down your face, your stomach aching. Some people say this is the best medicine out there. Does anybody know what this is? Laughing is one of my favorite things to do. I myself have a very unique laugh, I am sure most of you have heard, but it has always been a very big part of who I am. I was taught to laugh things off and always look at the brighter side of things. That is why I am here today, to inform you on the physical and social benefits of laughing, and also to tell you some ways to bring more
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Once Upon A Time Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but that’s gone, son. Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search my empty pockets. ‘Feel at home!’ ‘Come again’: they say, and when I come again and feel
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dream. Poem #2: Poem About Your Laugh by Susan Glickman This poem presents a lot of imagery, mostly figurative rather than literal. The poem proves this point from the very beginning, stating that when this person laughs, “it is all unsynchronized clocks in the watchmaker’s shop.” This is a metaphor, showing how striking this person’s laugh is, relating it to a ring in your ears that could almost hurt. The following line states that when this person laughs, “innumerable pine trees shed their
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body at both the cellular and organ level. By laughing, you intake vast amounts of oxygen in huge gulps, and you repeat this process in a sort of temporary hyperventilation session. This is the natural result of laughter, and if you watch someone laugh, you will notice these biophysical effects. People would ask why oxygen is good for the body. Oxygen is one of the primary catalysts for biological energy in the human body. Remember, we breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, so oxygen is an
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But sadly I can only choose one friend. That would be Lexi Huett she makes me laugh when I am feeling down. She also helped me by making me be her friend. First I will be talking about how good friends make you laugh. Lexi makes me laugh when we eat lunch together. She makes funny jokes like what her dreams were about or what her sister did to annoy her at home. She really knows how to make you laugh. She makes me laugh when I am feeling down about if I just got done stressing in class. Or if some
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things go wrong, at the time we can be furious but eventually we are usually able to look back and laugh, even if it is a rather wary laugh. Black comedy may position an audience to laugh at something they’re not ready to laugh at, or at something they’re not really allowed to laugh at. Black comedies can show us the errors and misjudgements that lead to our downfalls and give us an opportunity to laugh at the silliness of human existence. The only difference between comedy and black comedy is the seriousness
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How many of you love a good laugh? Well for many of you SpongeBobSquare pants can provide you with a good laugh. I’ve been watching SpongeBob since I was eight sadly I have never met the voice of SpongeBob. Even if you have a bad day SpongeBob can turn that frown upside down. First, I’ll discuss who is the voice of SpongeBob, who is SpongeBob, and who made SpongeBob. I am going to start by discussing the voice of SpongeBob. Most have heard the voice of SpongeBob in other T.V. shows but
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some basic rules on how to use humor in the workplace appropriately. There will be some suggestions even for managers who lack a sense of humor. So, enjoy and remember the most important aspect of humor in the workplace: Your employees should laugh with you, not at you! WHAT Humor is a quintessentially social phenomenon, since every joke requires both a teller and an audience. A sense of humor is a different and positive perspective on events and things. It can be utilized as an instrument
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recollection of the previous night due to intoxication- hence the movie title ‘The Hangover’. The Hangover employs several comedic techniques to make the audience laugh, and it delivers well on its promise as a ‘lighthearted’ easy to follow along movie. The Hangover is an enjoyable movie to watch, and to explore why this movie makes us laugh I will analyse the characters, film structure and comedic techniques. The structure of The Hangover is told in non-chronological order. The film begins
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either walk around feeling perpetually self-conscious and embarrassed or I could turn the situation round, perhaps even to my advantage. I remembered my mother’s words that ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’. So I decided to make fun of myself, to laugh at myself too. It works. Everyone got bored after a while and nobody teased me after that. It was indeed an eye-opening experience for me. I have
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