On World Laughter Day, Twitter Is Overflowing With Jokes

New Delhi: World Laughter Day is marked on the first Sunday of May each year. Dr Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement, organised the first World Laughter Day in Mumbai in 1998. People usually gather in public parks and laugh out loud together. According to the World Laughter Day website, one of Dr Kataria's objectives is to promote world peace through laughter. Now that may seem like a stretch, but Dr Kataria argues that Laughter Yoga causes the body to release certain "Feel Good" hormones that promote feelings of happiness, love, tolerance, forgiveness and compassion. "When you laugh, you change and when you change the whole world changes around you," says Dr Kataria.  

The hashtag #WorldLaughterDay has been trending on Twitter all day, with Twitteratti sharing their favourite jokes. Take a look:

Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor has this "advice"
 

Here's a joke for #WorldLaughterDay. Be happy pic.twitter.com/ZIo88bcB3K

— Sanjeev Kapoor (@SanjeevKapoor) May 7, 2017

There's this classic that re-surfaced
 

Bit fed up today. Took my kids to the zoo this morning but all there was to see was a solitary dog. It was a Shih Tzu. #WorldLaughterDay

— Voice (@shadowalkerman) May 7, 2017

Oh, the puns!
 

"I dropped a bottle of ketchup on ma foot - it caused great pain
to ma toes"#WorldLaughterDay pic.twitter.com/AX5r0Boj0d

— Gardening Scotland (@GardenScotland) May 7, 2017

A disclaimer that shouldn't be missed
 

#WorldLaughterDay Laughter is the best medicine
Note : Dont try this medicine in front of your teachers & parents while they r scolding

— Navika Kachhwaha (@DrNavii_beingPT) May 7, 2017

Come on, this definitely made you giggle
 

Raise a smile for #WorldLaughterDay pic.twitter.com/RglCGvhTYS

— Gladstone (@TreasuryMog) May 7, 2017

In case you need the motivation
 

If smiling burns calories, can you imagine what laughter could do?
Happy #worldlaughterday beautiful peoplehttps://t.co/6gh2bFeHSj pic.twitter.com/qfoKklou7l

— Yislamoo (@yislamoo) January 10, 2017

An important reminder from Shah Rukh Khan
 

It's #WorldLaughterDay, so jiyo, khush raho, muskurao...kya pata kal ho naa ho! #KHNH @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/pa8bbpzyYY

— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) May 7, 2017

Here's how kids in a school in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh marked the day
 

Laugh out loud! Its #WorldLaughterDay - #UttarPradesh News https://t.co/4LaZIR3HRf #kids

— ANI Multimedia (@ANI_multimedia) May 7, 2017

This guy has a point
 

Do we really need a day to laugh? Smiling and laughing shud be done every day. It keeps u young and fit #WorldLaughterDay

— Amit A (@Amit_smiling) May 7, 2017

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