check out this article. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1625575,00.html
"Germans aren't known as the most lighthearted folks around: Getting one to laugh can seem like pulling teeth. An entrepreneur in Berlin wants to change that and wants to educate his countrymen about the joy of laughing.
Chortling, chuckling, giggling and busting a gut are words not often associated with Germans, whose spectrum of facial expressions generally ranges from dour to, if you're lucky, neutral..."
will they get me? will they think i am loony? ah, we will see...
