# What body functions have you lost control of while laughing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258 "2004-11-17T14:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/1 "2004-11-17T14:23:06Z")
Eating food/drinking is difficult when laughing. I’m not even talking about the ‘spewing coke all over the monitor’ type situations that afflict many dopers from reading funny posts. I’m talking about just having food/liquid in your mouth and trying to supress laughing; your face is unconciously turning to a smile but you’re trying to correct it and in the whole process the contents of your mouth just tumble out and down your chin. 😛 My friend’s roomate has peed herself not once, but twice from laughing. No existing medical condition (like pregnancy) or anything, just had to pee while we were telling a joke. That never happened to me, but with my luck (few weeks ago I was trying to hold back a bout of diarrhea and I _sneezed_ :eek: ) its only a matter of time… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/2 "2004-11-17T14:50:57Z")
Well, I have a tiny, tiny, bladder and I can’t say laughing has ever caused me to pee myself. Breathing, yes…I’ve laughed so much it’s hard to get air. Those laughs are the best. As for food/drink, I’ve had that, but usually I try desperately to swallow and end up choking/laughing at the same time then. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/3 "2004-11-17T14:57:09Z")
Orgasm. More than once. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/4 "2004-11-17T15:21:45Z")
Diaphragm. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/5 "2004-11-17T16:29:41Z")
I have asthma, and I trigger it pretty often laughing, so I’d have to say _breathing_. It’s not very fun, but it doesn’t stop me from laughing. Well, unless it does. But you know. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/6 "2004-11-17T16:30:40Z")
Ooh, I have that asthma problem, too. If I spend an entertaining evening with friends and I’m laughing A LOT, I’ll get wheezy. I’ve probably also farted and snorted during laughter. But I’m sure you can’t prove that one. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/7 "2004-11-17T16:58:13Z")
Nothing stops a bout of hilarity colder than a big thick rope of snot depending from one nostril… trust me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/8 "2004-11-17T18:34:56Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > What body functions have you lost control of while laughing? Um, sphinctorial? Someone once said something funny to me at an inappropriate moment and I barked laughter. I slapped my hand over my mouth, and the backup of air caused me to fart wetly and loudly. BWAAAAAAAAAA- _slap_ BRAAAAAAAAAAAP! And then pretty much everyone was laughing. Or trying not to. But no one else farted. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/9 "2004-11-18T06:21:52Z")
I have in fact peed my pants laughing. Just a little. Don’t tell anybody. And once I laughed so hard I snorted like Urkel. And then of course I laughed a thousand times harder (and farted, actually, but I don’t think anybody caught on.) Thanks for reminding me why I won’t be attending a Dopefest any time soon. People would be afraid to tell a joke. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/10 "2004-11-18T07:20:11Z")
A burp. One of burps like you’d hear on _Family Guy_. Sounded like Lucifer himself was trying to rip his way out of my throat. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/11 "2004-11-18T10:22:31Z")
Nasal, often. ☹ I hate it, makes me look like such a nerd. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/12 "2004-11-20T07:46:38Z")
sphincter muscles[farting] ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/13 "2004-11-20T08:09:26Z")
Breathing and standing (I know it isn’t technically a bodily function, but still). I’ll laugh so hard I can’t even roll over - it takes over my body to that extent. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/14 "2004-11-20T09:19:13Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Orgasm. > > More than once. Wait…you mean you’ve _had_ an orgasm while laughing? Or that something funny happened pre-O that made you lose it? Because the first one would be really cool, but the second one (speaking from personal experience) just kinda sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-body-functions-have-you-lost-control-of-while-laughing/275258/15 "2004-11-20T09:26:41Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Wait…you mean you’ve _had_ an orgasm while laughing? Or that something funny happened pre-O that made you lose it? Because the first one would be really cool, but the second one (speaking from personal experience) just kinda sucks. I have to agree. I’d laugh even more if only…