most inappropriate time you have laughed/smiled?

[SteveArt]

i think for me , when i was in school i used to smile when i was being told off.

*nans

"this is an art attack, THIS is an art attack, THIS IS ART ATTACK"

My Grandmothers funeral (hateful woman), me and my sister sat towards the back of the church. The priest was going on and on about what a lovely day woman she was etc etc, I turned to my sister and asked ‘are we at the right funeral,’ and that was that. Both totally lost it and had to bow our heads in ‘contemplation.’

I came home from a night at a friend's house recently. My mum was looking after my kids and she. I came in she apparently told me that one of her elderly neighbours had died and I smiled at her and had a little chuckle. I don't remember this though and probably wasn't really listening to her, she tends to talk a lot and I sometimes go into a wee dream where I nod and smile 😂.

My wedding ceremony. The officiate had such a strong regional accent and was interjecting weird slang words in between every sentence of the service. I could barely understand a word. It was hilarious.

I used to laugh when my children hurt themselves too. That little shocked face scruching up after a few seconds and emitting that terrible wail. I dont know why it made me laugh, but it did, in a nervous, panicky sort of way.

I think laughter and tears are very close companions - how often do we “ laugh til we cry”, or laugh inappropriately with distress or shock.
I remember laughing all the way to work (17 miles) in the car, the morning after an arsonist set my house on fire in the middle of the night. To be fair, I’d had no sleep after I’d finished with the firemen and given a statement to to the policeman, and was still in shock at how close I came to losing both my children. Plus very relieved to still be alive.

When out with my mother she bumped into an old friend who told us about several bad events which had happened to her recently, including her sons skiing accident. For some reason I found this all hilarious and had to hide in the loo until the conversation came to an end.

My Great Nans funeral. Priest was speaking about her family, mentioned her 3 daughters and her "lifelong love of Dick" (her husband). I could hear my aunt and cousin behind me stifling giggles and I had to spend the rest of the service staring at the floor.

My sister as my Mum was taking her last breaths. She did one last breath and my sister burst into laughter. It was a bit of a jump scare reaction I think.

Me when we were having a Very Serious Meeting at work about relocation. Me and a colleague found the same thing funny and could sense each other tensing, trying not to laugh. Unfortunately at the point I needed to breath it came out as a great big laugh. I got Very Told Off.

XP and I heard on the grapevine that a very vague acquaintance had passed away. Cue people posting messages/pictures on FB etc. Only, the next day XP opened a message and said "Oh! Gary's not dead!" It turned out that he hadn't in fact died, but was in a critical condition. When he did ultimately pass away a couple of days later, I almost felt like asking if they were sure and had anybody checked?!

Also funeral - had to take DS (2) as everyone I could have asked to watch him was at said funeral. Was for DGM who lived to a ripe old age so was fairly relaxed as funerals go. Just as the curtains started to close around the coffin, DS let out a fart that a fully-grown man would have been proud of. DB and I completely lost it to the extent that a family friend asked afterwards what on earth was going on...

At this inquest of a close relative whilst evidence was being given. My Mum whispered something to me (basically saying she had just made a massive faux pas). We looked at each other and knew that we would find it funny. Both of our eyes filled up with water with the effort of not laughing and laughter just crept through so we both pretended to be crying. A kindly court offical gave us both tissues. Our shaking shoulders were laughter though rather than sadness. Pretty sure we got away with it simply because it is unforgivable/totally inappropriate to laugh in that context and no-one logically would expect it.

I was in my really lovely managers rather small office, who I adored but as my work performance had been a bit off for a couple of weeks, she was giving me a gentle but firm, sort yourself out chat.

I was a tad hungover after having been on a spontaneous heavy night out, ending up with a kebab in the early hours of the morning, so I wasn't at my best.

I really did try to hold it in, but I just couldn't, and after 5 mins of squirming uncomfortably, I let out the most rancid fart you have ever smelt.

She sat there, wrinkling her nose and after the most excruciating felt like forever brief silence, just said 'was that your bottom?'

I could only nod and blush...

so much at your 'farting microphone' BearSoFair !

Oh Lord...

As a kid, I was an air cadet and used to go to the remembrance Sunday services. We were always sat right at the front near the trumpet player who used to play the Last Post. However, he was a doddery old gent and the first note always sounded like a ma-HOO-sive fart, and the worst bit was that every year I knew it was coming. Awful, awful, awful.

As an adult, years ago (and I'm not at all proud of this) I was in one of my first teaching roles and was talking to my boss about my class taking some textbooks home, and she exclaimed "good gracious, no! The children will finger them!" I caught the eye of a teenager who was trying so hard not to laugh that she was making a fish-like expression and then that was it. I was ruined. I also didn't have my contract renewed the next year.

Something about funerals and farts

Funeral of my DM, 6 week old dgd let out the biggest, longest,,wettest fart possible. I got the giggles,as did the rest of the family, just silently, must have looked like we were all sobbing as shoulders shook. To be fair, it was perfect timing by dgd, and my DM would have found it hilarious, she was famously 'windy' herself. It did make a very sad occasion bearable though.

When my mum and I viewed her mother/my gran in her casket prior to her funeral I remarked that it was the first time I'd seen her blouse without egg stains down the front. That was it, we started laughing and couldn't stop. I think the funeral director was a bit shocked!!

Another one at a funeral here..
It was a huge funeral of a young local boy- extremely sad.
It was a hot summer's day and i was standing down the back of a packed church. Anyway I could feel myself about to faint and did this kind of slow motion drop to my knees, grabbed onto the old man bedside me (who was small and frail), sort of pulled him down, then continued slow motion crawling across the floor, and then just lay down really slowly. But i didn't actually faint. So I had to just get back up. I had to go outside as I kept picturing myself doing that 😂 One of the people came outside to check on me and there I was howling outside with laughter.

I had an internal scan at the Early Pregnancy Unit and for some reason found it hilarious. I kept giggling even when the nurse told me I had a missed miscarriage - she looked at me like I was mad.

Don't worry it was a while ago now :)

Friend fell into a large, deep nettle-filled ditch. They weren't hurt but were just a bit stung, obviously. I had to give them a hand out while trying to keep a straight face.

At a friend's church wedding, XP and I (not being religious) weren't familiar with some of the hymns and dissolved into hysterics upon realising that the tune of the hymn 'Bread of Heaven' is the same as the football chant "You're not singing anymore!"

Luckily we were quite near the back, but it was one of those shoulders shaking occasions.

Someone told me how their rabbit was brutally murdered and I started laughing, i'm not sure why I found it funny

Secondary school...was in an assembly and we was talking about rememberance day.

One the teachers had had a relative who who been in the war and was talking about him.

During this time, I unfortunately let one off which caused me and a group of friends to try to stifle giggles.

Not very well though as we were held back and promptly bollocked.

At the end of my first ever yoga class we were meditating while the instructor read a poem. A woman near me didn’t the loudest longest fart I have ever heard and I burst out laughing, everyone glared at me so I tried to contain myself a bit but it was one of those the more your try not to laugh the more you want to moments.. I never went back to that class 😂