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Why do we laugh less as we get older ?

kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,192
edited November 2018 in The cake stop
I remember as a kid I loved nothing more than a good laugh - it got me in endless trouble at school - but I wouldn't change a thing.
Now watching my my own kids in their late teens early 20's - I recall then giggling at bath time, meal time, it seemed they couldn't stop laughing ?

So where does all the laughter go ? - do the responsibility of house/cars/work/relationships squeeze that laughter out of us ?

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  • rjsterryrjsterry Posts: 25,044
    Yes.








    :lol:
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  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,192
    rjsterry wrote:
    Yes.








    :lol:

    OK \ Close thread
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,878
    Ditto.
    I like the word ditto. It doesn’t make me laugh, but it does make me smile.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • crispybug2crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    I don’t always achieve or live by these words all the time but I do try as often as I can

    From my Grandad:-

    “The trouble with life today is it isn’t silly enough, we need more silliness in the world!”
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,500 Lives Here
    kingrollo wrote:
    I remember as a kid I loved nothing more than a good laugh - it got me in endless trouble at school - but I wouldn't change a thing.
    Now watching my my own kids in their late teens early 20's - I recall then giggling at bath time, meal time, it seemed they couldn't stop laughing ?

    So where does all the laughter go ? - do the responsibility of house/cars/work/relationships squeeze that laughter out of us ?

    You've seen it all before.
    _
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    perhaps you need a change from your current situation or to stop taking things so seriously. you seem to come across in your posts as overly serious.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,192
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    perhaps you need a change from your current situation or to stop taking things so seriously. you seem to come across in your posts as overly serious.

    It was more a general observation than a problem to solve.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 22,878
    kingrollo wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    perhaps you need a change from your current situation or to stop taking things so seriously. you seem to come across in your posts as overly serious.

    It was more a general observation than a problem to solve.
    Still so serious?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • bianchimoonbianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    I think I laugh more and at things that are just as daft as when I was younger, both with my family and when out with my mates. All to do with the situation you're in and the pressure you're under, if you've got this under control, no reason to laugh less. If you're laughing less somethings not quiet right, whether it's changeable is another matter.
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    kingrollo wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    perhaps you need a change from your current situation or to stop taking things so seriously. you seem to come across in your posts as overly serious.

    It was more a general observation than a problem to solve.

    this answer i think sums up the problem......
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,192
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    kingrollo wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    perhaps you need a change from your current situation or to stop taking things so seriously. you seem to come across in your posts as overly serious.

    It was more a general observation than a problem to solve.

    this answer i think sums up the problem......

    Even though I said there wasn't a problem ?

    It "Was" just a bit of chit chat
  • Ben6899Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    Yes, but you're Bikeradar's version of Jeffrey Goines. :lol:
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  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,192
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    Yes, but you're Bikeradar's version of Jeffrey Goines. :lol:

    I d have thought Sheldon Cooper myself. :lol::lol:
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    not round these parts - still giggling and laughing the vast majority of the day, the remaining spent sleeping.

    Yes, but you're Bikeradar's version of Jeffrey Goines. :lol:

    git :)

    but at least you've got the not insane part right. its not the MFs, its everyone else.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • keef66keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I'm still laughing. Wossamarra with you miserable old gits?
  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 11,986
    I'm laughing more than ever. With forumites like Fishbot, Bungle and Tetramuncher/bottomkiller it's difficult not to...
  • robert88robert88 Posts: 2,696
    crispybug2 wrote:
    I don’t always achieve or live by these words all the time but I do try as often as I can

    From my Grandad:-

    “The trouble with life today is it isn’t silly enough, we need more silliness in the world!”

    Isn't Brexit enough for him? After all it is very funny, here are some jokes:

    VOTERS: we want to give a boat a ridiculous name
    UK: no
    VOTERS: we want to break up the EU and trash the world economy
    UK: fine

    “Why does Britain like tea so much? Because tea leaves.”

    “Roy Hodgson has just been made Prime Minister. He has a fantastic record of leaving Europe swiftly.”

    Hello, I am from Britain, you know, the one that got tricked by a bus

    Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/jokes/ ... xit-jokes/
  • ProssPross Posts: 36,355
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    kingrollo wrote:
    I remember as a kid I loved nothing more than a good laugh - it got me in endless trouble at school - but I wouldn't change a thing.
    Now watching my my own kids in their late teens early 20's - I recall then giggling at bath time, meal time, it seemed they couldn't stop laughing ?

    So where does all the laughter go ? - do the responsibility of house/cars/work/relationships squeeze that laughter out of us ?

    You've seen it all before.

    This pretty much, it's the natural reaction to something often unexpected so the more you've seen / heard the less creates that 'shock' type response.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pross wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    kingrollo wrote:
    I remember as a kid I loved nothing more than a good laugh - it got me in endless trouble at school - but I wouldn't change a thing.
    Now watching my my own kids in their late teens early 20's - I recall then giggling at bath time, meal time, it seemed they couldn't stop laughing ?

    So where does all the laughter go ? - do the responsibility of house/cars/work/relationships squeeze that laughter out of us ?

    You've seen it all before.

    This pretty much, it's the natural reaction to something often unexpected so the more you've seen / heard the less creates that 'shock' type response.

    well don't live a boring life and get yourself into circumstances that give you new unexpected opportunities to laugh and experience new things.

    remember - a life lived in fear is a life half lived

    #nonewsteps
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • rjsterryrjsterry Posts: 25,044
    When can we expect one of the MFs to release a self-help motivational manual?
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • kingrollokingrollo Posts: 3,192
    rjsterry wrote:
    When can we expect one of the MFs to release a self-help motivational manual?

    dont tell me theres more than one ?
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    rjsterry wrote:
    When can we expect one of the MFs to release a self-help motivational manual?

    i'll get them to start the first draft soonest. this time next year Rodney they will be millionaires. And who will be laughing then, eh?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    kingrollo wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    When can we expect one of the MFs to release a self-help motivational manual?

    dont tell me theres more than one ?

    who knows? perhaps one of them is watching you, right now.

    we know that there is at least one in the V-Man's garage with Mrs V's muffin, but who knows what other craziness is occuring.......
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
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