Well, it happened one day in church.
It was just another day with one of our favourite visiting ministers. Everyone was on their best behaviour, till the incident.
I was in hysterics, and just when I managed to compose myself, my eye would catch a friend's, and off I would go again. Uncontrollable laughter. My friend was shaking from head to toe, sitting quite near the front. Thankfully I was more towards the back, and pretended to be looking for something in my handbag.
What happened to cause such hysterics?
The minister who was preaching that morning was a dignified elderly gentleman. He became very animated about getting his message across, and all eyes were fixated on him. It was a good message and everyone sat listening with intent!
What happened next caused quite a stir, with many bodies shaking in front of us while others were clearly uncomfortable and looked anywhere but at the pulpit!
The dignified old minister stood behind the beautiful gleaming wooden pulpit, getting to the climax of his message, when his dentures suddenly flew across the pulpit!
Base Image by Dawn McDonald on Unsplash modified using AI via ChatGPT (OpenAI)
How and who retrieved the dentures, I have no idea. Someone must have stepped in to rescue the old man and picked them up. Were they rinsed in the glass of water and re-inserted with his back to the congregation, I can't tell you, as I could not compose myself for quite a while, and my head was almost stuck inside my handbag!
The service ended very soon, and there was much talking and giggling as we walked out. The usual greeting at the door did not happen either.
Of course, the stern ones who had forgotten how to laugh, there's always at least one of those who sit in the front row looking very pious but is the judgmental type were not impressed with these disrespectful and ill-mannered people, but I left with a sore belly that day!
This has been my response to Silver Bloggers Chronicles #26 where we are asked:
Whatโs a time you laughed when you really "shouldnโt" have?
I will never forget that day and still ask myself the question: What is it about laughter - when you're not meant to, it's as if the feel-good hormones are activated and it becomes absolutely impossible to stop the laughter! And can any one of you tell me why laughter is infectious?
One sure thing is that it is the best medicine I know of! But...very uncomfortable when you're not supposed to be laughing!
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