I Feel Your Pain
15 May
Ouch!
PAIN. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.
Pain, of course, is entirely relative.
Pain – the noun:
1) A feeling of marked discomfort, a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: “She has severe pains in her arse, most probably due to sitting at the computer/at work/in the car all day.”
“Jury duty can be quite a pain in the neck.”
“Her boss gives her the most excruciating pain in her head and eyeballs.”
2) Mental suffering or distress : “During the holidays, I am plagued by the pain of listening politely to relatives pontificate on politics, religion, and reality TV.”
“Waiting for hours in this line at the DMV is killing me. Oh, the pain. ARRRGH!”
“Will the Kardashians ever stop inflicting such pain upon the culture and just drop off the damn planet?”
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
3) An annoying or tedious, troublesome person or thing: “Kim’s a pain. Khloe’s a pain. Kourtney’s a pain. Kris is a royal pain.”
4) Laborious or careful efforts; assiduous care: “Great pains have been taken to cover the crimson, pulsing pimple on my nose.”
“I take tremendous pains to order take-out for dinner. Boo hoo.”
Pain – the verb:
1) Cause mental or physical pain to: “It pains me to say this, but your butt looks huge in those horizontal stripes.”
Pain – phrase:
1) No pain, no gain: “Suffering is necessary in order to achieve something such as losing that last 15 pounds, getting the kids to do their homework, watching The Kardashians, and finishing this blog post on deadline.”
My favorite “pain.” Ah, oui.
pains au chocolat (Photo credit: LORO Languages Open Resources Online)
Great story about LUCILLE BALL and PAIN she suffered as a young adult:
*Lucille Ball: Comedienne and
Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferer
Few People Realize That Lucille Ball Suffered With Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Carol Eustice, About.com Guide (Updated October 18, 2011)
MAILONLINE.COM PUBLISHED: 11:15 EST, 10 May 2012 | UPDATED:11:45 EST, 10 May 2012
*The Stress Management and Health Benefits of Laughter
Health Benefits of Laughter: Stress Relief, Immunity, and More
By Elizabeth Scott, M.S., About.com Guide Updated January 10, 2011
I Feel Your Pain by Barb Best is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Copyright 2012, Barb Best
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Yes, some relatives are definitely a pain, but, pain au chocolat – that’s exquisite “pain”
I try to do the same…take the pain of monotony and turn it into something funny. Not easy to do but worth trying. Thanks for the story about Lucy. LOVE HER!!
Barb, Thank you so much for writing this blog. First of all I would like to say that for me laughter is always the best medicine which has seen me through many difficult situations. Lucy is one of my all time favorite people. I did not know that she had RA. I found that very interesting and it gives me hope. Keep up you great writing.
Hmmm…An annoying or tedious, troublesome person or thing…that’s the Kardashians. Epic pain, I say. Epic!
Talk about pain—I think I’ve been missing your posts! I subscribed to your new blog, why aren’t they coming to my inbox?!