About This Quote
When it comes to pain, most of us are willing to accept that it’s a part of life. But when it comes to joking, many of us are not willing to continue joking when we are in pain. Someone who is “in pain” is someone who is hurting. And, the out-of-pain person isn’t in pain, they are happy or angry or happy-angry or sad-angry or angry-sad. They can joke about anything and everything, while the guy who is in pain is only OK with joking about some things and not OK with joking about some things.
Source: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
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