How To Cure Laugher's Block

Find your life suddenly lacking laughter? Is your sense of hoopla hopelessly hiding? Not had a spontaneous snort of milk out your nose in a while? When was the last time you had a good old-fashioned, knee-slapping, foot-stomping, eye-watering, rip-roaring, bent-over guffaw? You may be suffering from Laugher's Block. Fear not. Your laugh life need not be over. This happens to most people at least once in their lives.

Laugher's Block can be a serious condition. Laughter is a very healthy exercise. It reduces certain stress hormones such as happisol and groucholine, strengthens abdominational muscles, exercises the lungs and releases endolphins into the pleasure center of the brain (not sure about all that but it sounded good).

They say there are three ways to cure Laugher's Block. First, consult your doctor to make sure you're healthy enough for laughing. Then, consider the following approaches:
1) Laugh. Laugh about anything but laugh. Laugh silently inside whenever laughing out loud may cause consternation, or when it may spark invitations to Laughaholics Anonymous. Don't look in a mirror during this time, especially if you're particularly ugly. Practice laughing whenever you can and you'll get better at it. Soon, your body will become accustomed to the habit of happiness and you'll be back in the swing of things laughing often and appropriately
2) Don't laugh. Do something to take your mind off the fact you have Laugher's Block. Take a walk. Read a book. Watch a movie. (Note: looking at comedic material is not recommended, as this can just aggravate the condition. And keep away from those giggle belly exercises as they're just plain irritating.) Forget about it totally, do something pleasant, take a vacation and eventually, a small chuckle will miraculously pop out of nowhere and soon you'll be back laughing lickity-split, or
3) Help others laugh. If someone you know is chortle-less, you might be able to help them out of it. Like the hiccups, an abrupt shock can be an effective long term cure. A simple Joy Buzzer (like the one pictured above) or an unexpected shot with the water hose while they're sunbathing can do the trick. And if it doesn't work at least you'll have had some fun and a laugh yourself. Be prepared for retaliative attacks. This is not a setback as your own discomfort is sure to get them chuckling.

Good luck with your laugh life. For more inspiration visit the Laughter Hall of Fame nearest you and see the animatronic stars of A Fish Called Wanda, reproductions of gag novelty items and witness historical reenactions of famous Three Stooges pie fights. Classes in pie making and throwing are available. It's best to book in advance because class space (and whipping cream) is limited.

And, remember, laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and your face just gets all puffy.

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The Joy Buzzer is a device hidden in the palm of your hand. An inside spring is wound up and released by shaking hands with others; delivering a mechanical shock and a loud buzz. Most of the following is from Wikipedia:

"...invented in 1928 by Soren Sorensen Adams of the S.S. Adams Co., it was modeled after another product The Zapper, which was similar to the joy buzzer, but did not have a very effective buzz and contained a button that had a blunt point which would hurt the person whose hand was shaken. His first gag concoction was the Cachoo Sneeze Powder, in 1906, and Sorensen went on to create prank product staples like the razzberry cushion, the snake nut can and the exploding cigar."