Awkward laughter attack at a meeting!

Eva Thyssen · May 20, 2014

So, we had a meeting at work, one hour ago. A workmate brought a special type of cookies: lengüitas de gato[/i] (tiny cat tongues).
I have a cat, and my troll imagination converted the cookies in ACTUAL cat tongues.
I started to laugh like possessed. That was sooooooo awkward. I went to the bathroom and kept laughing there. I couldn't help it! I'm still laughing

'Oh, those Mac users... they laugh at ridiculous stuff.'

Have you had laughter attacks like mine?

Shrink · May 20, 2014

Eva Thyssen said:
So, we had a meeting at work, one hour ago. A workmate brought a special type of cookies: lengüitas de gato[/i] (tiny cat tongues).
I have a cat, and my troll imagination converted the cookies in ACTUAL cat tongues.
I started to laugh like possessed. That was sooooooo awkward. I went to the bathroom and kept laughing there. I couldn't help it! I'm still laughing

'Oh, those Mac users... they laugh at ridiculous stuff.'

Have you had laughter attacks like mine?

Wait..there's a relationship between the manufacturer of your computer and laughter!?

Eva Thyssen · May 20, 2014

Shrink said:
Wait..there's a relationship between the manufacturer of your computer and laughter!?

I'm just kidding. It's an irony

It's about the Mac users are *insert word here* stereotype. I brought my Mac to my workplace, so my workmates know I have a Mac.

Shrink · May 20, 2014

Eva Thyssen said:
I'm just kidding. It's an irony
It's about the Mac users are *insert word here* stereotype. I brought my Mac to my workplace, so my workmates know I have a Mac.

Gosh...really!?

Eva Thyssen · May 20, 2014

Shrink said:
Gosh...really!?

Yup

I am still having the laughter attack

Here's for the CRAZY ones...

ucfgrad93 · May 20, 2014

Mary, is that you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I04DkMEps

(can someone tell me how to embed a youtube video?)

rdowns · May 20, 2014

ucfgrad93 said:
Mary, is that you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I04DkMEps

(can someone tell me how to embed a youtube video?)

From your link, place this part of it "92I04DkMEps" inside

D.T. · May 20, 2014

Eva Thyssen said:
It's an irony

"Oh, irony! No, we don't get that here.

We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at."

Eva Thyssen · May 20, 2014

Yay, I recovered. BTW, I still laugh when I see Christian, the guy who brought the cookies. My sweet imagination, oh sweet imagination and its laughter triggers.

For those of you wondering what are the lengüitas de gato...

ucfgrad93 · May 20, 2014

rdowns said:
From your link, place this part of it "92I04DkMEps" inside [youtube] tags.

Recently re-watched all episodes of MTM show. Damn, that was one funny show and cast.

YouTube: video

Thanks. I agree the MTM show was awesome.

vrDrew · May 20, 2014

Interesting.

I never thought that Lady Fingers were actually made out of women's fingers, and I doubt that Girl Scout Cookies contain more than the tiniest trace amounts of actual girl scout.

Sadly, I did recently discover that (English) steak and kidney pudding is actually pretty accurately named, while conversely, toad in the hole is blessedly amphibian-free.

Its a real tragedy when I have to consult Wikipedia before sitting down to eat.

maflynn · May 21, 2014

rdowns said:
From your link, place this part of it "92I04DkMEps" inside [youtube] tags.

Recently re-watched all episodes of MTM show. Damn, that was one funny show and cast.

YouTube: video

I remember that, who she would not laugh at all until the funeral - that was a great episode.

OP, we've all had those situations where we start giggling, though I don't know if its because I'm a mac user. I don't think my computer selection has anything to do with my humor.

Arran · May 21, 2014

Eva Thyssen said:
So, we had a meeting at work, one hour ago. A workmate brought a special type of cookies: lengüitas de gato[/i] (tiny cat tongues).
I have a cat, and my troll imagination converted the cookies in ACTUAL cat tongues.
I started to laugh like possessed. That was sooooooo awkward. I went to the bathroom and kept laughing there. I couldn't help it! I'm still laughing

'Oh, those Mac users... they laugh at ridiculous stuff.'

Have you had laughter attacks like mine?

It's embarrassing, I'll agree. But laughter is such great medicine!

I was headed home one Friday evening on a packed commuter flight. Center seat. It had been a stressful week. Usually I chill out and listen to music, but that day I decided to listen to a Billy Connolly CD (Scottish comedian, disarmingly funny). Big mistake.

I sat there, silently convulsing in laughter and shaking the entire row of seats while my seat-mates furtively glanced sideways to check I wasn't having a medical emergency. There were tears too. Mine. It was all supremely embarrassing.

I had to press Stop after 10 mins. Unfortunately, replaying the punch lines in my head kept setting me off again. All the way home. I left my earbuds in so my neighbors wouldn't think I was completely bonkers.

Ever since, I've avoided listening to Billy Connolly in public.

D.T. · May 21, 2014

vrDrew said:
I doubt that Girl Scout Cookies contain more than the tiniest trace amounts of actual girl scout.

Yeah, they dont have to report anything under 1%.

Theres a girl when havent seen in my little girls troop since the beginning of the year ... assuming shes being prepped for next years Thin Mints.

Eva Thyssen · May 21, 2014

Arran said:
It's embarrassing, I'll agree. But laughter is such great medicine!

I was headed home one Friday evening on a packed commuter flight. Center seat. It had been a stressful week. Usually I chill out and listen to music, but that day I decided to listen to a Billy Connolly CD (Scottish comedian, disarmingly funny). Big mistake.

I sat there, silently convulsing in laughter and shaking the entire row of seats while my seat-mates furtively glanced sideways to check I wasn't having a medical emergency. There were tears too. Mine. It was all supremely embarrassing.

I had to press Stop after 10 mins. Unfortunately, replaying the punch lines in my head kept setting me off again. All the way home. I left my earbuds in so my neighbors wouldn't think I was completely bonkers.

Ever since, I've avoided listening to Billy Connolly in public.

I laughed in front of MY BOSS...

firedept · May 21, 2014

ucfgrad93 said:
Mary, is that you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I04DkMEps

(can someone tell me how to embed a youtube video?)

Forgot about that episode. Man that was one of the funniest. Seeing it again brought tears to my eyes. Thanks.

ucfgrad93 · May 21, 2014

firedept said:
Forgot about that episode. Man that was one of the funniest. Seeing it again brought tears to my eyes. Thanks.

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants....

citizenzen · May 21, 2014

firedept said:
Forgot about that episode. Man that was one of the funniest. Seeing it again brought tears to my eyes. Thanks.

I also watched the show back in the day.

That was a great bit.

firedept · May 21, 2014

Careful, we are all showing our age now. Yeah, MTM show was one of the funniest on TV at the time. Now that I have seen that clip I will be chuckling all day.

pvmacguy · May 22, 2014

Are you 5? How did you find those cookies remotely funny?

Go back to your cube and do some work.

mobilehaathi · May 22, 2014

pvmacguy said:
Are you 5? How did you find those cookies remotely funny?

Go back to your cube and do some work.

Relax, friend. It'll be okay.

SandboxGeneral · May 22, 2014

pvmacguy said:
Are you 5? How did you find those cookies remotely funny?

Go back to your cube and do some work.

No need to put them down because they found something funny.

Scepticalscribe · May 22, 2014

mobilehaathi said:
Relax, friend. It'll be okay.

SandboxGeneral said:
No need to put them down because they found something funny.

I agree.

Years ago, (well, alright, a few decades ago), as an undergrad, sitting in the university cafeteria, I found myself helpless with laughter while reading the Doonesbury strip (it was the time Ronald Reagan was president and that actual piece concerned a visit the then President had made to Germany).

I laughed so hard a few other coffee drinkers solicitously approached me to ask was I was fine, and whether I needed assistance...

jbachandouris · May 22, 2014

It takes a LOT to make me laugh at all.

That said, if you're happy and healthy, then good for you.

Have a few laughs for me...

thatoneguy82 · May 23, 2014

ucfgrad93 said:
Mary, is that you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92I04DkMEps

(can someone tell me how to embed a youtube video?)

rdowns said:
From your link, place this part of it "92I04DkMEps" inside [youtube] tags.

Recently re-watched all episodes of MTM show. Damn, that was one funny show and cast.

YouTube: video

Yep, just insert the video ID inside the youtube tags, no need to cut-n-paste the entire address. The ID is always the case-sensitive and alphanumeric blurb after the "v=" in the YouTube address/link.

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