Tales of the Ticklish: Nicole's Amazing & Contagious Laugh!

     My lifelong pal Nicole and I have been bare feet friends (meaning we never wear shoes if we can at all help it) since we were little tykes in kindergarten, and it's meant a lifetime of happy, silly laughter between two friends that are more like brother & sister now, today, in 2013! But the hilarious part just stems from the fact that Nicole has always loved tickling people, getting great pleasure out of making them laugh, whether on the bottoms of their feet, under their arms, & or by poking them in their ribs..basically anyplace she could get someone laughing! And, as we were growing up in the 70's & 80's, I was easily the most frequent target of those tickle attacks, being the only boy on the block with five other awesome girls, (this was NOT a bad thing, I promise! LOL!!), and these crazy, fun times always seemed to occur during Friday night dinner gatherings. We lived on a cul-de-sac, and our parents used to eat together every Friday night, almost like clockwork (It was kinda' their way to wind down at the end of another workweek). Traditionally, while they sat in the dining room, eating dinner, conversing, and having a few drinks, all of us kids were left to entertain ourselves downstairs in the basement den. Shoes were never allowed in the basement den, so bare feet were always available and ready for sneak attacks (that weren't really sneaky at all, but more like a tiger pouncing on its prey!) Even now, as "grown-ups", Nicole & I are always giving each other foot massages (with a bottle of red wine as a massage enhancer.. LOL!) because they feel amazing, and foot massages are one of life's most overlooked treats.. But never, ever does it just stay at the massage level! Nope, it takes all of five minutes before massage turns to fingernails lightly raking across bare soles, and the laughing & spasming begins again! So, one day we were talking about seeing somebody getting their bare feet tickled on TV, by a SonicCare toothbrush (those brushes that move at supersonic speed), and wondering how much it would tickle, because that person being tickled was absolutely screeeeeeaming with laughter.. Well, wonder no more! We got a brush and tested it on Nicole's soles, and impromptly filmed it for youtube! LOL! Why not! Laughter this contagious MUST be shared with the world! (I can't believe I hadn't blogged about this yet, because it's been almost 18 months since!) ..Nicole's laughing here will brighten anybody's day, no matter how shitty that day is, so please sit back & enjoy this 75 seconds of hilarity! ..Nic has wanted to film a sequel to this for over a year, with her sitting on my ankles tickling my bare soles with the toothbrush, but life & parental duties always get in the way! But rest assured, when we do finally film it, it'll be posted & blogged about, since that's only fair! Let's laugh it up, my friends! :)