All the time.

im terrible. i laugh at funny inappropriate moments and in seriously inappropriate moments like grief i just want to crack a joke

I do and it's really uncontrolable.

I laughed at a funeral once. 'Who puts the fun in funeral?' etc, etc. Highly embarrassing, but as someone who once did something famously said, 'When laughter pulls up it's chair, there's nothing you can do about it.'

All the time.

What was inappropriate? A stupid maggot doesnt get her wish and goes into drama-overdrive over it, totally guffawable.

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Originally posted by shirehorse:
I laughed at a funeral once. 'Who puts the fun in funeral?' etc, etc. Highly embarrassing, but as someone who once did something famously said, 'When laughter pulls up it's chair, there's nothing you can do about it.'

I was giggling at my own fathers funeral. It's a nervous thing and I too got into endless trouble at school for it.

I put my hands up and say I was in stitches with Rodrigo last night ....just soooooooooooo funny. I really felt for him.

I'm still giggling as I'm typing this.

roddy has an infectious laugh. he doesn't do it often enuf. i was giggling to when he started laughing in the diary room when he found out he didn't meet the queen.

I used to be helpless in the silence and sanctity of the chapel After mass one Sunday the priest approached my brother and I and ordered us into the sacristy - where we were duly lectured for our sin of giggling in the house of God

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Originally posted by Gypsie:
roddy has an infectious laugh. he doesn't do it often enuf. i was giggling to when he started laughing in the diary room when he found out he didn't meet the queen.

Me too ...................it's just a shame he doesn't laugh more. I have to admit that for a while I thought he had no sense of humour at all.

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Originally posted by Soozy woo:

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Originally posted by shirehorse:
I laughed at a funeral once. 'Who puts the fun in funeral?' etc, etc. Highly embarrassing, but as someone who once did something famously said, 'When laughter pulls up it's chair, there's nothing you can do about it.'

I was giggling at my own fathers funeral. It's a nervous thing and I too got into endless trouble at school for it.

I put my hands up and say I was in stitches with Rodrigo last night ....just soooooooooooo funny. I really felt for him.

I'm still giggling as I'm typing this.

i laughed at my nans funeral when my mom sang the verse too early in a very loud soprano voice

The worst thing in those cases is making eye contact with someone else and realise that they are trying to hide a laugh as well and it sets of a chain reaction

I tend to just point and snigger.

I went to see the new harry potter last week. When ...........ooh the 'sad' bit ( for those who haven't seen it) someone made a funny noise sounded like a stifled cry, I got the giggles so bad i couldn't breath, everytime i tried to calm down my friend would start up again untill we had tears running down our faces, then i thought people would think i was crying at the film which set me off again.

I used to get in trouble for doing it at school too ......... that was mainly cos i used to spend most lunchtimes getting stoned though.

Yes. And I would have definitely laughed at Bea last night too. Pity she couldn't.

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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I went to see the new harry potter last week. When ...........ooh the 'sad' bit ( for those who haven't seen it) someone made a funny noise sounded like a stifled cry, I got the giggles so bad i couldn't breath, everytime i tried to calm down my friend would start up again untill we had tears running down our faces, then i thought people would think i was crying at the film which set me off again.

I used to get in trouble for doing it at school too ......... that was mainly cos i used to spend most lunchtimes getting stoned though.

you went to an arab school?

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Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
The worst thing in those cases is making eye contact with someone else and realise that they are trying to hide a laugh as well and it sets of a chain reaction

Exactly!! If someone else is struggling not to laugh, I'm done for!

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I went to see the new harry potter last week. When ...........ooh the 'sad' bit ( for those who haven't seen it) someone made a funny noise sounded like a stifled cry, I got the giggles so bad i couldn't breath, everytime i tried to calm down my friend would start up again untill we had tears running down our faces, then i thought people would think i was crying at the film which set me off again.

I used to get in trouble for doing it at school too ......... that was mainly cos i used to spend most lunchtimes getting stoned though.

you went to an arab school?

No, why???

I was on jury service and a witness took the stand and when he spoke he had a terrible lisp, the guy sitting beside me started to laugh and i tried my best to keep it in till it was painful, the judge was furious and we got a terrible row. It wasnt the fact he had a lisp it was just the tension and the silence

This always happens to me - the more I know it is inappropriate to laugh (like on a work training day when it is silent), the more I laugh and just cannot stop

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Originally posted by karmasab****:

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I went to see the new harry potter last week. When ...........ooh the 'sad' bit ( for those who haven't seen it) someone made a funny noise sounded like a stifled cry, I got the giggles so bad i couldn't breath, everytime i tried to calm down my friend would start up again untill we had tears running down our faces, then i thought people would think i was crying at the film which set me off again.

I used to get in trouble for doing it at school too ......... that was mainly cos i used to spend most lunchtimes getting stoned though.

you went to an arab school?

No, why???

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
I was on jury service and a witness took the stand and when he spoke he had a terrible lisp, the guy sitting beside me started to laugh and i tried my best to keep it in till it was painful, the judge was furious and we got a terrible row. It wasnt the fact he had a lisp it was just the tension and the silence

Oh dear!!

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Originally posted by karmasab****:

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I went to see the new harry potter last week. When ...........ooh the 'sad' bit ( for those who haven't seen it) someone made a funny noise sounded like a stifled cry, I got the giggles so bad i couldn't breath, everytime i tried to calm down my friend would start up again untill we had tears running down our faces, then i thought people would think i was crying at the film which set me off again.

I used to get in trouble for doing it at school too ......... that was mainly cos i used to spend most lunchtimes getting stoned though.

you went to an arab school?

No, why???

getting stoned at lunchtime

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
I was on jury service and a witness took the stand and when he spoke he had a terrible lisp, the guy sitting beside me started to laugh and i tried my best to keep it in till it was painful, the judge was furious and we got a terrible row. It wasnt the fact he had a lisp it was just the tension and the silence

That is just so funny. It must have been excrutiating.

I'm actually laughing out loud at some of these replies!

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Originally posted by shirehorse:
I laughed at a funeral once. 'Who puts the fun in funeral?' etc, etc. Highly embarrassing, but as someone who once did something famously said, 'When laughter pulls up it's chair, there's nothing you can do about it.'

When I was at school a boy in our class died and we went to the cremation and my and my friend got the giggles when the coffin went down

I feel awful now - I hope his family didnt see but i dunno maybe we just didnt know how to cope with it as we were only abot 12

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Originally posted by Triggers:
I'm actually laughing out loud at some of these replies!

Well dont Bea wouldnt like it

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Originally posted by fookat:

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Originally posted by shirehorse:
I laughed at a funeral once. 'Who puts the fun in funeral?' etc, etc. Highly embarrassing, but as someone who once did something famously said, 'When laughter pulls up it's chair, there's nothing you can do about it.'

When I was at school a boy in our class died and we went to the cremation and my and my friend got the giggles when the coffin went down

I feel awful now - I hope his family didnt see but i dunno maybe we just didnt know how to cope with it as we were only abot 12

Although age does play a part I think an attack of the giggles at inappropriate moments can happen to anyone. It's kind of like a nervous reaction.

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Originally posted by Soozy woo:

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
I was on jury service and a witness took the stand and when he spoke he had a terrible lisp, the guy sitting beside me started to laugh and i tried my best to keep it in till it was painful, the judge was furious and we got a terrible row. It wasnt the fact he had a lisp it was just the tension and the silence

That is just so funny. It must have been excrutiating.

It was awful, i tried nipping the inside of my thigh to stop myself, i was sweating and my stomach was nearly exploding we were told to leave the court and was warned about contempt!! I just couldnt get a grip at all !!

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Originally posted by Skylark24:

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Originally posted by Soozy woo:

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
I was on jury service and a witness took the stand and when he spoke he had a terrible lisp, the guy sitting beside me started to laugh and i tried my best to keep it in till it was painful, the judge was furious and we got a terrible row. It wasnt the fact he had a lisp it was just the tension and the silence

That is just so funny. It must have been excrutiating.

It was awful, i tried nipping the inside of my thigh to stop myself, i was sweating and my stomach was nearly exploding we were told to leave the court and was warned about contempt!! I just couldnt get a grip at all !!

I find thinking about my latest gas william helps.

Laughter and tears are very closely connected in the brain and therefore can get mixed up from time to time.

My uncle is a doctor and when he has to give bad news to patients or their relatives he has to consciously stop himself from laughing and often feels like crying.He says they are very similar responses.

Yes, and it's much much worse when you're not supposed to.
I constantly got them at school in lessons, and quite frequently get them in church.

Once when we had a stand in vicar cos ours was on holiday he was obviously in a hurry to get somewhere afterwards because he went through the service at breakneck speed, including nearly forcing the communion wine down our mouths.

I got the giggles so bad (my friend has such an infectious laugh) that I had to pretend I was coughing and blowing my nose. Surprised I haven't been excommunicated really.

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Originally posted by Soozy woo:

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Originally posted by shirehorse:
I laughed at a funeral once. 'Who puts the fun in funeral?' etc, etc. Highly embarrassing, but as someone who once did something famously said, 'When laughter pulls up it's chair, there's nothing you can do about it.'

I was giggling at my own fathers funeral. It's a nervous thing and I too got into endless trouble at school for it.

I put my hands up and say I was in stitches with Rodrigo last night ....just soooooooooooo funny. I really felt for him.

I'm still giggling as I'm typing this.

I did it yesterday at a funeral. My dear friends mum died and all our friends from childhood were there. At the wake a bunch of us were reminiscing about our teenage years, as one of the elderly family passed us, one of my friends said to her “Are you having a good time” Q hysterical laughter from all of us, we just could not stop, everyone was looking at us, the more they looked the more we laughed.

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
It was awful, i tried nipping the inside of my thigh to stop myself, i was sweating and my stomach was nearly exploding we were told to leave the court and was warned about contempt!! I just couldnt get a grip at all !!

This is what I can be like and the more innapropriate the situation, the worse I get!
I have never been jailed for it though.

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Originally posted by Amythist:
Laughter and tears are very closely connected in the brain and therefore can get mixed up from time to time.

My uncle is a doctor and when he has to give bad news to patients or their relatives he has to consciously stop himself from laughing and often feels like crying.He says they are very similar responses.

Now that's a dreadful position to be in. Close friends and family can sort of understand your response ..........complete strangers getting bad news is another thing altogether. Actually I'm giggling imagining it ..............that's really awful.

This thread is so funny

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Originally posted by Triggers:

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
It was awful, i tried nipping the inside of my thigh to stop myself, i was sweating and my stomach was nearly exploding we were told to leave the court and was warned about contempt!! I just couldnt get a grip at all !!

This is what I can be like and the more innapropriate the situation, the worse I get!
I have never been jailed for it though.

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Originally posted by Skylark24:
This thread is so funny

It is isn't it?

Gigglers of the world unite.

I laughed in the face of a teacher once. I went to an all girls school and was really quite a biddable wee soul - when not in the grip of this inability to stop laughing.
She actually enlisted the help of her husband who was on the teaching staff and he proceeded to shout in my face His face was furnished with a moustache which really didn't help my desperate attempt at seriousness. Every time I averted my eyes he would bellow, "loooook at me!" He was defeated by my inopportune hilarity.
They were both science teachers by the way - I concluded we just had no chemistry