now than 50 years ago and nearly half of all adults unable to enjoy at least one big guffaw a day, research showed."
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quote:Around 16 million adults, totalling 40 percent, said they failed to muster even one proper belly laugh in an average day.
Is that an estimate? Cause I find it hard to believe that 16 million people actually answered this... o_O
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Here I was thinking that you're getting diagnosed with clinical depression! Don't scare me like that, Elizabeth!
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I maybe laugh like that once a week! If I'm lucky! Since when has it been a a daily requirement?
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I laugh hard, and often. My husband barely ever laughs hard, but it doesn't mean he doesn't think things are funny, he is just more reserved.
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I'm going to go all wacky on you all here and propose that it's because popular humor these days is sarcastic and mean and leaves everyone worse off than when they started.
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It's funny you say that, Annie. I think of my step father-in-law. That man watches reruns of I Love Lucy and Jack Benney, and laughs so hard each time it makes me laugh just hearing him.
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You know, I haven't had that problem. I've laughed at something that's come to mind, completely out of the blue, and people have stared at me because of it. Even the news makes me laugh sometimes: "Polls split 49-49 as to whether Bush is a uniter, divider" is a particularly memorable one that I saw here on Hatrack.
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