34 Comments   
Do you sometimes dream of just laughing the day away? Well, one Chinese teenager is living that way, but it turns out it's actually a nightmare. Thirteen-year-old Xu Pinghui has been laughing non-stop since she was eight months old.

The continuous giggles started when she developed a fever. Xu cannot speak and communicates through different kinds of laughter. Her parents are desperate for a cure, and doctors theorize that her frontal lobe may have been damaged from her illness in infancy.

This isn't the only continuous bodily function that can drive someone mad.

Click here to read about another girl with a chronic (and surprising) problem.

Tragic Dancing Faces

    He looks just like a guy we saw on "Intervention" one week.

    Flickr

    He just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to GEICO!

    Flickr

    And in that moment, she was no longer a middle-class housewife in small-town Ohio, but a Prima ballerina starring in "Swan Lake" before an audience of adoring fans.

    Flickr

    The seductive tug of the belt coupled with that glassy stare makes you wonder if this nightclub has a proper screening process.

    Flickr

    You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the Old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim, DDR extraordinaire.

    Flickr

    Proof that nirvana can be achieved, even in techno clubs.

    Flickr

    One picture is worth 1,000 Divinyls jokes.

    Flickr

    Captured at the exact moment the pee-pee dance went awry.

    Flickr

    No matter what you do, there's no hiding from those "Night at the Roxbury" creeps. They'll devour you whole.

    Flickr

    "Not now chief, I'm in the friggin' zone. Now go get me some Jagerbombs stat."

    Flickr


In 2007, 15-year-old Jennifer Mee hiccupped up to 50 times a minute for several months. She became a media sensation and was even accused of faking her ailment. At one point, the spasms were so bad she had to leave school. As of August 2007, Mee was only suffering from hiccups occasionally.

Somewhat more common than these two afflictions -- but still rare -- is a condition called "Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome." Anyone want to guess what that entails?

Also on Lemondrop: Check out our gallery of immensely overweight animals that make us giggle every time.


Obeasts

    "Stop standing next to me, you're making me look fat."

    Getty Images

    This Chinese cat weighs 33 pounds, as much as four cats of average weight (or 132 sticks of butter).

    This big boy is a little down in the dumps. Perhaps it's the high carb diet?

    Flickr

    This cat's more than a little bit of a couch potato.

    Flickr

    Pug lug.

    Flickr

    This big guy was rescued by the Humane Society after getting stuck in a pet door while attempting to steal some dog food. Embarrassing.

    AP

    Is it just us, or does that dog look scared?

    AP

    This Labrador, named Chubby Charlie, was forced to go on a crash diet after ballooning to 168 pounds.

    AP

    These fat monkeys live in a tiny enclosure in a Japanese park. Their considerable monkey bulk is blamed on overfeeding by visitors.

    AP

    There are fat pigs, and then there are fat pigs.

    AP