Research in Britain indicates men could be well on track to being grumpy old men by the age of 52.
Scientists at the University of Glamorgan have shown that people laugh less as they get older, and by 52 men are not much different to Victor Meldrew, the grumpy pensioner in the British comedy, “One Foot in the Grave”.
Infants can laugh up to 300 times a day, but then life rapidly becomes far less fun, the researchers said. By their teens, people laughing just six times a day on average.
By the 20s, people are laughing just four times a day.
Interestingly, senses of humour improve in the 30s – mostly due to children, say respondents – lifting the average number of laughs to five a day.
However, it’s a slippery slope from there and, by 50, Britons are laughing just three times a day on average. The average 60-year-old is laughing just 2.5 times a day on average.
The research showed that men in their 60s are four times grumpier than women.
The study, commissioned for the British comedy television station, Dave, found older men complained more than their younger counterparts and worried more.
Joke-telling appears to be largely a thing of the past, too, with the survey of 2000 people indicating the average Briton knew just two gags apeice.
Moreover, 600 respondents couldn’t remember telling a joke in the last year.
Glamorgan University researcher Dr Lesley Harbidge noted: “It’s important to remember how good laughter is for you: it releases endorphins and a little laughter every day goes a long way to reducing stress.
Source: Horsetalk
It doesn’t take that long. Mid forties and they’re already cranky pants.
On beer there at it by there mid 20s.
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