Prashant Bhushan, a close aide to Mr. Hazare and an integral part of what is now known as Team Anna, told me with a happy chuckle in April that he hadn't expected so much media attention or the enthusiasm of the urban middle class that immediately followed.
A male voice among the collage of colourful vests suddenly disrupts the universal pain and anguish: "It's my 60th birthday today – would anyone like to sing me happy birthday…?" Chuckles ripple freely as we all continue ascending slowly.
And other fools just--keep going!" He laughs, a happy, ominous chuckle.
When Rivers flatly pronounced, "I'm extremely happy," it elicited chuckles from the assembled news media.
"I imagine he wouldn't be real happy," Stanton said, chuckling.
"I knew the publishers wouldn't be happy," Mr. Klebanoff said, chuckling to himself in his cluttered office at his company, the Scott Meredith Literary Agency.
"For years she was like, 'Would you just write some happy songs?' " Brooke says, chuckling.
Don't you see? Nothing could have made Chuckles the happier.
A good, old-fashioned chuckle releases happy brain chemicals that, other than providing the exuberant buzz we seek, make humans better equipped to tolerate both pain and stress.
"The happy family," Ms. Kidman said, chuckling.
"Happy Birthday, Jilly baby," he chuckled, and roared off into the rain to save the day.
