to continue with the example ( of the whistle laugh ) , the infection of the gums is nothing compared to the persistence of the laugh , whether it be accompanied by loud , however pleasing snorts , or whether it hisses , to use a somewhat inaccurate expression , through the teeth , or whiffs upwards , bypassing the teeth , and updrafting , as t'were , through the nosewhere , in truth , you would have a nasal laugh , or whinny ; in principle , whatever type the laugh , the disease will see to it that the laugh persist to disproportionate lengths ( disproportionate to the severity of humorspleen , what have you ) .