I love to laugh
Loud and long and clear
I love to laugh
It’s getting worse ev’ry yearThe more I laugh
The more I fill with glee
And the more the glee
The more I’m a merrier me
It’s embarrassing!
The more I’m a merrier me! Mary Poppins:
Some people laugh through their noses
Sounding something like this “Mmm…”
Some people laugh through their teeth goodness sake
Hissing and fizzing like snakes Bert:
Some laugh too fast
Some only blast – ha!
Others, they twitter like birds
Then there’s the kind
What can’t make up their mind Uncle Albert:
When things strike me as funny
I can’t hide it inside
And squeak – as the squeakelers do
I’ve got to let go with a ho-ho-ho…
And a ha-ha-ha…too! All:
We love to laugh
Loud and long and clear
We love to laugh
So ev’rybody can hear
The more you laugh
The more you fill with glee
And the more the glee
The more we’re a merrier we! From Mary Poppins
I love to laugh! Can you say that? Do you laugh every day? Do you try to spread laughter to your friends, family, and even complete strangers? I was looking up some Walt Disney quotes and I found one that made me pause:
“Laughter is America’s most important export.” Walt Disney
How often to we think of laughter as an export? Obviously Walt Disney made funny movies so he was able to export laughter easily. But what about the rest of us? How can we export happiness? More importantly, why would we want to even if we could.
Disneyland is often thought of as the “Happiest Place on Earth.” Is America thought of as the “Happiest Country on Earth?” No. Why not? No matter how bad things are our lives are still a lot better than lots of other people on this planet. What if we could make Earth the “Happiest Planet in the Galaxy?” Whoa, Jennifer. Don’t get carried away.
Nope. I’ve decided to get carried away. I have a plan. One of my plans is to make cookies for all the leaders in the world, good, bad, and ugly, but I’ll save that one for now. No, my plan is to follow in Walt Disney’s footsteps and export laughter. It isn’t that hard. I’ll use six degrees of separation.
Six degrees of separation says that we are only six people removed from every person on the planet. (I just discovered I am only three people from George R. R. Martin. Cool!) So if I make six people laugh and they make six people laugh and those people make six people laugh than by using the six degrees rule I will have spread laughter to a huge number of people. And the cool part is that some of those people will know people in other countries so the laughter will spread around the world. I can export laughter.
So why not join me. Ideally it would be great if we all made six people laugh a day. We have a lot of negativity to overcome. But even if everyone only made six people laugh a week it would have amazing effects. So tell a joke, relate a funny story, share a funny picture, or do a funny thing. And laugh…a lot. When the aliens land I want them to think we live on a really happy planet. Happiness squared.
Goofy Joke: (I was looking for my favorite Mary Poppins joke and I found two (or three). Lucky me!)
#1: Bert: It reminds me of me brother. He got a nice cushy job at a watch factory. Uncle Albert: At a watch factory? What does he do? Bert: He stands about all day… and makes faces! Uncle Albert: [laughing hysterically] He makes faces in a watch factory! #2: Bert: Uncle Albert, I got a jolly joke I saved for just such an occasion. Would you like to hear it? Uncle Albert: [sobbing] I’d be so grateful. Bert: Well it’s about me granddad, see, and one night he has a nightmare. He was so scared, he chewed his pillow to bits. Bits. In the morning, I says, “How you feel, Granddad?” He says, “Oh, not bad. A little down in the mouth.” [Bert laughs, Uncle Albert sobs harder] Bert: I always say there’s nothing like a good joke. Uncle Albert: [sobbing] No, and that was nothing like a good joke. #3:Mary Poppins: [watching Bert, Albert, Jane, and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it’s the most disgraceful sight I’ve ever seen, or my name isn’t Mary Poppins.
Bert: Speakin’ o’ names, I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.
Uncle Albert: What’s the name of his other leg?