If you go down to the park today, you're sure of a big surprise.... I was down in St. David’s Park this morning just for a bit of a laugh. That’s right, a formal laugh with the Hobart Laughter Club. Not a big crowd today -only six of us whereas there are normally about 13 or 14, but the sun was shining and it was great day for making an idiot of oneself. Annette, second from right in the picture, was today's cheerleader. If it seems a bit contrived having to get together expressly for the purpose of having a laugh, then let me tell you the strange looks you get aren’t half as strange as the ones you get if you laugh out loud in public by yourself. So here were making weird noises and practising different kinds of laughter for no apparent reason. There were belly laughs, the Bailey’s Irish cream laugh, Simon Says laughs, snide laughs, an angry laugh and one or two others which I have already forgotten. No jokes needed - just getting those laughter muscles wo...
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