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MerylStreep Sun 20-Feb-22 11:49:58

I went to lunch with my step daughter this week ( she’s extremely funny)
After a couple of disastrous relationships she decided to go onto a dating site.
She showed me a pic of one respondent: he was wearing a nappy.
I was hurting with laughing so much. ?

Georgesgran Sun 20-Feb-22 11:46:28

DD2 and I were flying off to Dubai 2 years ago. Being a wheelchair user she needs assistance and wears special splints in order to stand up which need size 9 trainers to accommodate. She leaves these to the last minute to put on. Delving in her bag she was mortified to find her DH had packed one black and one white, but thankfully a right and a left otherwise we’d have been snookered. After the initial shock, we laughed like drains for ages - I’m sure some of the other travellers thought we’d been at the Duty Free!

Witzend Sun 20-Feb-22 11:38:37

I still remember very fondly one Christmas when my mother was with us. We watched the Royle Family Christmas Special - none of us had ever seen it before.

My mother was soon crying with laughter, which set us all off even more.
For quite a while afterwards dds only had to say a typical line from the programme - ‘Y’all right there, Nana?’ to set her off again.

She was the same while reading the first few pages of Bill Bryson’s book ‘Small Island’, which admittedly had me near hysterics, too.

henetha Sun 20-Feb-22 11:38:13

Yes, In Paris in 1988, on holiday with my friend Mary.
She broke a sundae glass in a posh restaurant and ran to hide behind a curtain, leaving me to explain and apologise in my schoolgirl French. You had to be there... Can you actually die of laughing? We nearly did!
On that same holiday, we were in an even posher restaurant; the only thing we could afford were the French version of sandwiches. They resembled polystyrene ceiling tiles in every way and we laughed so much that we were asked to move away from the window and sit at the back of the restaurant as our laughter was putting people off from entering. At least, I think that was what the waiter said as he moved us grin.
I really must phone Mary. I haven't seen her since 2019.

midgey Sun 20-Feb-22 11:32:03

Coastpath that made me laugh out loud!

BigBertha1 Sun 20-Feb-22 11:30:17

Since I laughed like that but I remember how much we used to laugh at Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson in Bottom- Pure slapstick really which I don't like but it was much ruder of course. RIP Rik Mayall.

Serendipity22 Sun 20-Feb-22 11:27:10

Fanny ha ha ... i sounds intriguing.

Coastpath HAHAHAHA..... THATS HILARIOUS

Coastpath Sun 20-Feb-22 10:53:27

My dear old mum never, ever swore. If anyone else swore they would be on the receiving end of a terrifying stare and the sort of tut that only ladies of a certain age can achieve.

Then my dad bought a video camera. Mum took the camera out to film the dog playing in the park. As she filmed she banged her knee on a park bench and let out a stream of swear words that would make a stoker blush.

She thought only she had heard this.....until we all sat down at Sunday tea time to watch the family's videos of the week!!! Oh my goodness we were roaring...the entire family was bent double laughing until we cried...even mum.

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 10:39:21

A long winded, true story becoming ever more absurd.
It involving my friend; her caravan; a donkey; and a TV aerial

I can’t even remember the details now!

Serendipity22 Sun 20-Feb-22 10:31:08

My GD has just reminded me of a few weeks ago when we literally cried with laughter and just now when she reminded me we laughed so much my sides hurt.

The incident is unexplainable, it was literally a case of you HAD to be there.

There are countless other you HAD to be there moments but it all lead me to starting this post of WHAT MADE YOU LAUGH TILL YOU CRIED hahahaha.

A happy thread for a dismal Sunday morning....

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