# Looking for Skeleton Puns **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181 "2003-11-25T14:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/1 "2003-11-25T14:15:57Z")
Aside from “BONEFIED!”, can anyone think of any good skeleton puns out there? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/2 "2003-11-25T14:17:30Z")
Do they have to be humerus? ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/3 "2003-11-25T14:20:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Do they have to be humerus? \*\* No. Just the bare bones, please. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/4 "2003-11-25T14:24:04Z")
and you’re making no bones about it. Hmm - I _suppose_ there could conceivably be a transnational bit of post-accident surgery wherebyy the Nip bone was connected to the Thai bone? Ye gods, if I typed that out loud, I _must_ need more coffee (which might also explain why I don’t understand the “bonefied” thing.) Ah, given a time-machine - until about 25 ish years ago, you couldl not buy alchohol on a Sunday in Scotland unless you were a BONa fide traveller. Hmm - or there might be a cooking disaster after which one was left with only “bone, bone, on the range”. Um, it’s all right - I’ll leave quietly! ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/5 "2003-11-25T14:33:41Z")
I’m not thinking clearly because I’m running a femur. Some people think I look like Pelvis Presley. …these aren’t puns, are they? Whatever they are, they’re bad. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/6 "2003-11-25T14:34:14Z")
I’m asking if you want them to be rib-tickling, or just hip? ---
**Author:** ![dejahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dejahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dejahma)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/7 "2003-11-25T15:10:05Z")
Why didn’t the boy skeleton cross the road? **He didn’t have the guts** Why didn’t the girl skeleton cross the road? **She didn’t have the balls** ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/8 "2003-11-25T15:16:24Z")
Would love to help and was asking within my immediate radius for ideas. The boss came up to ask me what I was doing and had to tell him a little fibula - he looked very sternum and walked away muttering. So I am sorry I won’t be able to help - best of luck with your search… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/9 "2003-11-25T15:29:07Z")
With average skull, I’d think you’d find yourself more than carpalable. Turn on the radius and relax. ---
**Author:** ![Bimble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bimble)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/10 "2003-11-25T16:27:25Z")
\<-- **is skullking behind the door** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/11 "2003-11-25T16:56:25Z")
“Pat, Ella, have you two been introduced?” Favorite new actor: Holden Magroin [alright, alright, I stole it from Friends] I’m tired of takin’ it on the chin, but I’d give my eyeteeth to be a more forehead-looking person. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/12 "2003-11-25T17:09:56Z")
Oh, tibia in Paris now that spring is here! Attendance at the meeting is mandible. Socket to me! . . . OK, that’s it. Ulna longer be a participant in this nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/13 "2003-11-25T17:25:35Z")
I wish we could automate these puns. It’s a pain to do them mandibally. But could any computer possibly comprehend the stapes of jokemaking: timing and comic irrelevance? I don’t know, but I won’t say it’ll never happen. That could easily become a boner. ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/14 "2003-11-25T17:44:49Z")
Boss has gone home now so I won’t get the sacrum if I continue looking for puns. Still haven’t thought of any yet though… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/15 "2003-11-25T17:57:09Z")
They told me I broke my tibia but that turned out to be a fibula. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/16 "2003-11-25T18:08:27Z")
Q: Why did the nympho date a skeleton? A: 'Cause he always had a boner for her. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/17 "2003-11-25T19:18:28Z")
A skeleton walks into a bar and says to the bartender, “Give me a beer… and a mop.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/18 "2003-11-25T19:34:03Z")
Puns are part and tarsal of the skeleton. It’s gauche to carpal puns. Now, I don’t want to make too many ribs or someone will slap my coccyx. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/19 "2003-11-25T20:02:14Z")
Guess I’ll have to bone up on my anatomy. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181/20 "2003-11-25T20:57:29Z")
My favorite: We were watching **Army of Darkness**. There’s a scene where some skeleton warriors are dragging along some scantily-clad women in chains. My friend blurts out, “Look, that one has a boner!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181.md?page=2)