"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 is asked "Does it hurt?" — "I'm fine. It only hurts when I laugh."[1][2]
The phrase has been used as a title of various works:
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh (album), by Jann Browne, 1991
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh, an autobiography by Stan Freberg
- Boli tylko, gdy się śmieję… ('It Only Hurts When I Laugh...') in the correspondence of Stanisław Lem
- Only When I Laugh, an autobiography by Paul Merton.
See also
- Only When I Laugh (disambiguation)
- "It Only Hurts When I'm Laughing", a song by Mi-Sex
References
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