# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/21 "2007-10-20T15:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] 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_. [/QUOTE] Like you, I only found it mildly amusing in my head. My sides, on the other hand, are aching from laughing so hard. I was literally thinking, “What the hell, this isn’t really that funny…” and then noticing that I was laughing out loud hysterically. Again and again this happened. Contagious laughter, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/22 "2007-10-20T16:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Like you, I only found it mildly amusing in my head. My sides, on the other hand, are aching from laughing so hard. I was literally thinking, “What the hell, this isn’t really that funny…” and then noticing that I was laughing out loud hysterically. Again and again this happened. Contagious laughter, indeed! [/QUOTE] I had the same kind of reaction. I think watching someone truly and completely lose it just sets us off. For instance, I will laugh till I almost cry at Richard Dawson’s difficulties in [this clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk). ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/23 "2007-10-20T16:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Like you, I only found it mildly amusing in my head. My sides, on the other hand, are aching from laughing so hard. I was literally thinking, “What the hell, this isn’t really that funny…” and then noticing that I was laughing out loud hysterically. Again and again this happened. Contagious laughter, indeed! [/QUOTE] Precisely. I was laughing so hard my roommate came down to see what was so funny - he watched and barely cracked a smile. My best friend laughs like a chittering chipmunk - that’s the only way I can describe it. Oddly enough, her daughter laughs exactly the same. The Kid and my sister have the same infectuous laughs - even "whoo hoo"ing at the same time. I love it when all four of them get going - it’s a symphony. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/24 "2007-10-20T17:32:01Z")
Yeah, it’s pretty much a good thing that guy’s laugh was so ridiculously funny, because that act would have been for shit without it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/25 "2007-10-20T17:43:37Z")
I thought it was hysterically funny, but I sobered up long before the people in the audience or the comedian did (maybe because I wasn’t in the room?)–but then the comedian did play it well. It isn’t all that funny, in my head (like **WhyNot** said), but the whole laugh/response/more laughter just gets me laughing. _The Bohemian Rhapsody_ bit was not as funny. He does have an infectious laugh. I once knew a girl who laughed like machine gun fire: hahahahahahahahahahah. Everyone wanted go get Abby laughing, then we’d all join in. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/26 "2007-10-20T19:11:30Z")
That was hilarious! I laughed, I cried, I nearly passed out. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131/27 "2007-10-21T12:28:29Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] I had the same kind of reaction. I think watching someone truly and completely lose it just sets us off. For instance, I will laugh till I almost cry at Richard Dawson’s difficulties in [this clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk). [/QUOTE] I watched the clips with a headphone while my wife is watching TV. I laughed at the clips in the OP, but this one just had me in tears. My wife is wondering what the hell is wrong with me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-possible-uncontrollable-laughter-ahead/423131.md?page=1)