Published 16:22 IST, April 30th 2020

Good News: 6-year-old sets up 'walk-by joke stand' to spread smiles amid pandemic

in a bid to provide some relief to people during these bleak times of a global health crisis, a six-year-old boy decided to set up a walk-by joke stand.

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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Amid unprecedented outbreak of deadly coronavirus, major cities are under lockdown and millions of people remain confined to ir homes to practice social distancing. refore, in a bid to provide some relief to people during se bleak times of a global health crisis, a six-year-old boy decided to set up a drive-by, walk-by joke stand. Callaghan McLaughlin in Saanich, British Columbia delivers free humour to visitors of his joke stand at his driveway to maintain a safe distance. According to international reports, because “re’s a lot of stress” in world, he wanted to “get some smiles on people’s faces”. 

Since last week, six-year-old has been making people happy with his sense of humour. His im was first shared by his mor, Kelsea McLaughlin with caption, "Please drive by and hear a joke from this kid", and w has been shared on all social media platforms. Callaghan “incent yet effective” initiative has broken internet that even actor Ryan Reylds called him “hero”. Being in utter disbelief of “magic” in a joke stall, Kelsea replied to Reylds saying if its “real life”.

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'Blessing'

Within days, Callaghan became a mini-social media celebrity and netizens even called him a “blessing” to world amid se harsh times. People called idea of six-year-old as “brilliant” and some even applauded his “adorable” smile. One Instagram user said, “This is so precious”, ar also responded by saying “This is actually amazing. Well done, Callaghan”. An internet user referred to kid and said, “What a sweet thing to do. You are a blessing”.

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16:22 IST, April 30th 2020