Laughter: The Secret of Good HealthPustak Mahal, 06.12.2002 - 115 Seiten Be the soul of the party.Find favour with your associates in business,or social circles!Get going with Laughter-the Secret of Good Health!In fact,the fastest way to break the ice in many a situation is to crack a joke. Which is why Danish pianist Victor Borge had quipped: Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.This book is replete with humorous one-liners, quips, quotes and anecdotes that will have you rolling with laughter.The book also dwells on famous humourists and other personalities with a sharp sense of humour, including Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi, amongst others.Jokes apart, laughter also has multiple therapeutic benefits, as attested by medicalmen--and elucidated by oft-repeated maxim,Laughter is the best medicine.Indeed, in March 1995, the first Laughter Club was launched by a Mumbai-based doctor precisely for its therapeutic benefits.This book also tells you all about the scientific benefits of laughter. So read, laugh and be merry!For therein lies the secret of good health and happiness. |
Inhalt
Mark Twain the Great American Humorist | 60 |
Funnies from Oscar Wilde | 63 |
Incorrigible Winston Churchill | 66 |
Court Jesters of Yore | 68 |
This StrangenFunny World | 70 |
Rib Ticklers 333553 | 78 |
60 | 85 |
70 | 89 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
American amusing asked belly laugh Bennet Cerf Bernard Shaw Birbal birthday cake called cheque Churchill court jester dead dinner doctor Dr Kataria Dr Madan Kataria dress drink enquired funny Gandhiji George Fernandes giggle girl give grass heart humorist husband India Johnny Lever Jug Suraiya Kalidasa king kiss lady Laughter Clubs laughter therapy lawyer lecture Lincoln live Lokhandwala Complex look malapropism Mamata Banerjee Mark Twain married Mayawati Medicine Minister morning mother Mother's sport Mullah Nasruddin Mumbai Namboodri Naveen Patnaik night Nudist Camp once Oscar Wilde patient poet police Postage President Pulvapies Rabhana replied salesman sense of humour shepherd simple fools smile someone Sonia Gandhi Spooner story stress talk tell there's thing ticket told Topless True happiness Vote wanted What's wife wit and humour witticisms wittiest woman words Yashwant Sinha young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 10 - Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one," said the young lord, plucking another daisy.
Seite 8 - Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Seite 11 - But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it, and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.