Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Whisper Laughing

You know when you're sitting in church and the person next to you says something funny and you just have to laugh but then you end up shaking the whole pew, or it's late at night and you don't want to wake people up but you just need to laugh so you just sit there and let your shoulders shake?

This, my friends, is what is called the whisper laugh.

The queen of the whisper laugh is my friend, Dierdra Elkins (name has been changed for confidentiality) . Her whole body shakes and she kinda snorts to keep the loudness in. Believe me, it's funny. If you know Dierdra, she's normally a very loud laugher, so this extreme change in laughter styles is quite funny in itself.