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Unread 04-04-2011, 12:00   #5
Colm Moore
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Originally Posted by ThomasJ View Post
I have heard people laugh as this came over the speaker goes to show how important that warning is given what happened.
Laughing is a human defensive mechanism. I heard a story of a 7 year old laughing at a funeral, when someone (not the deceased) fell into the grave. As adults we mostly control ourselves in such situations, but not always.

We try to laugh of adversity, use dark humour, etc.
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