Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Asthma only bothers the speaker around dogs or cigars; the funniest image is a dog smoking a cigar.
- In plain terms
- Cigars and dogs trigger his asthma, but a smoking dog would be funnier.
- What can you take from it?
- Use humor to cope with health limitations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle health issues?
- What makes you laugh?
Another view
Not everyone finds absurd imagery comforting.
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