It Only Hurts When I Laugh
It Only Hurts When I Laugh is a punchline of a joke which exists in numerous versions since at least 19th century. A typical setup is that someone badly hurt (e.g., a Wild West rancher with an arrow in his chest, a Jew crucified by the Nazis, etc.) is asked "Does it hurt?" — "I'm fine. It only hurts when I laugh."[1][2]
The phrase was used as a title of various works:
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh (album)
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh (TV series)
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh, an autobiography by Stan Freberg
- Boli tylko, gdy się śmieję… Listy i rozmowy ("It Only Hurts When I Laugh... Letters and Conversations")' see Correspondence of Stanisław Lem
See also
- Only When I Laugh (disambiguation)
- "It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing", a song by Mi-Sex
References
- Leon Rappoport, Punchlines: The Case for Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Humor, p. 83
- "The Joke Stops Here", Memphis Flyer
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