In praise of the devilish windDasha Kuprienko/ Stuff Good for you, they reckon. EDITORIAL: Laughter is a devilish wind which deforms the lineaments of the human face and makes men look like monkeys. Such, anyway, was the view of Jorge de Burgos, a mirthless monk in the highbrow whodunnit The Name of the Rose. But most particularly the laughing yoga classes that have become part of the resort's relaxation offerings. All the more powerful, surely, because it's in those circumstances when we're most acutely aware that we mustn't, mustn't laugh that we struggle hardest not to.

Source: Stuff December 27, 2017 16:02 UTC