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# Laughter

All time
# LOL
Being funny is really important for men wanting to impress women
“If you meet someone who you can laugh with, it might mean your future relationship is going to be fun and filled with good cheer.”
# ladies and germs
Microsoft is teaching a robot to have a sense of humour
It’s to help The New Yorker sift through entries for its caption competition, but there’s a bigger reason behind it.
# for the lulz
A Definitive Ranking Of Ways To Laugh On The Internet
ROFLMAOPMSLLOL.
# pie in the eye
This grandad's infectious laughter will brighten up your Wednesday
We’ve never seen someone get quite so much joy from being pied in the face.
# LOL
ROG struggled to compose himself as someone's phone went off live on air on RTÉ today
The organisation’s Twitter account were also among those to see the funny side.
Voices
My six days working as a clown at a refugee camp in Rwanda
It doesn’t matter where in the world they are, all children need excitement, fun and laughter.
# Not being funny
Kenny says banking inquiry will be free of government interference - TDs burst into laughter
After a week when the government was accused of dictating the membership of the inquiry Enda Kenny’s remarks prompted laughter in the Dáil today.
# sponsored by centra
Can you make it through this post without cracking up?
We bet you can’t.
# boom boom
BBC are looking for Irish people to tell their favourite jokes on TV
What’s brown and sticky? A stick.
# wanna cracker?
WATCH: This parrot's laughter is downright terrifying
We’re scared, very scared.
# tee hee
10 television professionals losing it on air
Sometimes it’s when you shouldn’t laugh that you need to the most.
# Happiness
10 scientifically proven ways to make yourself happier
Weirdly, the colour blue makes the list…
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Thursday
In tonight’s Fix: Are we the most miserable people in the EU? Plus wage reforms for many workers… and the most adorable polar bear cub you’ll see this week.
# The Best Medicine
WATCH: An entire Berlin subway laughs for absolutely no reason
A viral video from a Berlin U-Bahn proves what we’ve all suspected – that laughter really is contagious.