Laughter Is Contagious....
78Let's Start An Epidemic....
We all know by now that laughter is the best medicine. No matter what ails you once you release that tiny chuckle you begin to feel better. Humor enlightens our souls. Once the initial smile begins our brains crave for more. Laughter is often referred to as a drug, which is why some people call it their "drug of choice."
Do you remember the last time you laughed so much that your belly ached and your face hurt? It was a wonderful feeling, wasn't it? I believe in laughing until you can't laugh no more and then laugh again. Repeat the process over and over.
To be able to laugh at yourself is a gift. Not many people understand that. What purpose does it serve to be defensive and hurt when someone laughs at you. To err is human, to forgive is divine. Go ahead and laugh, we all make mistakes. We live and learn by them.
Laughter burns calories and that's something to laugh about. With just 15 minutes a day of laughing you could burn between 10 to 40 calories. Now take into account that the more you laugh the more calories you will burn. As a result of the extra movement and the increase in your heart rate you could lose between 4 lbs to 10 lbs a year just from laughing. Now that's no joking matter!
Laughter is also beneficial to your health. It helps to reduce muscle tension and it increases the amount of oxygen in the blood. It exercises the heart and produces happy chemicals in the brain called endorphins. Now that sounds like a great reason to have a few chuckles a day!
Famous Funny Quotes.....
"The sixties were when hallucinogentic drugs were really, really big. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we had the type of shows we had then, like The Flying Nun."
Ellen DeGeneres
"Funny is an attitude."
Flip Wilson
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
Woody Allen
"Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day."
Jay Leno
"It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate."
Dave Barry
"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."
Ellen DeGeneres
"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."
Lily Tomlin
"Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded."
Tim Allen
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In addition laughter usually makes us feel more positive about life and this can help us feel better about ourselves. Whether you are watching your favorite sitcom or sharing laughs with a friend you are bound to feel exhilirated. There are just no excuses not to enjoy those wonderful moments of glee.
Fact: Laughing is contagious. No doubt about it. Have you ever listened to a child giggle? I bet you laughed along with them. How could anyone possibly not! The laughter of the innocent is the best laughter of all. Even better is when neither you nor the child have the slightest idea over what you are laughing about. I'll give you a minute to picture that and relish in the moment.
My advice is to spread the laughter virus. Who wouldn't want to catch it? Always remember: laugh and the world laughs with you, so go ahead and laugh until you can't laugh no more! Then proceed to do it again. Humor helps us cope and heal from hurt or tradegy. The times we think it would be impossible to ever laugh again is when we need humor the most. So do yourself and your loved ones a favor and "keep on laughin'." Help make this world a better place.
More Famous Funny Quotes.....
“Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.”
Robin Williams
“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”
Bill Cosby
“I see TV ads about detergents that can get blood stains out of your cloths. I say if you have blood stains on your cloths you should be thinking about something other than laundry”
Jerry Seinfeld
"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.”
Woody Allen
"The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot."
Jay Leno
"Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home."
Phyllis Diller
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, "My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!"
Dave Barry
Just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was, "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you?"
Larry Miller
"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."
Rodney Dangerfield
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Powerful quote. I like it! Thanks!
Great hub....very funny stuff....my favorite Woody Allen quote...."I am not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens".....my daughter loves the video...one of the little girls looks just like her....she has been walking around..."I am on the Kung Fu Panda vidoe"....voted humorous and up
Yay I'm glad you got a few chuckles from this hub!
LOL about your daughter, I'm happy she enjoyed seeing her look-alike!
Faith and I like to watch those videos and do play by play with our own narration and we laugh until we can't laugh anymore!
Thanks for the vote my friend! Have a happy day filed with laughter!
All you had to say is laughing burns calories. :) The videos are a hoot. Thanks for the laugh.
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U go Fay....laugh till you can't laugh no more and there's your cardio for the day!!!!
Great hub, I love the baby laughing on the video as they rip the paper, classic. I wish I lived closer to my sisters they live up in Missouri and everytime we get together its a major laughfest!!!Oh speaking of my sisters, they are all on hubpages, maybe you should check them out, first is Ladyjane1, Rose56 and Whidbeywriter we all have different styles. Voted up again!! :) ge
Thanks ge for the heads up about your sisters...4 writers within the same family this should be interested. On my way to find them right now. Keep on laughing :-)
Hi Sunshine625, thanks for the fan mail and I am glad you found me because now I found you! This was really a great hub loved it...I so totally agree with you laughter is the best medicine no matter what you are going through if you can laugh - it diminishes the pain, and others laugh too. Looking forward to reading more of your hubs. Blessings!
Great hub Sunshine! I was cracking up at the baby and the paper video. Plus the quotes from everyone were hilarious. The grandmother one from Ellen, priceless! Thanks for telling me about it. Hope you enjoyed looking at my albums on Facebook...I love taking photos of places and things I see!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it Jeff! Thank you for your wit...your photos are amazing and the comments are a perfect touch!!!
Some people say that laughter makes people fat. I wonder if that's true??!!
You might be confusing fat with jolly which means happy :-)
FYI, your hub content was stolen on Flixya, see this link and then email them to have it removed.
Thank you!!!! I have contacted them. That's just wrong.
Thanks for the reminder to laugh often. I love the video of the baby laughing at ripping paper. It brought tears to my eyes after laughing so hard.
Laugh until you can't laugh anymore Icbenefield :-)
Everyone understands laughter. It is the universal language.
and what a lovely language it is GNelson. Have a great day :)
Loved this hub, Sunshine625. Everyone should enjoy at least one great laugh a day. Voted up and useful.
Voted up + awesome!!!
I really needed tonic today and this hub has made me laugh more than I have for quite a few days - wonder how many calories I've managed to burn off???? Wonderful hub!!
Laughing is contagious! I couldn't help but giggle watching the video of the baby laughing at paper being torn. It was a great way to start my day!
Yes it's contagious! When I see someone laughing, I feel like laughing too. Laughter relieves stress.
I must say that you have made me laugh quite a few times and that is a good thing.
Thanks for the hub & another laugh ;0)
Manthy
"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."
I almost choked on the pear I was eating when I read that! This is a great hub and all so true! Laughter is the best medicine there is! Voted all ups!
LOL thank you for that joke Amy Marie!!! :)
Quotes are really wonderful. In fact whole hub is very nice. In this age, our smile is fake. But we must keep smiling always, as you do. Your smile (In the picture) is really very beautiful. You know the suitable picture for this hub is yours.
Laughter is a good therapy.
Nothing we haven't heard before but something we always need to be reminded of. Thanks Sunshine625. Great Hub.
This is very true. Laughter can do so much for human body and mind. Laughter should be noted as a type of exercise to preform lol, they should create something called the laughter gym. Where you go to laugh and preform laughter exercises.
Great idea Gregory!! Richard Simmons should have started that years ago...we all know how much he likes to laugh and exercise!!
Thank you anupma and Dave for your comments...keep on laughin'! :)
Fun hub. Loved the baby. What Gregory suggests does actually exist - it’s called laughter yoga - website: www.laughteryoga.org/
I haven’t been to any classes, but I remember when I was a child at school we used to play a laughing game. Someone started laughing on purpose and in no time everyone else just had to join in. I think laughter yoga is similar. Laughter truly is contagious.
Hi Yvonne...We play laughter games also. My granddaughter is the ringleader, when she laughs it makes us all laugh:)
Smiling already! - We have a family challenge coming up!
You know that Christmas song they play of the people laughing to Jingle Bells? We TRY to get through it, but can never keep up! We keep laughing OFF rhythm - lol Perhaps you can add it for the holidays! :)
I never heard of it...over yonder my family just laughs listening to me sing Jingle Bells! I'll look into your idea, sounds like fun:))
You just made my day with these two vids. I started my morning beautifully, I laughed so hard. OMG this was funny
beautiful interesting and awesome hub.you really makes me feel healthy with laughter.thanks a lot for sharing this.keep it up! and voted up!
Loved this hub, really made me laugh out loud. I had seen the baby tearing paper before but it still makes me laugh. There'a another great one on You Tube if you type in 'Baby laughing at dog eating bubbles' which cracks me up; Some great quotes here - Woody Allen is so funny!
Hi loanyi ~ asmaiftikhar ~ Jools99 ... Thank you for stopping by and sharing your thoughts :))
Love the quotes...my favorites were Ellen's and Lily Tomlin's. Thanks for the laughs. :)
LOL Hahahahaha LOL
I think you are right...laughter is contagious!
Great hub-videos and all! Rated up and across.
Rodney Dangerfield and Ellen Degenerous quotes made me lol! Thanks so much for sharing this hub and all the great quotes and info. I needed a laugh and will undoubtedly need some more so will have to keep this hub handy. I always love your writings, sunshine:)
Hi helmut, Denise and pedrn! I'm glad you got some laughs out of this hub. Keep on laughin'! :)
Laughter is the best medicine... I know because hubpages has completely changed my life. I have found so much laughter and fun since I have found this place! Great hub... we should all laugh more often!
As Santa Claus says: Ho Ho Ho!!
Excellent words to live by!! I like your quote selection...very eclectic and certainly true! Dave Berry is a favorite!
Thomas
Hi Stacy and Thomas! Keep on laughing! :-)
Yeah, I love it...laughing out loud makes me feel healthy.Thanks Ms. Sunshine, another great hub.
I love it!! Laughter cures so many things. That baby video is absolutely precious. Could laugh with him all day long. Imagine all the great endorphins running through your system every time you have a good laugh. UP AND ACROSS!!
i remember when I used to smoke marijuana I also laughed a lot. maybe that's what made the buzz so infectious? LOL.
Nice hub as always, linda
ANOTHER GREAT HUB, I TOO LOVE TO LAUGH ACTUALLY I LAUGH AT MYSELF DAILY WITH ALL THE SILLY THINGS I DO .. I GET MYSELF IN SO MUCH TROUBLE HERE ALL BY MYSELF AND NO ONE AROUND,, SO I JUST STOP AND LAUGH.. SO YES, LAUGHTER IS GREAT MEDICINE AND IT'S ACTUALLY FUN TO DO,, SO GO AHEAD AND IF NOTHING OR NO ONE MAKES YOU LAUGH, JUST STOP AND LAUGH A BIG JPLLY LAUGH AT YOURSELF.. I LOVED THIS ONE AND THANKS AGAIN .. HER I GO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.. OH NOW THAT WAS JUST FUN
Laughter is healthy medicine and is great for the heart. Your mentioned it helps burn calories and that is great news. It is contagious and the laughter of a baby is impossible to resist. the video is so adorable. Great hub and one that many will enjoy!
Sunshine,
I've just discovered another absolutely wonderful Hub of yours.
You've included some terrific quotes. Thanks for brightening my day.
Thanks for the laughs! Fun hub - voted up, funny and awesome!
Linda, I remember going to see "Airplane" at the theater with my best bud back in the day. We were in a mood to start with but Leslie Neilsen-type humor has always made me laugh. Between the movie and my friend, we literally were falling out of our chairs. I've not laughed harder before nor since! My sides were sore for days. I'm surprised we didn't get tossed out. I think I had a laughter high for days following. It really does lift your spirits. Wish I could put it in a bottle and sell it! Oh wait, that called laughing gas! Thanks for the great hub!
Sunshine,
I love this hub, and I laugh a lot--since I am a positive person. I even laugh every morning when I look in the mirror as I brush my teeth. I wonder who is that person--she is getting older--is that a wrinkle? Then I just laugh because I know it could be worse--I could have my contacts in. LOL
I am a fan of your hubs.
Bobbi
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Thank you ALL for your comments, wit and humor! Heck your comments were about as funny as my hub!! Rick and Bobbi you both had me LMAO!!! Thanks!:)
Great Hub Sunshine. I have seen the baby and the ripping paper before. It's amazing how that little baby can laugh. I think it is the endorphin's released that elate the mood! A naturals high!
Do you know that in my little village there is a "laugh club"? They reckon that laughing at least once a week can improve all sort of diseases and improve the quality of life.
Hi Rebecca! I agree, endorphins are awesome! Whether we get them via a workout or a laughing fest they rock!!
Princessa, We have comedy clubs where you are guaranteed to laugh until it hurts!:)
I agree with all your conclusions and laugh often. Voting this Up and Useful.
Sunshine,
You radiate happiness when you write--you are the Sunshine Queen.I just loved the video of the baby laughing---it made my morning. You have a great month in March and the rest of the year.
Thanks,
Your Hub Friend,
Bobbi
I have regular laugh attacks. It's usually when it's completely inappropriate to laugh, but that makes my attacks even worse. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...wait...hold on....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Voted up and funny. XD
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"Leave tne world a little sillier than you find it." Norm Nathan, WBZ radio, Boston, Massachusetts.