Ever have a laughing fit in an inappropriate place?

[Jeafl]

This seems to happen to me all the time at funerals or in church.

Yesterday, during my great uncle's funeral mass, there was a point when the whole church was silent. My 5-year old nephew was sitting in the pew in front of me. He bent over to pick up something and accidentally "passed gas" very loudly. He stood up quickly and said "Whoa! Was that me?". I just about lost it. I tried so hard not to laugh, and the more I knew I had to get myself under control, the worse it got. I could see other people's shoulders shaking, and I was really struggling not to make any noise. I almost had to leave the church. The sad part was that it wasn't even really THAT funny.

This wasn't the first time it's happened to me at a funeral either. A few years ago I was sitting next to my sister during a funeral, and she went to kneel during part of the mass. She forgot to put the kneeler down first, so her knees hit the marble floor and made a loud coconut sound. The two of us were like hynenas trying to laugh silently. The worst part is that some older lady thought we were crying and started patting us on the shoulder saying, "It's ok, cry if you need to". By this time we were dying.
I still crack up when I think of it.

I lost it once during a job interview too, but that's another story...

 

[PandyPaws]

I was a bride's maid in my cousin's wedding...
There were four of us, up on the altar, seated in chairs for this portion of the ceremony...I was elbowed by one and she nodded towards the bride and groom; he was ASLEEP! His head was bobbing and nodding, and we all had tears streaming down our cheeks trying to stifle the laughter. It was very difficult to keep it in, the four of us were squeaking

 

[lvs_eeyore]

I totally lost it one time when we were going through confirmation classes in the church. We got to the part of the service where you take a sip of wine. One of the men throught it was grape juice and did a spit take when he realized it was wine. That got two of us to laughing and we couldnt stop. Several other things went wrong with that mock service which only made it worse. By the end of it my stomach hurt and my sides were aching. Poor dh couldnt help but laugh at me and this other poor woman trying desperately to stifle the laughter. I apologized to our priest who said....You think YOU got to laughing imagine when its US that do that up on the alter. You should see some of the funny stuff we see from up there!!

 

[Saffron]

I do that too. For me, sometimes it's a release of nervous energy, other times, I just find something so funny I can't get under control. During school, I've had to leave class twice now.

I lost it once, because a student who was always late and told not to be late again or forget coming to class, tried to sneak into the class while the professor was lecturing in the lecture hall. I was nervous because I was waiting for the professor to kick him out of the class and embarrass him in front of the class. There are stationary seats bolted to the floor in the lecture hall. The student was trying to act non-chalont as he made his way down the aisle in front of me, staring and nodding at the professor as if he were hanging onto every word. Then he sat where there was no seat. I tried to catch him before he hit the floor, but too late. I lost it and had to leave the room. That was a nervous energy laugh.

Another time my history professor was lecturing about Christopher Columbus and how he never made it to North America. He went on for about an hour about how Columbus desimated the islands off the coast of South America and South America and how he and his crew stripped the land of their precious resources and spread disease. One young woman raised her hand at the end of the lecture and said, "I don't get it. If Columbus didn't land in the United States, where did he land? Canada?" The look on the professors face was enough to send me into hysterics. I tried to pretend I was coughing, but I had to leave the class to get myself under control.

I lost it once on the phone with a doctor, because I called him by the wrong name and he got extremely upset and arrogant about it. It struck me as hysterically funny that someone would be and sound so pompous about a mistake. Then he told me he didn't think it was so funny and that made me lose it even more.

So yeah, I laugh at inappropriate times and places too.

 

[newmousecateer]

Jeafl

ROFLBO

 

[abaldacci]

I think it happens to the best of us. I know I have in your shoes a few times. My GGM died when I was bout 12 and my training bra had got up and out the neck of my dress my mother and her sisters we in histerics(sp) laughing. Everyone keep thinking they were crying , but the had just laughed so hard they cried. I was way
and ran to the restroom to take care of things.

 

[skuttle]

When I was younger, my mom and I would get laughing fits all the time in church! And the more my mom would laugh, the more I would laugh, and vice versa!

I've also had a few laughing fits in classes.

 

[Dream]

lOL skuttle! What a nice memory you brought back for me this morning!!! My Mom and I used to get the giggles too!!! It was uncontrollable....and sooooo much fun!!! I miss that.
As for laughing at inappropriate times? Oh yeah...been there! My family has kind of a sick sense of humor when it comes to people falling...makes us break out in fits of laughter!!! Wonder what a shrink would do with that one?? We were sitting in the balcony of our church during Christmas Eve mass one year. My cousin was wearing heels...a new thing for her. As she was walking down the steep narrow stairs at the end of mass, her heel caught a step and she slid allllll the way down sitting on her other foot (kind of like when you roller skate on one skate while sitting on it). OMG....I couldn't even walk I was laughing so hard!!! I did manage to gasp "Are you OK?" but somehow my concern didn't seem sincere! Other people were looking at me like I was the worst person in the world....until they realized she wasn't crying...she was LAUGHING hysterically too!!! Isn't family great?

 

[Disney Doll]

At the cemetery at my MIL's funeral, I was sitting next to her brother, and the priest was at the end of the prayer where he says"Into Your hands we commend her spirit", and it was a very rainy, windy day and a gust of wind came up and the casket, which was suspended over the hole, started to shake, and her brother goes "Holy s***, she's coming back!" Well, I nearly wet my pants!!!!!!!!Here I am trying to hold in the laughter and my shoulders were shaking, so I'm sure some people thought I was crying, but I'm also sure that some people were like "look at that rotten DIL, laughing at a time like this" and actually,MIL and I got along fine, so I was sad that she had died, but to hear her brother blurt that out nearly killed me!!!!!!! I console myself with the fact that my MIL had a keen sense of humor, so she probably thought it was funny too. Who knows, maybe she sent the gust of wind to lighten the somber mood!!!!

 

[Blondie]

Can't say I've ever had a laughing fit at a funeral, but I know I've had one or two in church!

Most recent laughing fit was at Test Track in February.

Due to the seating arrangement in our test track vehicle, my two boys ended up sitting next to strangers, and they hate that with a passion! It ruined the ride for them. But they are old enough now to know that on rides like that, it can happen. They were being very immature about it!

As we exited and went to find our photo taken during the ride, we spotted it, and DH and I couldn't help but break down into hysterics at the looks on our boy's faces! They looked so miserable! We started laughing, and couldn't stop!

I'm sure the CM thought we were probably doing something in the photo we shouldn't have (ala Space Mountain "flashers") but it was all kind of like a private joke!

We still display the photo to this day!

 

[Tense]

My friend and I along with 4 kids vacationed at US this summer. We had had a great time swimming at the portafino and was headed back by boat to the Royal Pacific. Well... the boat was filled with a tired and mature crowd. I was sitting there holding the kids football from the pool.. when ..I don't know what possesses me to do the things I do (and I'm 40).. I just didn't want to hold it any longer... so.. I stuck it in my shirt. Well. it was dark out.. and yes I look like Dolly Parton!!!So.. no one noticed until my friend glanced over at me and saw and just burst out laughing! All the kids had to look and were TOTALLY embarassed by Mom! I thought the boys would die! So I then placed it up furter..so now I look like Hunchback!We that was it. Tears are now rolling down my freinds face!! I'm cracked up ! the kids move away from us! And the WHOLE boat knows we're laughing and they really don't know why...I suppose they thought we were horrible Mom's being Drunk!! When there was no alchcol involved here... at all!

 

[Dream]

LOL Tense!!! Some of life's best moments happen without alcohol!! You just have to be high on life! Um....can I vacation with you?!?!

 

[snoopy]

LOL Dream, my family has a thing about people falling as well.

I've had way too many laughing fits to count, most of them being in church. Shoot, as a Catholic girl in a Catholic school, I spent a lot of time in a Catholic church trying to be a good Catholic girl. Was never much good at it, the solemn mass always allowed a lot of room to find stuff that was silly.

The last laughing fit I had in church was for my oldest son's baptism. The baptism took place during mass, and the deal was we were to introduce ourselves, our child, and or godparents. DH was horrified at the thought of addressing the parish, but I was cocky and said I had no problem with it, I would do it. Well, when it came time for our introductions (we were last, everyone else had already gone and did a beautiful job) I took one look at my mean Grandmother sitting out in the pews, and she just had this nasty look on her face that struck me as so funny, and I went to speak the words and I just broke out in hysterical laughter! My best friend, who is the Godmother, takes one look at me and starts laughing as well. Then my brother Jack, the Godfather, starts laughing so hard, and we are all three gasping for air right there in front of the entire congregation. DH was FUMING! It was Lucy/Ethel/Ricky/Fred moment, for sure. The people in the parish did not seem amused, least of all my Grandmother. I never did make it through the introductions, so my Grandmother thinks my son is a heathen.

I apologized to the Priest afterwards, I really felt bad, but it was just one of those things I couldn't control.

 

[Kteacher]

I was at a classical piano concert-everyone in the audience was in tuxes and gowns. All I could think of while the pianist was playing Wagner was the Bugs Bunny cartoon where they do all the operas. Before I knew it I was singing " Kill the wabbit....kill the wabbit...., then the man sitting next to me starts laughing, and my DH starts rolling his eyes. I was told no more champagne for me before concerts

 

[AirForceRocks]

Yes, I had one during a wedding. I was a bridesmaid at a very formal evening wedding and I just couldn't stop laughing. The bride's sister, who was also a bridesmaid, had flown in late the night before, so had missed the rehearsal. She was in front of me in the procession, and though we had explained to her where to stand, she was confused, because there were three places where she could turn (she was supposed to turn at the third place). She started into the first, and I whispered "No, not yet!", then she tried to turn into the second and I whispered "No, not yet!". When we finally got into place, she started giggling, which got me started. I would stop, then I'd hear her behind me, stifling a giggle, and I would start up again. I was mortified, but I couldn't stop and neither could she!!! There was a half-wall with a rail at our side, blocking view of our bodies from the waist down, and I was making a kicking motion with on leg, trying to get her to stop, but it was no use.

And then, when the ceremony was over, we both started to cry and couldn't stop. It was just a nightmare at the time, but now we laugh hysterically everytime we think about it!!

 

[Poohbear123]

This thread is HYSTERICAL!

 

[lvs_eeyore]

I just thought of another time. My WEDDING!!

Dad and I were coming down the aisle totally out of step because we were so nervous. We got to the alter and all my dad had to say was Her "Mother and I do". Well it came out sounding like Mickey Mouse which started dh and I laughing. As I went to go up the stairs my dress caught in my shoe and I was SO nervous that I said OH **** right in front of the minister!!! The ENTIRE wedding party cracked up as did dh and myself. Thankfully the congregation couldnt hear what I said. The whole time the minister kept saying DONT RUN DONT RUN which made me laugh even harder. I got over being scared very quickly. I still cant believe I said what I said at the alter 20 years later. And of course what does everyone bring up but that moment!

 

[kylara]

When I was in HS my best friends father died. When we were at the wake (the group I hung around with...about 5 of us) we were downstairs and my friend decides to tell us a story about what his dad wanted for the funeral that his mother wouldn't do. Seems his dad wanted his arm rigged that everytime someone knelt in front of the coffin, his are would come up to wave goodbye. Well of course, we are just laughing like crazy down there. To say the least, a few relatives came up to tell us that is wasn't dignified...which only set us off in peal of laughter since that was what his father was trying to fight against...the wake and the funeral being staid and stately.

When his brothers and sisters came over and his mother to find out what we were laughing about since other relatives had complained, my friend explained to them what he had told us (yes they already knew since the father had actually put it in his papers!) Well then they started laughing since we were so silly about it...and we were also trying to figure out how we could make it work so his last wishes would be carried out.

We even think we could have rigged something, but his mother wouldn't let us...she figured that more than one relative would have a heart attach if it happened....and then she says "and I am just not up for anymore family funerals" Well that got us all going again (you really have to know this guys mom to understand...it was just so unlike her to say something like that...she was very proper).

 

[browneyes]

One of my instructors got embarrassed right before we had a final last year. Everytime I looked up at him, it was almost impossible to stifle my giggles.

I have been known to giggle during church or at weddings though.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Oh my, yes.

In my Humanities class my junior year of high school, we were doing these 4-hour presentations (snore!) as our final project, and they were being video taped. As this one girl was talking, she was trying to say "They went to see the Bishop", but kind of stumbled on her words, and accidentally said what sounded like a different b-word instead of bishop. I think I was the only one who caught it, and was trying hard not to laugh. A minute later she said something else that I can't remember, and that was enough to put me over the edge, I completly crakced up. Everyone in the silent classroom turned to look at me, and I did that incredibly cheesey thing where you pretend to be coughing, and stepped out into the hallway to get under control. Oh, the embarassment!