Ihave not laughed all summer. I’m not being dramatic. From the beginning of the school holidays until this week I have not LOLed, ROFLed or LMAOed. Not one haha or hehe has passed my lips. Believe it or not, this isn’t because of a deep depression, in protest, or the penalty for a lost bet. No – my humour ban has been on strict doctor’s orders, in what has felt like a weeks-long episode of Last One Laughing , the TV show in which 10 comedians compete to make each other laugh, where laughing yourself gets you eliminated from the game.

A couple of years ago, I had an unfortunate cycling accident on my way home from work. I won’t bore you too much with the details. Suffice it to say: badly parked van, unsupervised children, high velocity, splat. Thankfully, the kids were unscathed; the l

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