I do not know what it is about our generation, but the decibel levels at home are always above normal. Were we born loud, or did we have loudness thrust upon us? Whatever the case, our home was always filled with chatter, every joke creating further peals of raucous laughter. Our mother and her brothers, our uncles, had a penchant for puns and ‘jokelies’ though they were softer than the ‘girls’.