When Romney attacked him for being, gasp, a career politician he raised a laugh by pointing out Mitt himself would have been one if he had won his first senate race.
Mr Barwell raised a laugh by quoting a common law provision that "idiots" could not serve in the Commons - it would come as a surprise to some constituents, he said.
All that really happened, you'll think, is that the hole in the center of your life has narrowed just enough to be concealed by a laugh.
Ebullient and seemingly inexhaustible, with an intensity tempered by a ready laugh that can be heard from down the hall, the red-headed Quinn is the kind of person who can describe herself as a "pushy broad" and not make you wince.
But she was rare because, being very hurt, she got over it by making the world laugh at and with her.
So it heads off embarrassment by inviting its audience to laugh along with it.
His television show has tens of millions of viewers, and his videos are watched on YouTube by millions more, who laugh at the powerful, the pretentious and the holier-than-thou.
She was wearing a sun dress and heels and was greeted by Ebbinger's deep-bellied laugh.
"It might be seized upon by the prime minister as something to laugh about, but I very much doubt if it will be the last laugh, " he told the BBC.
"I laugh when I hear that you can make a map by community input alone, " says Tele Atlas founder De Taeye.
"By and large, men are willing to laugh at themselves, " says Holland.
Humor, though, trumps diplomacy in ads, according to an Ipsos survey, which found that by 56%, North Americans prefer ads that make them laugh over those that are straightforward.
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"I didn't see it but I did laugh, " said Dunne, whose side were denied a place at the finals by Thierry Henry's handball in the play-offs.
Economists need to explain, therefore, why a rational consumer would be persuaded by an ad which offers nothing but an enticing image or a good laugh.
That's not to say there aren't a few laugh-out-loud sight gags and a couple of good one-liners stolen by mama Kathy Bates.
However, for those of us who have come in direct contact with the parents who have lost their children to violence and bullying, or the young people who have been severely abused by or forced out of their families, this is grossly insensitive and nothing to laugh about.
"You ought to know by now that if you start to ask me those questions, I'll just laugh at you, " he said.
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.
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