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Laughing all the way to a healthier heart

By Andy Coghlan

9 March 2005

WHAT do you call a cat that swallows a duck? A duck-filled-fatty-puss.

Two antennas meet and fall in love. Their wedding was terrible, but the reception was brilliant!

A neutron orders a pint of beer. The barman hands it to him and says, “For you, no charge!”

In the unlikely event that any of these made you laugh, you may have done your blood vessels a favour. Laughing appears to be almost as beneficial as a workout.

“Thirty minutes of exercise three times a week and 15 minutes of hearty laughter each day should be part of a healthy lifestyle,” says Michael Miller of the University…

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