No laughing matter

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:27 pm

Wow. That's gotta suck.

Laughter threatens woman's health

Kay Underwood, 20, of Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, has cataplexy, which means her muscles weaken when she laughs, causing her to fall over.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:28 pm

Gives a whole new meaning to ROTFLMAO

djm

jkwest · Post by **jkwest** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:55 pm

wow...reminds me of these cute goats...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg

Bubbie · Post by **Bubbie** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:20 pm

s1m0n wrote:Kay Underwood, 20, of Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, has cataplexy, which means her muscles weaken when she laughs, causing her to fall over.

Hmmm. I wonder if Jack Benny might have also suffered from that condition? They say that when someone would truly crack him up and he was on the verge of hysterics that he would fall to the floor.

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:51 pm

Cataplexy is part of the Narcoleptic Tetrad, aka the 4 hallmark signs of narcolepsy. The other 3 are excessive daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic (sleep-onset) hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:33 am

Thomaston wrote:Cataplexy is part of the Narcoleptic Tetrad, aka the 4 hallmark signs of narcolepsy. The other 3 are excessive daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic (sleep-onset) hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.

That's just reminded me of a program I saw about sleep disorders. There was a woman on it that fell asleep every time she laughed, almost ruined her life. She couldn't go out with her friends, it affected her work and her relationships.

Quite sad.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:35 pm

chrisoff wrote:There was a woman on it that fell asleep every time she laughed, almost ruined her life. She couldn't go out with her friends, it affected her work and her relationships.

I dated someone who'd fall asleep within three seconds of, err, a climax. I once tried keeping her talking to see what would happened, but she feel asleep on cue regardless.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:27 pm

s1m0n wrote:I dated someone who'd fall asleep within three seconds of, err, a climax. I once tried keeping her talking to see what would happened, but she feel asleep on cue regardless.

Odd, it's usually men who do this.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:38 pm

yep! if s1m0n was normal he'd 'a never noticed...

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:41 pm

You could set a clock to her. Or a stopwatch, I suppose.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:44 am

Lambchop wrote:
s1m0n wrote:I dated someone who'd fall asleep within three seconds of, err, a climax. I once tried keeping her talking to see what would happened, but she feel asleep on cue regardless.
Odd, it's usually men who do this.

It's a compliment.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:48 am

FlyingC wrote:It's a compliment.

Best one I've seen in a long time!

djm

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:21 pm

djm wrote:
FlyingC wrote:It's a compliment.
Best one I've seen in a long time!

djm

The worst part is that he's still awake and it's being wasted. Sigh.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:48 pm

s1m0n wrote:Wow. That's gotta suck.

Laughter threatens woman's health

Kay Underwood, 20, of Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, has cataplexy, which means her muscles weaken when she laughs, causing her to fall over.

I have a similar problem, except that isn't my leg muscles that fail me.

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