Almost 80 years before Monty Python's Ernest Scribbler created the funniest joke in the world, farmer Wesley Parsons had a deadly gag all of his own. He was joking with friends in Laurel, Indiana, in 1893, when he was seized by fits of uncontainable laughter, and couldn't stop. He laughed for nearly an hour, when he began hiccupping. Two hours later he died from exhaustion.

At least it seems it's not that bad of a way to go out.

The funeral was in full swing when the lid of the coffin lifted, and the corpse began to climb out.

I'm sorry.... killing this dude was a perfectly valid reaction!

Too bad the drunken bear massacre happened in Lithuania. Is there anything more Russian than bears and vodka? At least it was occupied by Russia at the time.