# Warning: possible uncontrollable laughter ahead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131 "2007-10-18T02:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/1 "2007-10-18T02:32:05Z")
Mrs. WeHaveCookies was sitting at her laptop across the room from me a few minutes ago, when the silence of our respectively autonomous surfing habit indulgences was broken by the sounds of a YouTube video that she was watching. I listened for a moment or two from afar, until my curiosity was piqued. Me: “What is that?” Her: “Some comedian on stage.” Me: “He sucks. Why are you watching it?” Her: “I don’t know, there’s something that’s supposed to be funny…wait…I think this is it…” That was the last thing I remember hearing before everything became a blur of laughter and tears and my inability to breathe. You’re just going to have to trust me (even a few minutes into it, when you’re certain that I’ve pulled a fast one on you) and see for yourself. [Exhibit A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w) And for those who need more: [Exhibit B](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgoymQQzQk) We may have been the last internet junkies not to have seen it, but it is my ethical obligation to post it, on the off chance that isn’t the case. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/2 "2007-10-18T02:50:24Z")
Amazing, pure improv comedy with the man in the middle making it so f\*\*\*ing funny. The Queen take off was good, but not as good as “Dad” SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/3 "2007-10-18T03:32:52Z")
If he is indeed a dad, I’m guessing his children either all gave themselves chronic hernias from hysterical laughter at a very young age, or they adapted to their environment by learning how to play it stone-cold straight in order to survive. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/4 "2007-10-18T03:35:29Z")
I saw that ages ago, but every time I see it it still makes me laugh. Hard. [sub]Heee heee hee hyuck, hyuck, hyuck…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/5 "2007-10-18T12:53:43Z")
For those of us who can’t view videos at work, can someone describe it or would that just suck all the funny out of the room? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/6 "2007-10-18T12:58:58Z")
You really have to see it and hear it. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/7 "2007-10-18T13:12:32Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] For those of us who can’t view videos at work, can someone describe it or would that just suck all the funny out of the room? [/QUOTE] The setting is a live comedian asking for some simple audience participation. However he gets more than he bargained for… It’s completely hilarious, just a simple and sweet thing that will make you laugh until your sides hurt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/8 "2007-10-18T13:52:39Z")
Yeah, it’s really an audio thing more than anything, but the emcee’s reactions are pretty good, too. You just can’t describe that sound other than to say that it’s the sort of thing you thought only existed in totally fictitious TV character creations of the 40s and 50s. Except it’s real, and if it doesn’t make you laugh your fool head off for five solid minutes (unfunny parts that are actually scripted notwithstanding), then your sense of humour may need emergency reattachment surgery. Even _thinking_ about it just now made me giggle. Hee hee _hnuyck_. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/9 "2007-10-18T14:15:06Z")
Humm… I guess I’ll watch this when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/10 "2007-10-18T14:26:45Z")
Sufferin’ succotach… cryin’ here. _“Heyo heyo”_ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/11 "2007-10-18T14:38:26Z")
Durn, I was highly skeptical at first but then I noticed my sides hurt from laughing. That guy has some magical powers. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/12 "2007-10-18T14:44:45Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] For those of us who can’t view videos at work, can someone describe it or would that just suck all the funny out of the room? [/QUOTE] A man is laughing with a “Hyaw” sound. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/13 "2007-10-18T15:50:48Z")
Hope people didn’t miss this one [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Iys86OcXPY8/hqdefault.jpg "Laughing Girl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iys86OcXPY8) at the end, she says that she has a kindred spirit… ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/14 "2007-10-18T16:15:06Z")
OMG thanks for posting that. Co-worker and I completely lost it. Just now regaining control. My aunt, sister, and I all laugh like that when we really get going. One of the few times I’ve laughed myself into hysterics was the three of us laughing together. I’ve got to watch that clip again. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/15 "2007-10-18T16:30:18Z")
Watching these clips over and over again is starting to have an effect (wrt laughing in general) similar to saying some every day word over and over again and thinking “that is such a strange sounding word”. It is such a unique behavior. [Here’s a wikipedia blurb about laughter in primates.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate#Laughter_in_primates) I think I might have to send an e-mail to my primatologist friend and see if he knows of any good reading materials on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/16 "2007-10-18T16:41:10Z")
I have a coworker who snorts when she laughs. At office parties someone is always trying to get her to laugh because it makes everyone else laugh, which makes her laugh harder. Within 10 minutes everyone’s ready to pass out from lack of oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/17 "2007-10-20T04:45:57Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] You’re just going to have to trust me (even a few minutes into it, when you’re certain that I’ve pulled a fast one on you) and see for yourself. [Exhibit A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w) [/QUOTE] OMFG. Tears running down my face. They burn. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/18 "2007-10-20T10:39:04Z")
Oh god, my beautifully sculpted abs, they burn so! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/19 "2007-10-20T13:02:01Z")
That was brilliant stuff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/20 "2007-10-20T15:02:57Z")
Well… The ‘Hill hill hill’ laughing was mildly amusing. But I didn’t laugh. I did like that this ‘country’ comedian’s actual act was _Bohemian Rhapsody_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131.md?page=2)