We laugh in every language which does not need interpretation. Laughter is usually a joyous response to humour but sometimes it may be a fear response.

It is said to have many benifits on the mind and emotions but the seat of the laughter trigger lies in the brain and nervous system of the individual.Notice that we do not all laugh at the same things; so there is individuality in determination of what is deemed funny.

What makes one brain interpret a particular incident as humour and another brain not?

It is thought that laughter occurs when there is a collision of two or more emotions or thought processes related to an incident. One thing was expected and another happened instead.

 This is the theory of Incongruency by Thomas Veatch.

The Superiority theory suggests that we laugh at or humor jokes considered silly or stupid because we feel smarter than the person being humoured. We may laugh also because of something we thought to be peculiar to us.

The Relief Theory concerns laughter that occurs when something terrible was expected but resulted in a humourous twist instead.

There are at least (53 ) fifty three muscles involved in each laughter event, and most adults laugh on average seven (7) times daily.

GELONTOLOGY

The scientific study of laughter is gelontology. Through the use of Electroenchephalogram, studdies were undertaken that showed the areas of the brain and the type of response when the individual was exposed to potentially humourous matters.

It is known that the Frontal Lobe and cerebral cortex were primarily the hub for laughter; but scientists were able to establish the various functions of different portions of the Frontal Lobe in the laughter response.

The left side of the Cortex was responsible for making sense of the audible or visual matter, words, pictures or sounds that's considered funny.

The right side of the Cortex uses intelectual analysis to determine "funnyness"  so an individual get" the joke, and the Frontal Lobe conducts the social emotional response to the information.

These areas communicate with the occipital Lobe at the back of the head leading to stimulation of the motor or physical responses involving muscles, nerves and joints; in addition to chemical responses like the release of rmones and neurochemicals to complete the laughter cycle.

 Most of the time it is.. If you are the laugher. But laughter is not generally good medicine for the person who is being ridiculed. It may create anger and hostility and some severe physical responses that will shut down any laugh machine.

So laughter is a wonderful and valuable expression but should not be used at the expense of others. This is the bread and butter of comedians; who like activists, incite people to laugh at the costly expense of others and people fall victims of their wares with occasional collateral damage in the mix . Children, spouses and parents being hurt in the process.

SO laugh heartily at least seven times daily, that is every 3.5 hours on average. Take a break and enjoy some of those humorous email forwards for a  needed comic relief.

Consider, could laughter be the Orgasm of Life? Then if it is, have more of it.