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    Today’s speech is about humor‚ laughter and comedy. This is not an informative speech on a boring subject that we have already heard of. The purpose of my speech is to to bring some light and share a theory that has proven it self true. Everybody finds men funny‚ especially me. My humor attracts the ladies i tell you. But there is a simple reason for it. This is only because women are not funny. I mean not as funny as men. Now don’t get mad ladies‚ because i don’t want to offend anyone‚ but this

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    the expense of outer gain.Yet‚ we humans laugh an average of only 17 times a day. Biologically‚ humans are the few living beings that laugh‚ and yet we take this luxury for granted. Laughter releases endorphins‚ a drug 10 times more powerful than morphine‚ into the body. This gives the body that feel-good feeling. Laughter can lead to humans having healthier lives‚ as well as many other benefits. In the first chapter of Norman Cousins book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient‚ he tells

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    Meritnation laughter is the best medicine Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress‚ pain‚ and conflict. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humor lightens your burdens‚ inspires hopes‚ connects you to others‚ and keeps you grounded‚ focused‚ and alert. With so much power to heal and renew‚ the ability to laugh easily and frequently is a tremendous resource for surmounting problems‚ enhancing your relationships‚ and supporting

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    sadness all play a part in how well one lives their life. Nowhere do we see this more clearly than in Steven Millhauser’s Dangerous Laughter; a surrealistic short story that draws on the idea that everything in life needs to balanced in order to remain healthy. In the story‚ the author explores a society of bored youth who get consumed into a fad of orgasmic laughter. It eventually revolves around an ordinary teenage girl who succumbs to this fad‚ engulfing her in brief popularity that culminates

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    The Amazing World of Laughter & its Super Healing Power By: Kim Jasty Silva Yanong {January 31‚ 2013} Introduction The most wonderful gift that I’ve ever known in my life and from this Book of The amazing world of laughter & its super healing power is the gift of laugh‚ one of the greatest blessings of the Lord. In my readings‚ this gift if so special‚ because it gives us all the opportunities to overcome our weaknesses. It’s like when we are so down and when we are being neglected

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    Jihun Kang Dinh English 11 CP‚ period 3 17 November 2015 Laughing Liberation Laughter can free a man’s soul. Even when he has been beaten over and over again‚ laughter can lift his spirits. This is also seen in books such as the Bible. Apostles Paul and Silas were disempowered by their enemies‚ yet they laughed and praised and were eventually let out of jail-- literally attaining their freedom. In Ken Kesey’s renowned novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and movie directed by Milos Forman (1975)

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    Throughout history philosophers and scholars have widely debated the theory of comedy and laughter‚ the types of laughter and the reasons why we laugh. In his essay “Ontological Laughter: Comedy as Experimental Possibility Space” Timothy Morton‚ discusses his views on laughter and states that “comedy is the genre closes to the ontological structure of how things are” (332). Morton begins by proposing that “a thing is exactly what it is‚ yet never exactly as it appears” (Morton 322-323)‚ therefore

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    The Power of Laughter Jimmy Buffet once said "If we couldn’t laugh‚ we would all go insane." When an individual is no longer capable of laughing‚ he is also no longer capable of being in control of himself. This happens when a greater authority has the power to deny a person of their laughter; which‚ inevitably‚ denies him of his freedom. Ken Kesey conveys the idea that laughter and freedom go hand in hand throughout his novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Kesey portrays laughter as a parallel

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    Thoughtful Laughter Amy Tan uses thoughtful laughter in her novel‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ to make a point through laughter or humor. Thoughtful laughter is effective because it grabs the attention of the reader and expresses a point‚ whether the reader knows it or not. One scene that provokes thoughtful laughter is in the chapter “Best Quality” while the family picks crabs to eat. When there was only two crabs left‚ Jing-Mei Woo tries to choose the crab with the missing leg‚ so her mom would have the

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    AMAZING WORLD OF LAUGHTER AND ITS SUPER HEALING POWERS We change physiologically when we laugh. We stretch muscles throughout our face and body‚ our pulse and blood pressure go up‚ and we breathe faster‚ sending more oxygen to our tissues. People who believe in the benefits of laughter say it can be like a mild workout -- and may offer some of the same advantages as a workout."The effects of laughter and exercise are very similar‚" says Wilson. "Combining laughter and movement‚

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