Many people will laugh this off, chalk it up to those crazy Scots, and move on.

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And if it comes up short, people are going to laugh, and they'll never get another chance.

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It's that they're set up to laugh through the very noise of the rhythm.

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Noah's quick rise to success was documented in "You Laugh But It's True, " a film chronicling the days leading up to Noah's first one-man show in Johannesburg, in 2009.

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"For example if someone says Swedish people are literally born on skis, they are using figurative language in born on skis, but using literally is conjuring up an image of midwives delivering babies on skis - we laugh because it's a juxtaposition, " he says.

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"It's anything for a laugh, so she loves Dad's Army, Keeping Up Appearances and Yes Minister and Morse", says her niece, Margaret Rhodes.

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Laugh, cry or throw up (depending on your mood and meds) but please do this: Email it to 100 friends and tell them to do the same.

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