The Funny Bone: Short Stories and Amusing Anecdotes for a Dull Hour
by Dornford Yates
“Laugh and grow fat is a saying of old, Whether or no ’tis a cause of obesity, This much I know that the physical man Laughter demands as a kind of necessity. Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha! Laughter demands as a kind of necessity.” — Old Song.