Daily, I get these emails sent to me through Real Simple Magazine. Each email includes a "Daily Thought." Often--I take a look at the thought, ponder it, apply it to my own life, close the email and move on. Today was different, however. I took a look at the thought, pondered it, kept pondering it, and still kept pondering it. After 5 minutes of reading it, I decided that I wasn't quite sure what it meant or where Woody Allen was going with it. So, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to open it up to my readers. Perhaps, someone out there in "bloggerspace" can enlighten me!
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."--Woody Allen.
Am I thinking too hard? Is it as simple as the name of the magazine suggests? What do you think?
From what it sounds like it may just be a simple comment with no meaning to it besides what it states. It might also mean maybe, laughing is great until it hurts you in the end. Maybe things such as laughing at the wrong things and for doing that getting in trouble. Though even what I just said maybe thinking too hard about it.
ReplyDeleteI think the words said by Woody Allen mean just what he says. Laughter is a great except for when you laugh to hard and there are repercussions. I've had an unfortunate instance where I laughed to hard while drinking, instead of milk coming out of my nose it was pepsi which hurt my nose a bit.
ReplyDeleteI think somethings are ment to be taken into deep consideration, while others are simple and very surface. This I believe is simply means when it implies. I think this quote means that he is happy for life and the gift to laugh, but not when he winds up embarrassing himself. Strangely enough, that shouldn't matter to him being a proffesional comedian. On a different note, Take The Money and Run was a great movie (:
ReplyDeleteI think that Allen is trying to say that he love the gift of laughter and loves having fun, however, not when fun can lead him in the wrong direction or unintentionally get him into trouble, similar to, milk suddenly coming out of his nose during a laugh.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this quote from Woody Allen, I think that it is simpler than your thinking it is. I think that its just a silly quote talking about the joys of life. THe only time he isn't thankful for laughter is when he is laughing so hard that its pouring out of his nose. I think he is trying to say laughter is a great thing and the only reason laughing could be turned negative, would be laughing too hard!
ReplyDeleteThere are people out there who laugh so hard to the point where "milk" comes out of their nose, or any sort of drink the person is drinking while laughing. So Woody Allen means she loves laughing so much until the milk comes out of her nose because it hurts.
ReplyDeleteI believe what Woody Allen is trying to say is that laughter is great no matter what. Even though he says the word except I think he is really meaning that it was amazing even when eh was younger. Milk coming out of someones nose makes me think of childhood and no one hated laughing when they were little so I think its simple, laughter will never change with age.
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