Abstract
‘They can’t stop us laughing’ was a phrase often used on stage by Bernard Manning, a stand-up comedian from Manchester in the north of England. Manning lived all his life in Manchester and died there, aged 76, in June of 2007. The phrase, which Manning had used as punctuation between jokes, and the diverse commentary that followed his death (in addition to the numerous obituaries, Manning had been commissioned to make a tele vision programme anticipating his own funeral) together evoke all of the themes of this chapter.
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