The needles felt like tiny, momentary pinpricks, with one exception--in a laugh line just to the side of my nose.
Gee, wonder if the feds listening in got a laugh out of that one.
"Bless her heart, " Lisa Wells chimed in with a laugh, offering the Southern tagline to downplay any insult.
Another component is in the role that the voice plays in the sound of a laugh.
"Having a laugh in class" is even more important among people who have vulnerable, dangerous, stress-filled lives.
But if people in the office need a laugh from their inbox, fine.
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"Even if I tell people I'm in a film, they laugh at me, like the other canners, " she said.
But Liam decided to go one better and jumped in for a swim and a laugh.
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Yankees and Rebels alike join in the field to share a laugh now that it is over.
"And he's done it in a way that makes you laugh, " Danza said.
That deserves a laugh riot in response.
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What I learned from Panetta: Greet people with a smile, laugh easily, and take a genuine interest in their lives.
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In a brilliant example of people with the ability to laugh at themselves, the city of Dull in Scotland may become official partners with Boring, Oregon.
"Five years ago if I was eating 3, 000 calories a day, it was because I had bags of Doritos in front of me, " he says with a laugh.
Laughter Yoga is offered in classes for a price, but most people just get together and laugh for free in weekly meetings.
She said it teasingly, with a little laugh, but in her look was an anxious question.
My husband got a good laugh watching me in the studio acting silly.
"The 'Bugaboo' ringtone has gotten me in trouble, " Khan said with a laugh.
An Indian feminist is apt to laugh in the face of a pious Hindu who tells her that gender relations need to be ordered by the ancient laws of Manu.
Qaddoura Fares, one of Fatah's younger leaders in Ramallah, lets out a short, dry laugh.
"The team played well in both games, " Lopez said with a laugh.
In such difficult times, we all need a good laugh every now and then, and you provide great comic fodder.
And the pervading feel-good factor of humour suggests that stand-up comedy may well survive in a global climate that provides so little else to laugh at.
Barbeques stir the interest of kookaburras, large native kingfishers with a maniacal laugh, which sit patiently in the trees before swooping boldly to gobble up any unattended meat.
Last fall, while watching the Giants play the Phillies in the playoffs, Conte saw a commercial that made him laugh.
Anderson did a good job of explaining the history of analytics and statistics in soccer, with a memorable one liner that made everyone laugh.
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And especially in a tough time like this, people appreciate somebody making them laugh.
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Murphy got the last laugh, though, with a tiebreaking single in the eighth for a 2-1 Mets win.
"Tout nouveau, " he tells me from his restaurant in Lyon, adding a one-liner that makes the translator laugh.
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