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Old 12-14-10, 11:07 PM  
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Question about jokes in DVDs...

A recent discussion about Mindy's sense of humour (or "sense of humour" depending on your feelings about her) got me thinking.

Why is it that I LOL every single time I hear the same joke in some DVDs, even if I've heard it over and over again? If someone in real life kept telling the same joke again and again, I'd just smile politely... then progress to looking somewhat pained... then eventually smack them around the head with a wet fish.

But every time I hear Gin Miller say, in a thick Russian accent, "I'm from Russia. Is artistic expression", I go "Bwah-hah-hah!" And every single time Mindy makes one of her endless jokes about balls, I crack up.

Is it because exercising has made me oxygen deprived?

Does anyone else react the same way?

Or is it just me?
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Old 12-14-10, 11:17 PM  
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Every SINGLE time I hear Tony Horton say, "or Spiderman on his stomach" in Core Synergistics, I laugh like it's the funniest things ever. I'm the same way with Mindy in Awesome Strength -- doesn't matter that I know it's coming.

I have a very high goofy tolerance - perhaps it's oxygen deprivation!

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Old 12-14-10, 11:25 PM  
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No, it's not just you. If I think an instructor's joke is funny, I laugh like it's the first time I'm hearing it, lol!

Like in Just Dance when Petra Kolber cues a move called bootylicious she says "Yes, you can!" as if I was thinking "I can't do that." Maybe I didn't explain it well, but I always find it funny. She makes a few other funny and cute remarks throughout the workout and I laugh and smile every time I do the workout.
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Old 12-14-10, 11:32 PM  
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It's only been a few weeks but when Illaria in Atletica says "We are going to do 50 pushups" she kind of giggles & I laugh everytime.. so far.
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Old 12-14-10, 11:36 PM  
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It's only been a few weeks but when Illaria in Atletica says "We are going to do 50 pushups" she kind of giggles & I laugh everytime.. so far.
I still laugh at the banter between Ilaria and Patricia Moreno in the Millenium 1 workout.
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Old 12-15-10, 02:25 AM  
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Heh. This confirms my theory - it's oxygen deprivation!

Anyway, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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Old 12-15-10, 04:09 AM  
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I don't know how many times DH did Gilad's Quick Fit strength segments, and he ALWAYS laughed genuinely at, "let's see how the waist was won!"
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Old 12-15-10, 04:14 AM  
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I don't remember which Gilad it is, but during the warm up he looks pointedly at the camera and says, 'I am going to WORK---YOU---OUT....mmm-hmmm!' With arched eyebrow, and it totally cracks me up every time.
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Old 12-15-10, 04:31 AM  
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Or Tony Horton's blurb in the intro to P90X+ Abs/Core Plus when he says (complete with hand actions) 'Your abs are going to be so ripped, people will come up and start doing their washing on you!"

It's such a ridiculous mental image, but it makes me laugh every time.
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Old 12-15-10, 07:52 AM  
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There are several Mindy workouts where I laugh out loud. Sometimes I've had to stop what I was doing cause I was laughing so much. It makes her tough workouts so much more relaxing and fun.
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