UNCLE BOB’S BELLY LAUGH

‘People become famous in many ways: Doing good deeds, writing screenplays. My Uncle Bob, never known to frown, gained fame for a big belly laugh that shook our little town. In olden times, belly-laughers’ were everywhere: On every street, in the town square. Bodies shaking, as if turned to jelly. Hearty laughter erupting from big bellies.’