Perspective
The other day, one of the residents was complaining to a nurse that she was in excruciating pain. The nurse said, 'Do you know the definition of excruciating pain?' 'Well, no.' 'Excruciating pain is JESUS on the cross. Is it JESUS on the cross pain?' 'No.' 'Okay then.'
posted by melilotnfosco | 3:41 PM
22 Comments:
nice... and very true (isn't that where the word "excruciating" came from anyway?)
i never thought about that being where the word comes from.
her comment does put things in perspective, but it does sound a bit unsympathetic, too.
i know not from whence the word 'excruciating' came. but it is very true.
this is a nice nurse and i'm guessing it was one of the residents who goes on and on, but would take it well.
k - just looked it up. 'excruciate' does come from the word cross.
i rock :D
good job, chelley!
hehe (blushing:)
did your deduction have anything to do with hp?
Harry Potter and the bible...sounds like a topic someone would have addressed by now...Sigh...
um, no, I don't think so -- is it mentioned in HP?? And busymommy, I'm always drawing similarities and talking about them, but I try to limit the amount of talking about HP I do on here (or in general) -- well, kind of try.. ;)
There's probably a "The Gospel According to Harry Potter" book out there -- I know there's one for The Simpsons and several others (which I can't think of now), at least. But I've never read any.
there is.
i thought of hp because of the cruciatus curse.
enrique said rowlings took the term "cruciatus" from the same root
I had a prof who did some side lecturing on Simpsons and Christianity! He was great!
well duh, enrique. that's why i said it.
i had a lit prof who had us watch the simpsons while we were discussing edgar allan poe
in 9th grade we watched 'the empire strikes back' and compared it to the arthur legends
i shoulda been in those classes with you all...
and one with HP ;)
my kids took an hp class at the science museum. we thought it was going to be using science to make "magical" concoctions, but it ended up being more of a craft class. they were disappointed with it. :(
My SIL took a class this summer on witchcraft and religion. I told it would have been really cool if it was really a course on HP, but it wasn't. Bummer.
That is disappointing.
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