Motto to live by:

"At least it's not a gunshot."
Apparently, this is what I told my room mate when she was complaining about a wedgie. I don't remember ever having said this, but there you have it. She says she found it so funny that whenever she's complaining about something, she tells herself 'at least it's not a gunshot."
She recently hurt herself by slipping while climbing a rope (for ROTC). She has discovered that it is a second degree burn. When the nurse accidenlty pulled the scab off today, Non~a (my roomie) says that she told herself "at least it's not a gunshot."
My reply: "Babe, I would've cried. Screw the 'it's not a gunshot' Gunshots aren't the only things that hurt."
I don't think this is going to stop her from saying this, however. Whatever floats your boat.