What many people remembered was the report that Dallas schoolchildren had laughed upon hearing the news.
"This is all news to me," he said, having burst out laughing upon hearing the story.
Mr. McCall's spokesman, Steven Greenberg, burst out laughing upon hearing Mr. Isay's remarks.
Mr. Ferrer's spokesman, John Del Cecato, broke out laughing upon hearing about Mr. Green's declaration.
Mr. La Fosse laughed upon learning of Mr. Wegman's vocation: "That's maybe a first for me — a theater producer who's also clergy".
For example, the passage in Genesis that describes how the aged Sarah laughed upon hearing God say that she would bear a son is traditionally interpreted as a laugh of incredulity.
No doubt they are hardened by the daily misery, but it is hard to imagine how any human could laugh upon seeing that a traumatised child had sewn her lips together, as some officers allegedly did.
"Loyalty is laughed upon in football but the club [Newport] gave me an opportunity.
There is special attention paid to a stock character called "the sissy" whose job was to make us laugh upon appearance.
Having only known Dr. Dre for a few days, Eminem was anxious about how he would react to such a line, and to his relief, Dr. Dre "fell out of his chair laughing" upon hearing the lyric.
