No doubt we’ve all hit our “funny bone” at one time or another. So what is your “funny bone”? Well, actually it’s not a bone – it’s a nerve. Specifically the ulnar that runs from your neck to your hand. And like most nerves it’s protected by bones, muscles & ligaments.
BUT when it passes through the elbow in the cubital canal at the end of the humerus (humerus – “humorous” … get it?) it’s only protected by skin. So when you bump it you experience that trifecta of numbness, tingling and PAIN.
Always curious why they call it the “funny bone” – because there’s nothing “funny” about it. I just like puns.
(If you’re wondering why it’s so late, it’s because my relatives unexpectedly stopped over this afternoon for a surprise visit to enjoy a break in the weather from the oppressive heat we’ve been suffering through. Being the good host that I am, we all enjoyed a few libations. “And a good time was had by all….”)
On to the hopefully “humorous” part.
I’ve curated a few Tweets the tickled my “funny bone” (humerus – “humorous” … get it?).
The first captures a question I’ve actually long wondered about:
How is it every picture of Jared looks like it’s from The Omen III? pic.twitter.com/Vm1Eec9ttr
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 9, 2020
Next are the McCloskeys – the Bonnie & Clyde couple of the uber-rich in St. Louis. Not that threateningly waving around a AR-15 rifle and a semiautomatic handgun is particularly amusing – but I found this likely conversation pretty funny:
"I don't have my keys, do you?"
"No, you said 'get your gun, we're going to threaten some black people' I assumed that meant you had the keys!" pic.twitter.com/JN83YWcICp— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) June 29, 2020
It’s not all that often that a typo, especially from the prestigious BBC, is both accurate AND entertaining – but it perfectly pegs that UK right-wing Brexiter Nigel Farage perfectly:
Well done typo. pic.twitter.com/1iXlsjkDOb
— Facts Central (@StillDelvingH) July 11, 2020
And for all the Trumpkin idiots who refuse to wear a mask – but think actual TRUE Patriots wearing a mask will protect them … a lesson they might actually understand:
Passenger: why should I have to wear a mask if yours works?
Driver: damn good point *turns off headlights*
Passenger: what are you doing it’s dark
Driver: chill the other cars have them on
— clean slate (@PleaseBeGneiss) July 15, 2020
It’s NEVER a good idea to use ominous video clips from YOUR tenure to try and cast blame on your opponent:
When you use images from your own presidency to warn of what would happen if your opponent won pic.twitter.com/DFtOYu4WuO
— Taniel (@Taniel) July 20, 2020
Couldn’t pass up at least one “Pick the Elephant” Cognitive Test Tweet:
Jimmy Carter was a Naval Acad Grad, studied nuclear physics and served on ‘Seawolf.’ Bill Clinton was a Yale Law Grad & Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Barack Obama was President of Harvard Law Review. Trump can pick out an Elephant from a sketch on a good day, maybe. @realDonaldTrump
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) July 23, 2020
Fucker Tucker Carlson has certainly had a rough past few weeks – and deservedly so! But I echo the poster’s sentiment: “And the downside is …?”
Tucker Carlson: "If Democrats take both the Senate and the White House, and they could, you will not recognize America a year from now" https://t.co/fjcFP15g3E
— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 24, 2020
We’ve all read that Melania, realizing her time in the White House is limited, has decided to undertake a Rose Garden renovation. But you’ve probably not seen a preview of her plans … yet:
Melania demonstrates her plan for the flowers in the Rose Garden. pic.twitter.com/4xSzDmnFH3
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) July 27, 2020
Even those who might not be medically oriented, you’ll still have to wonder about this:
JUST IN: Scientist have confirmed a new development in COVID-19; with the announcement of Rep. Louis Gohmert of Texas contracting the virus; the CDC can now confirm that “…the virus can jump species from human to whatever Rep. Louis Gohmert is.”
Developing.
— YS (@NYinLA2121) July 29, 2020
And staying on that medical theme – another “Is That Even Anatomically Possible?” head-scratcher.
Republican politician Louie Gohmert, who claims to have caught COVID-19 from wearing a mask, is now claiming he got pregnant after several people told him to go fuck himself.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) July 30, 2020
