WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/moffat-steven/74360/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Steven Moffat</b></a></p><blockquote>JEFF: You’re not ready for the Giggle Loop. […] Basically, it’s like a feedback loop. You’re somewhere quiet. There’s people. It’s a — it’s a solemn occasion. A wedding. No — it’s a minute’s silence for someone who’s died. […] Minute’s silence ticking away. Tick. Tick. Tick. The Giggle Loop begins. Suddenly, out of nowhere, this thought comes into your head: the worst thing I could possibly do during a minute’s silence is laugh. <i>(Overturns an empty beer glass)</i> And as soon as you think that, you almost do laugh, automatic reaction. But you don’t, you control yourself. You’re fine. Whoo — but then you think how terrible it would have been if you’d laughed out loud in the middle of a minute’s silence. And so you nearly do it again, only this time it’s a bigger laugh. <i>(Stacks a beer glass on top of the first one)</i> And then you think how awful this bigger laugh would have been. And so you nearly laugh again, only this time it’s a very big laugh.<i> (Stacks another glass)</i> It’s an enormous laugh! Let this bastard out, and you get whiplash! <i>(Stacks another glass)</i> Suddenly, you’re in the middle of this completely silent room <i>(Stacks another glass)</i> and your shoulders are going like you’re drilling the road! And what do you think of this situation? Oh, dear Christ, you think it’s <i>funny!</i></blockquote><p><b>Steven Moffat</b> (b. 1961) Scottish television writer, producer<br><i>Coupling</i>, 01×03 “Sex, Death and Nudity” (2000-05-26)</p><p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/moffat-steven/74360/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/moffat-steven/74360/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=embarrassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embarrassment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=escalation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>escalation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=feedbackloops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feedbackloops</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=funeral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funeral</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=giggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giggling</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=giggleloop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giggleloop</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=laughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laughter</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=propriety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propriety</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfcontrol</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfrestraint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfrestraint</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=spiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiral</span></a></p>