# Laughing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 15, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing/219047 "2003-12-15T02:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silentbear1283](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@silentbear1283](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silentbear1283)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing/219047/1 "2003-12-15T02:41:52Z")
Alright my girlfriend asked me this weekend why do people laugh when they get tickled? Does anyone have any info since I ended up feeling like an ass and not being able to answer her question. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing/219047/2 "2003-12-15T03:26:17Z")
[Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_207.html) tackled the question in a 1983 column, but the short answer is that nobody knows. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing/219047/3 "2003-12-15T05:07:19Z")
Even chimps do it 🙂 [http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/essay/8\_laught.htm](http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ai/essay/8_laught.htm) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing/219047/4 "2003-12-15T05:16:33Z")
My dog’s feet are ticklish. It really annoys him. 🙂