... شـرّ البليـّة ما يـُضحِك
Why do you really need this:
"When the stress of the war in Iraq becomes too severe, the Pentagon has a suggestion for military families: Learn how to laugh. With help from the Pentagon's chief laughter instructor (sic), families of National Guard members are learning to walk like a penguin, laugh like a lion and blurt “ha, ha, hee, hee and ho, ho.”
No joke.
“I laugh every chance I get,” says the instructor, retired Army colonel James “Scotty” Scott. “That's why I'm blessed to be at the Pentagon, where we definitely need a lot of laughter in our lives.”
... “We believe our program prevents hardening of the attitudes,” says Scott, in one of his wordplay aphorisms that beg for a rimshot. The founder and chief executive of the World Laughter Tour is psychologist Steve Wilson, who calls himself “Cheerman of the Bored.”
“The guiding principle is to laugh for no reason. And that's one of the reasons it works so well for military families,” Scott says.
.... Ways military families are being taught to laugh:
*Penguin exercise: Waddle and flap hands as though they're fins.
*Lion laugh: Open eyes and mouth wide while repeating “ha ha's.”
*Repeat “ho, ho, ha, ha, ha,” while clapping on each sound.
Pentagon To Families: Go Ahead, Laugh January 13, 2005
When all he would need is to show them This ??
Or, perhaps, simply tell them this light hearted reason why their loved ones in Iraq may be getting killed for:
"As democracy advances in the form of election results and government formation, and as the military pressure continues, and the pressure generated by political progress increases, we expect more violence across Iraq," Alston [spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition force] said at a news briefing."
Violence expected to engulf Iraq in coming weeks January 12, 2006
(see attached)
"When the stress of the war in Iraq becomes too severe, the Pentagon has a suggestion for military families: Learn how to laugh. With help from the Pentagon's chief laughter instructor (sic), families of National Guard members are learning to walk like a penguin, laugh like a lion and blurt “ha, ha, hee, hee and ho, ho.”
No joke.
“I laugh every chance I get,” says the instructor, retired Army colonel James “Scotty” Scott. “That's why I'm blessed to be at the Pentagon, where we definitely need a lot of laughter in our lives.”
... “We believe our program prevents hardening of the attitudes,” says Scott, in one of his wordplay aphorisms that beg for a rimshot. The founder and chief executive of the World Laughter Tour is psychologist Steve Wilson, who calls himself “Cheerman of the Bored.”
“The guiding principle is to laugh for no reason. And that's one of the reasons it works so well for military families,” Scott says.
.... Ways military families are being taught to laugh:
*Penguin exercise: Waddle and flap hands as though they're fins.
*Lion laugh: Open eyes and mouth wide while repeating “ha ha's.”
*Repeat “ho, ho, ha, ha, ha,” while clapping on each sound.
Pentagon To Families: Go Ahead, Laugh January 13, 2005
When all he would need is to show them This ??
Or, perhaps, simply tell them this light hearted reason why their loved ones in Iraq may be getting killed for:
"As democracy advances in the form of election results and government formation, and as the military pressure continues, and the pressure generated by political progress increases, we expect more violence across Iraq," Alston [spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition force] said at a news briefing."
Violence expected to engulf Iraq in coming weeks January 12, 2006
(see attached)
Imad Khadduri
http://abutamam.blogspot.com
