Greetings All, on a blisteringly Hot Easter Holiday here in the UK!! (Ok, so I exaggerated a little, but what’s new?) 
Anyway, down to the Serious Business of Laughter:
By Popular Request from my 5-and-a-half ‘Followers’ here (who do You Daft Lot you think I am - the Dalai Lama?), I have once again consulted over the Ether with ‘The Professor’ the late Sir Unley Stanwin about all things PMR and GCA.
As usual, I connected with ‘Stan’ via my old friend and local Professional Medium ‘Doris’, age 96 and still going strong - although I notice that she has been downgraded to ‘Average’ (rather than ‘Medium’) following a negative review on Trip Advisor. As I know, you just can't [xxxbuyxxx] get 5-Star reviews for anything nowadays since the crackdown on internet data sharing. Oh well...
I asked Stan: “In your great experience of these things, what is the Therapeutic Benefit of Laughter for people - and especially Us Lot with PMR and GCA? And, as important, what strategies do you advise to help us to laugh during the Tough Bits?”.
Stan’s reply:
“Greetlode ‘marjebendiflap57’ of the Heinz varietifoles!
Well, recentlode, a bunch of brainslidey Scientifoles and Trickcyclists scratchy their heads-up daily and nightshades to understode this mysteryful phenomenale that many peeplodes recognile but oftlage much elusify them. Deep Woe, dire, madly, sadlope and confusey for those with Polymyjokey Romantelope and Jolly Nasty Giant Cell Artheridode especialfold…
Their (the Scientlodes) researchy concludes that the Brain’s ‘Chucklelobe’ - buryit dark and deepful in the Corporale Colosseum part - oftlode simply total knackerit after getty a right-old clobbering from the PMR / GCA inflameystuff: and end up saying ‘Gor blimey Guv, …. **** this for a game of soldiers!’. So, in effect, the Chucklelode goes AWOL and sticky-uppy two fingies defiantlode to the rest of the Brail until the inflameystuff subsideyfole, or hopefulode clearly-off completefrail. Deep Woe.. :-(
But, to encourage the grumpy-dumpty-fell-off-a-wall Chucklelobe to wakey-uppy a bit more smart-ish, you can practicale certlode typoles of Laughy-laughy as follows:
1.TITTERFUL GENTOLE idley and and oftly: for examplode, by watchy the ‘Brexit’ argufiles on the televisual (this makey most peeplodes tittery, especialfole in Brussels sprouts and other parcels of Europol!). But a worm of wislode: do this on your only, just in case of offendy other peeoplodes with differal idealodes about Brexit.
2: CHORTLODE QUIETFUL whilst pacey-pacey to rattatat urgent on the doorclabber of your Generally Practickler or Docloder’s Surgically with your new-fanglode ‘Daily Slothful Nearly Stoppy’ tippy-toe-taper instuctlodes clutchfole tight under whichever armful not cranklode and scrabberous with PMR. Talk to your Doclode humbold and try not to slaverit smirkey over his / her desk whilst proudfole showey them your DSNS spraddle sheeder so as not to appear cheeklode - some of them find this a bit menacey and stifold to their professional credibilious..
3. BELLY LAUGH AND FLALLOP loud and guffy with a goodly, old-fangled ‘Better Out than In’ attitudale and to celebrale this philosiphole by also mirthful loudy-shouty: ‘IN MY LIVELY, I HAVE BEER THROUGH WORMS!!’. This last methlode will certainfole wakey-uppy the manglit and shrimbled Chucklelobe joyful and smilage! All I would advile is: don’t try the ‘Belly and Flallop’ methlode when in the bathrood and sitty botty carefulode on the toiler. This is extremelode confusely to any 'ankle biters' in the famlode who might be persuadeful to also try it. Also, any growy-uppy who hears you will problode declare you as Insanitary - and the Men (or women) in White Coats will soon be knocker screamit and frazzly on the door….”.
Stan concluded: “All of these techniles will stimfulate the Chucklelobe to get back to ‘Buslode as Usually’, and with remarkibold impactful therapoodly, smilage and relaxfold on the rest of the Brail and Bodly. Deep Joy!!”
With that, our dear Stan faded back into the Ether as his latest Worms of Wislode hung in the air. Maybe he has a point: i.e. although Laughter won’t fix PMR, GCA (or Life’s Challenges in General), it might just help us to cope on the Journey? I’m convinced, for one at least…
But if you try any of Stan’s recommended ‘Laughter’ methods, just make sure to take his advice Muchly Seriouslode’.. 
:-D.
Now, where’s Doris gone? Oh, I forgot - she said she’s doing a ‘gig’ at the local Pole Dancing club in WSM tonight. As they say in modern lingo, 'Don't gooo there...'!…..
Happy Easter and try to keep smiling on the Journey..
‘Uncle’ MB :-)
