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Old 07-May-2008, 20:39
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Default Re: playful attitude

A smile can have a serious purpose; to calm things down, while laughter is more readily associated with having fun.

I'm not too sure about the second, but it could mean that it affects these two areas- the external social life and the interior mental one.
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