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I am also one of those who sometimes giggles when the time is inappropriate.  I could never figure out why I do this...maybe somehow it helps me deal with the seriousness of the situation better... :-/
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I'm sure you are a wonderful person that means no harm but I can tell you that situation I could post in "things I hate" thread.  As a supervisor I've had to address things that were important and have been met with giggles, the old "Is this funny to you question" given with the Clint Eastwood glare ususally stopped it.  Also as a customer with a problem it's very infuriationg, I remember one time going to pick up some film and they had ruined the the entire roll, shots that could be never captured again, the person could only giggle as she was explaining it to me.  I had to not say a word and leave quickly before I burst into flames.  :o  
But I like you  :-*

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Thanks, Race!  :)

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I'm sure you are a wonderful person that means no harm but I can tell you that situation I could post in "things I hate" thread.  As a supervisor I've had to address things that were important and have been met with giggles, the old "Is this funny to you question" given with the Clint Eastwood glare ususally stopped it.  Also as a customer with a problem it's very infuriationg, I remember one time going to pick up some film and they had ruined the the entire roll, shots that could be never captured again, the person could only giggle as she was explaining it to me.  I had to not say a word and leave quickly before I burst into flames.  :o  
But I like you  :-*

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Race, I can understand you being angry those situations are not funny at all. I don't know why it happens to me but I am one of those ppl that when a situation turns very tense and serious, it only takes something very small to set me to tittering...and usually what sets me off is not very funny to anyone else. Maybe it is because I am not good with upsetting situations. I don't know ???

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In Saving Private Ryan I laughed at the scene during the opening battle of the guy looking for his arm. Shouldn't have, but it struck me as funny.
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OMG, Race, so did I! ;D ;D

I used to work with a woman who had a "nervous laugh".  When she was nervous or afraid, she would laugh.  This caused her a lot of trouble on job interviews.  Naturally, she is nervous because she wants the job, then the interviewer tosses out an "odd" question to see how she would react under pressure.

She went to every interview workshop in town to try to get used to the interview process, to dull herself to being interviewed in order to stop herself from laughing.  She even went to a mental health clinic, where she was told it was a common problem, and since it was not normally life-crippling, there was very little they could do to help her, other than to suggest she keep going to practice interview workshops. :(

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Then I feel really sorry for that woman. I don't have a problem at interviews... thank goodness. And I am not crippled by this phenomenon...it just sneaks up on me sometimes.
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Happened to me when I saw Hannibal (in the theater the day after it opened).

Remember the dinner scene at the end?  Scooping and sauting and feeding the 'brainy' guy?  It made me laugh like a Mel Brooks movie makes me laugh...

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OMG, Race, so did I! ;D ;D

I used to work with a woman who had a "nervous laugh".  When she was nervous or afraid, she would laugh.  This caused her a lot of trouble on job interviews.  Naturally, she is nervous because she wants the job, then the interviewer tosses out an "odd" question to see how she would react under pressure.

She went to every interview workshop in town to try to get used to the interview process, to dull herself to being interviewed in order to stop herself from laughing.  She even went to a mental health clinic, where she was told it was a common problem, and since it was not normally life-crippling, there was very little they could do to help her, other than to suggest she keep going to practice interview workshops. :(
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I've also been known to desparately try to stifle a giggle at a wake or funeral.

Someone usually tells me something funny, about a family member or neighbor, and it makes me laugh.  Then I try to disguise it as a cough or sneeze, so I don't look or sound like I'm being disrespectful. :(
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Did you ever see the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode about the death of Chuckles the Clown?   :)

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I've also been known to desparately try to stifle a giggle at a wake or funeral.

Someone usually tells me something funny, about a family member or neighbor, and it makes me laugh.  Then I try to disguise it as a cough or sneeze, so I don't look or sound like I'm being disrespectful. :(
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I never laughed or giggled at a funeral.But,sometimes it's laughable when the person comes up to the podium and says something funny about that specific one that passed away.

howard :D

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After seeing "The Two Towers," there was only one instance where I thought something was unintentionally funny...when Aragorn/Strider was tracking the little hobbits, I thought, "Oooh, Hobbit tracks!" (a la Elmer Fudd).

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I DO!!!!!!!!!

Hossy and I were just talking about this one tonite....I LMAO when I see someone fall.  I know I fall all the time...fell down my stairs last nite and busted both knees.....and I was NOT laughing....but when I see someone fall and bust their @ss..it is SO hard to me to stifle a laugh! ;D ;D
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Me too, SS!  I remember one time at band camp in high school at the mall during lunch, at the Mrs. Fields counter a mother and her young son were in line in front of my friend and me and the boy tried to climb up the counter and SPLAT!  I had to walk away...   :-X ;D

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And that, friends, is why I always wear a cage, or at least a half-visor ;)

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I DO!!!!!!!!!

Hossy and I were just talking about this one tonite....I LMAO when I see someone fall.  I know I fall all the time...fell down my stairs last nite and busted both knees.....and I was NOT laughing....but when I see someone fall and bust their @ss..it is SO hard to me to stifle a laugh! ;D ;D
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THAT HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY!  except some kid with a huge backpack pushed me down.  i quite literally slid across the floor.  ;D  it was funny at first, until the emense pain set in.  the knee i that hit hardest (my left) was the one i hurt snowboarding...and that stupid kid hurt my right ankel and right knee...i walk funny now. :D

getting hurt is funny.  while i think it's funny when i get hurt, it's even better when it's someone else... ;D

the bad part is, i always think of really funny things when i'm in trouble or when i'm walking by myself and i just burst out laughing... :-/

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I am one of those people, too.  I just can't help myself.  It annoys the crap out of hubby.   I also laughed at the Saving Private Ryan scene (and other similar ones in different movies) and when someone falls.  The best is when one of my kids will make a comment to hubby when he is upset with them.  Like when he was yelling at them and asked "HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU?"  And my 4 year old says "seven".  I have had to leave the room. ;D
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Okay, so basically we should all never go to these sad movies together. We would get thrown out of the theater. In Titanic, the part where Kate pulls Leo's hand out of hers and it makes that crrreeeaakk sound like they are supposed to be frozen, I giggled. My best friend started laughing because I leaned over and went "Jack....I will never let go...ccrrreeeaaakkkkkk" and we had to leave the theater. I do that a lot. No I am not taking medicine for it but maybe I should.  ;D That is why I don't go to the theater much.

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Okay, so basically we should all never go to these sad movies together. We would get thrown out of the theater. In Titanic, the part where Kate pulls Leo's hand out of hers and it makes that crrreeeaakk sound like they are supposed to be frozen, I giggled. My best friend started laughing because I leaned over and went "Jack....I will never let go...ccrrreeeaaakkkkkk" and we had to leave the theater. I do that a lot. No I am not taking medicine for it but maybe I should.  ;D That is why I don't go to the theater much.
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OMG :o  I said the EXACT same thing!!  Hubby thought I was losing it!  He hates to watch movies with me because I say stuff like that all the time.  Or make some smartaleck comment, like "yeah, right.  like he can really fly through the window without getting cut ::)"  That's probably part of the reason we never GO to the movies, we always wait for it to come to cable or rent them ;D

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I laugh everytime I see a picture of the painting of the Sistine Chaple with God and Adam. I once saw a joke that had that painting and it said, "Pull my finger." Now, that is all I think of.



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That's a T-shirt too :)  If you look around you'll find it online and you can even buy it.

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I laugh everytime I see a picture of the painting of the Sistine Chaple with God and Adam. I once saw a joke that had that painting and it said, "Pull my finger." Now, that is all I think of.



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Now THAT is funny! ;D

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I laugh everytime I see a picture of the painting of the Sistine Chaple with God and Adam. I once saw a joke that had that painting and it said, "Pull my finger." Now, that is all I think of.



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I saw that one too.  Makes me laugh every time!  Thank God I saw it AFTER I saw the Sistine Chapel!