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The Virtue of Laughter
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Nobody is never too old to throw a couple of jokes. When we are down, mad or even sad someone can make us laugh with a good joke. Jokes keep people stay young, even if they are 53 years old, and for every joke the person tells it lets us know that the same kid that you or someone else knows is still there. People make new friends by sharing laughs, or a semi driver would tell a joke to make his travels go by more quickly, giving him something to do, and meet another friend.
Everytime someone tells a joke to someone else they always tell it to another person and that person would tell it to someone else. It’s a never ending chain reaction! the jokes never get old. They might change from person to person but never lose their meaning. I still hear jokes from my grandpa, the jokes he tells are old, but everytime he tells them I laugh or smile no matter what. Sometimes jokes don’t make sense but they still make us laugh, because we don’t want to hurt each others feelings. Even though I’m the oldest in my family my little six year old brother can make me laugh. You can make a very strict or someone who doesn’t get a long with people laugh by telling them a good joke. Everytime you feel that your brother, sister, or your girlfriend is down try to tell them a joke to make them laugh and hopefully cheer them up.
When you laugh you forget about the stuff you was just thinking about and focus on the joke. Sometimes all we need when we are sad is a good joke to cheer us up. Laughter or a smile makes us go on throughout the day. life would have no meaning if nobidy laughed once in a while. Life would be dull and boring. No one would ever be happy, people would always be moody, we would mature too quickly, and most of all there would be no laughter to cheer people up when they aren’t in a great mood. That’s why there is laughter in the world, it helps make the world a better place.
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