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I do think laughing at everything is often a cultural thing. Some cultures laugh as social bonding, whether things are funny or not. I used to recruit nurses and loads of African ladies applied, they were lovely and good nurses but used to laugh unnervingly at everything.

Me: so are you here to apply to the role of nurse
Nurse: (absolutely pissing themselves cackling very loudly) yes
Me: erm, right well here is the form, do you have pen?
Nurse: (now hooting with mirth) no
Me: (stepping back to save eardrums) here you go
Nurse: (wiping tears away and howling) thank you

It took me ages to get used to it. I prefer my British reserve ie being a miserable fucker

Oh come on Clam how can you be disappointed by this thread and the Melanie link?

I thought this thread was going to about loud sex.

<<disappointed>>

Pump helium through her letter box then her tone will go so high that only dogs will hear and they will follow her and mooch.

Sorry but I am the owner of a filthy laugh. People have commented.

MrsKoala - when I first met my friend, I found her really unnerving. I didn't know if I was supposed to laugh too! I wondered how on earth she found everything so very hilarious.

I think I've just become used to her tbh.

Ohhh I am laughing at Melanie there.

The woman that played her is actually a fine actress. Lucinda Cowden. I've seen her in other things...she's very good. Melanie was fantastic.

This ladies neighbour reminds me of Melanie in Neighbours in the 1980's!
here!!

I have a mate like this - not squealing but a loud cackling ear splitting caw. And she laughs a LOT!

My mil bumped into her recently and she said 'I was chatting to xxx today. That laugh!* Then she shuddered.

Honestly my pal is the kindest, most generous and intelligent person you could hope to meet....but yes, her laugh is wince making.

It's better than living next to folks that row. Think of it that way!

Oh YANBU at all, I was in a cafe a while ago and there were two of these shrieking women at the next table, I wanted to bloody throttle them after half an hour, can't imagine living next door and having to listen to it all the time.

I would match her, laugh for laugh. see if she notices.

Is it possible to get her a secret subscription to a DVD service that specialises in long-forgotten 70s/80s tat? Like 'Oh No! It's Selwyn Froggitt!' or 'Slinger's Day'? In Viz magazine they have all these adverts for DVDs of these shows I've never, ever, ever heard of. 'Pauline's Quirkes'.

My mum's best friend is one of these people. I remember as a child being sent to bed only to be awoken by what sounded like pigs mating after they'd had a few G&Ts . (The humans had the G&Ts btw, not the pigs )

Maybe try a dog whistle to see if her range of hearing matches her range of vocal production

Sorry I'm bring entirely unhelpful, but I sympathise. There were many times I wanted to gag DM's friend. Even now, it's a bit in public if she's had a few beverages!

And she laughs at everything 'hello neighbour, how are you'? 'Wooooooop I'm fine' etc. It is unnerving.

"Shout it up her arse" made me squeal laugh a lot!

She sounds a lot like one of the Mums from my DS's school.

She's such a lovely person but she's got a laugh like a bloody air raid siren

I remember speaking to her in the street one day and the dentist came out of his surgery a few doors down, to tell her she was putting him off working

Maybe that's it alliwant, dh has a cold and has cultivated the most annoying sneeze ever. It just erupts out of nowhere, waking the baby, he doesn't bother to turn his head or cover his mouth and if I say anything, he says like a petulant teen 'I can't help it IM IIIILLLLLL'.

That would drive me up the fucking wall. I need my peace and quiet most of the time. Even more so tonight with DH having a cold and feeling the need to sniff incessantly....

Worra - I'd shout it up her arse if I thought it would work!

The worst thing is she is genuinely lovely, so I can't even really be angry with her.

She sounds a hoot!!

The thing is we have 5mo and I apologise whenever I see her in case she can hear him and she always says she has only heard him once since he was born - I'm not surprised, she probably can't hear anything over herself! I'n the good weathers he is in the garden with her large extended family all singing and playing flamenco guitar. Some days 10-10 FFS!

So wibu to scream 'shut up for the love of god' thru her letter flap

Wait, that's not some sort of euphemism is it?

Ah, right - thought WIBU was "was I being unreasonable", not would I be unreasonable....
In that case, no you're NBU, you're definitely not alone in wanting to shout through your neighbours letterbox - I feel like doing it the woman who's just moved in next door, jaysus the woman is LOUD.
Can hear every bloody thing.

It sounds hilarious, but I feel your pain. Hate noisy neighbours too.
But yes YABU. There must be a friendlier way to handle to issue.

Don't mind the killjoys obviously you're not going to shout at her through the letterbox.
(Squealing through the letterbox would be so much better )

play something u like, loud , see if she can harmonise?