[ WP ] Only one person can laugh at a time .

“ They say it ’ s like pure happiness. An expression of joy as we ’ re taken into the arms of God. ” 
 
 “ You ’ re not going to laugh, Dad. They ’ re going to fix you up and then you ’ ll come home. I ’ m sure all the nurses will miss you. ” 
 
 But he did laugh. It strikes right into your heart with a terrifying HA. I wish I could believe that he was happy for it. He did seem to be smiling. It sounds just like the laughs that the terrorists laugh, before they blow themselves up. Just like the laughs you see in the most dramatic parts of movies. 
 
 It ’ s just how your last breath escapes. They ’ re not really sure what causes it. You can ’ t really do tests. One moment they ’ re laughing. The next, they ’ re dead. There was a petition to do a study when they pulled the plug on a coma victim, but the backlash was insane. The governor and congressmen showed up, spinning their folksy wisdom. 
 
 “ Men just laugh when they die. It ’ s not a matter for science. ” 
 
 Two men died in the electric chair with the same pull of the switch. One laughed, then the other. Both died at the same second, but they didn ’ t laugh at the same time. Scientists are arguing as to what it means. They showed the footage on the evening news. I can ’ t stand to watch a man laugh. 
 
 There ’ s nothing more chilling than a child ’ s laughter. 

