laughter (n.) is regional: A smile extends over the whole face.

Malcolm de Chazal on Laughter

Announce Themselves

Break Silence

Carry A Message

Escape Containers

Fill A Room

Make A Day Feel Shorter

Make A House Feel Lived In

Make Presence Visible

Reduce Distance

Release

Ring In Your Ears After

Survive Translation

Tighten When You're Nervous

Things You Only Hear In Silence

laughter

tree

acorn

dad joke

dairy

lactose intolerance

adulthood

trivia

stress

phobia

Chuck Norris

immune system

sitcom

cancer

tumor

Chrysippus

arguing

quarrelling

crazy bitch

Laughter is America's most important export. Walt Disney

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man. (Francois Rabelais)

Laughter has no foreign accent. Paul Lowney

language

tickling

Robin Williams

gorilla

Koko

is regional: A smile extends over the whole face.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face. Malcolm de Chazal

is in the eyes — Long after the mouth is exhausted the eye continues to laugh.

Long after the mouth is exhausted the eye continues to laugh.

is regional. Smiling takes over the face completely.

Laughter is regional. Smiling takes over the face completely, from the triangular retreat of the chin to the endless plains of the forehead, from the most “cultivated” part of the face to the infinite regions of the entire countenance, like a wave rolling out from the shore to lose itself in the infinite expanse of the sea.

's starting point is the mouth, with the eye its destination.

The mouth is the starting point of laughter, with the eye its destination.

is the best hepatic antitoxin. A happy drunk can drink twice as much.

Laughter is the best hepatic antitoxin. A happy drunk can drink twice as much.

is the best kind of piano teacher. The height of pianistic art is to make the fingers laugh.

Laughter is the best kind of piano teacher. The height of pianistic art is to make the fingers laugh.

is the spreading of a smile all over the body. When you laugh, every little movement you make grimaces like the basin of a fountain with its mockeries of the fountain’s laughter.

Laughter spreads smiles all over the body. When you laugh, every little movement you make grimaces like the basin of a fountain with its mockeries of the fountain’s laughter.

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