The mysterious ways of the human kind provide so much entertainment and amusement to itself, that till the last of us exhales his/her last breath, humor shall survive. That brings me to this particular duo, siblings, brother-sister, whichever way you'd like to interprete their existence on Earth.
With a gap of two years, that seemed so non-existent, as kids we were teased of being identical twins. ...and so it seems, we carry with us a lot of similarities, behaviour, attitudes, open minds, the slouch, the talk, a tinge of hypocrisy, acknowledging imperfection, the cycling, the philosophical debates, ...oh yes!!...and the laugh!!
The brain freaks(psychologists et al) say each human has his own laugh, like laughter defines the being. We siblings, giggled a lot as toddlers. Time grew us up too fast, and it seemed to me, it took away my signature laugh with him. Time is 'him' because I find 'him' a little masochistic, and I can't deal with him! Anyway, took me a few years to actually realise, that I hadn't laughed out loud for probably half a decade. Felt so stupid and totally blank(and totally conscious and embarrassed), for so long, that I didn't remember, had I even smiled at anything funny or a feel-good moment? ...maybe I did, maybe I didn't...I'd laugh inside, on my own. How doesn't matter then! It's so much easier. But laughing out loud?..in society?...now THAT, is a big problem...more so, when you become so aware of it!
But now that I had totally lost SL(signature laugh), every moment kept me perplexed and nervous, and I felt like I was the entire catalogue of Types of laughter sung by Mary Poppins!!! Remember the song?
Usually I come up with a combo or a triad of different laughs. The soundless body shaking, the hissing snake, a loud single jerk of a laugh, the mime, the hmm-hmmm-hmm-hmm, the plain giggly-wiggly,the changing pitch-lowest bass to girly high-pitch, the thigh tapping, the hehehe-clap, the donkey laugh,a laugh-laugh-single-snort, the hyena... Now, for the sibling trademark!!! - the nose-holding-gigglingshoulder-shrugging laugh... We've got such big noses, that any excessive laughing scares us into grabbing the nose, lest it falls off!!!!
ah, the big family secret's out! D'jay, don't bump me off!
Hehehehe-shoulder shrug-nose grab.
2 comments:
Hilarious read! Though I'm wondering if you made it up coz I've never seen the celebrated nose grab. :-)
ah!!!you just happened to miss it on sunday... :D @KNP we were all looking down at Ananya, who happened to do something funny, and I went, smile-shrug-shrug-nose grab! ;)
better luck next time ...hehe
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