Unique Laughing Experiences

            One night I was at an older student’s house hanging out with my friends.  It was a nice night and my friends and I were sitting outside in the backyard.  We were talking and cracking jokes when two of my friends began to spar.  This sparring was pretty intense and we were having a good time.  I had left my chair to get out of the way of the fight that was going on.  I moved to a different chair, but this chair’s leg was somewhat broken.  My bad luck would prevail again, and I as a sat down the chair leg completely broke and the chair fell out from under me sending me to the ground.  Only one of my witnessed my fall and we immediately broke out in laughter.

            We laughed loud and for so long that the rest of the people, who were consumed by the sparring that was going on, stopped to ask what happened.  We finally regained control of ourselves to tell them what happened.  Nobody else thought it was funny at all.  It was one of those “you had to be there” moments, but in this case it was “you had to not be sparring to see it.”

            Moments happen all the time where people break out in laughter.  Those moments may not make it as a funny story you can tell your friends, but they are hilarious at the time.  Whoever is in that moment will laugh with you and will remember it as a funny moment in their lives, but it is only funny to them, not to others.  Living in the moment creates this kind of laughter and humor.  It is not something that can be recreated or retold into a joke.  It is a completely unique experience that only a few share.

            Uncontrollable fits of laughter are an experience unlike any other.  It is normally a unique experience and does not come from a comedian telling a joke.  These fits come from everyday life and create a lasting impact between friends.