Bahlool and the Border Between Crying and Laughing

Someone asked Bahlool, “What is the difference between crying and laughing?” He replied, “A person cries with their eyes and laughs with their lips, and the boundary between the two is the nose.”

Bahlool’s answer is both humorous and insightful, suggesting that the emotions of crying and laughing are close to each other and connected by the nose, the central feature of the face.