{"id":85,"date":"2014-01-20T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T11:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=85"},"modified":"2019-01-22T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:08:09","slug":"laugh-out-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/01\/20\/laugh-out-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"Laugh Out Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/laugh_out_loud1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/laugh_out_loud1.jpg\" alt=\"what makes us laugh?\" width=\"396\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/laugh_out_loud1.jpg 396w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/laugh_out_loud1-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>I have noticed recently that my husband Andrew is fast becoming a Facebook Junkie.\u00a0 This puzzled me for awhile.\u00a0 He has always been a weather watcher (9 inches of snow here yesterday!)\u00a0 And sports enthusiast (did you know that Drew Brees throws more accurately\u00a0 than an Olympic archer?)\u00a0 But Facebook?\u00a0 <i>Andrew?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Then the other day I was in the next room and heard him laugh out loud.\u00a0 Please understand:\u00a0 Andrew has a keen and very dry sense of humor (in my opinion one of his most endearing traits).\u00a0 He finds many things amusing, but doesn\u2019t often laugh out loud.\u00a0 So when I heard him cackling, I wandered into the living room to find out what was so funny.\u00a0 He was sitting in front of his computer reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=490973827664728&amp;set=a.550188628409914.1073741827.261966070565506&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">this\u00a0post from our friend <\/a>Shannon in South Carolina. My lightbulb went on. Mystery solved.\u00a0 Andrew enjoys Facebook because it makes him laugh.<\/p>\n<p><b>Laughter is one of the most enjoyable things in life<\/b>, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 Sunsets On the Beach are spectacular, of course, and\u00a0 a Shared Moment with a Friend is priceless, but a good belly laugh?\u00a0 That has to be right up there on the List of Life\u2019s Best Experiences.<\/p>\n<p>What makes us laugh?\u00a0 The ludicrous, I suppose. The unexpected.\u00a0 The Quirky. I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m no humor expert. (Is there such a thing?)\u00a0 But I am an expert at \u201cfunny.\u201d\u00a0 As are you.\u00a0 We all know \u201cfunny\u201d when we see it, because we each own a built-in funny-o-meter.\u00a0 When it goes off we laugh out loud.<\/p>\n<p><b>Laugh Out Loud<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Share your laughs with us.\u00a0 Please send us clips\/pictures\/etc that trigger your funny-o-meter.\u00a0 We will do our best to pass them along.<\/p>\n<p>Send us your funnies via:<br \/>\n<b><\/b>Replies to this post<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/contact.html\">Email<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belovedlove.org\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lovebelovedlove\/\">Pinterest<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bebelovedlove\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Here is another &#8220;funny&#8221; we ran across recently:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s Not About the Nail\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/66753575?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have noticed recently that my husband Andrew is fast becoming a Facebook Junkie.\u00a0 This puzzled me for awhile.\u00a0 He has always been a weather watcher (9 inches of snow here yesterday!)\u00a0 And sports enthusiast (did you know that Drew Brees throws more accurately\u00a0 than an Olympic archer?)\u00a0 But Facebook?\u00a0 Andrew? 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