I Love to Laugh Mr. Wigg, is said to float because of an excess of "laughing gas", although it is clear that the term is not used in the chemical sense. So-called "laughing gas" (nitrous oxide) was one of the earliest effective anaesthetics developed in the Nineteenth century. it was popularised by dentists, for pain-free tooth extractions, as well as by showground novelty booths. Customers at the booth would be gassed and, as they were recovering from the drugged sleep they often felt euphoric and giggly. Hence the name. A famous 1931 British comedy sketch starring Cicely Courtneidge, called "Laughing Gas", was based on
Laughing Whitefish River wetlands and upland forest. The access site to the river is named after John Hammar who was the handyman for George Shiras III, who (Shiras) is credited with the development of flash photography, and was widely acclaimed at the St.Louis World Fair in 1904, and won the gold medal. Jurist John D. Voelker, a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, published the novel "Laughing Whitefish" in 1965 under his pen name, Robert Traver. Laughing Whitefish River The Laughing Whitefish River (not to be confused with the Whitefish River) is a stream located on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state