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 is asked "Does it hurt?" &mdash; "I'm fine. It only hurts when I laugh."

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.