Why Is It Called The Funny Bone?
By OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (103167)
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
March 24, 2023 1:04pm CST
It is not funny at all. It hurts like hell.
This elbow bone..or whatever..it hurts when you hit it.
I quite often do that too.
Do you find yourself hitting your elbow on things sometimes?
I really damaged one of my elbows when I was a child.
And I just hit it now on this dang chair.
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
It can be very painful for a long while.
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@dgobucks226 (32857)
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24 Mar
Yes, funny bone my eye! I definitely don't find it "humerus." 
I get tennis elbow flareup from time to time. Usually when I play tennis or golf. The result of many years of sports wear and tear, ouch.
I get tennis elbow flareup from time to time. Usually when I play tennis or golf. The result of many years of sports wear and tear, ouch.4 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
You are fine fit fellow DB
Yes humerus lol
Yes humerus lol3 people like this
@snowy22315 (154462)
• United States
24 Mar
Because it usually makes you laugh when it first happens, which is weird because you are in pain. I remember as a little kid, I fell out of a wagon and whacked my funnybone good.. I was laughing and then crying.
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@snowy22315 (154462)
• United States
24 Mar
@RebeccasFarm I have for sure, and that one time quite alot. I found this online about it.? If you have your shin hit it hurts, and it can really hurt. But if you hit your elbow you get a different kind of tingly sensation which is so strange that you can laugh. The tingling is the result of pressure to the brachial nerve which runs through the elbow structure."
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@snowy22315 (154462)
• United States
24 Mar
@RebeccasFarm I think you really have to whack it in the right place and hard for that laughing reaction to occur. I think it has happened to me since then,,,,but not the way it did that time. I remember after it happened I was complaining to my mom about it, and she said "you must have hit your funnybone."
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
Ouch Snowy..I do not recall ever laughing though
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@velvet53 (22870)
• Palisade, Colorado
24 Mar
@RebeccasFarm Haha you got me on that one.
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@FourWalls (55185)
• United States
24 Mar
I don’t know why they call it the funny bone, because NOBODY laughs when they hit it. And anyone who’s ever hit it doesn’t laugh when someone else does it, either!!!!
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
And on top of this, I wasn't sure if THAT was the funny bone or something else, I could not remember. I just rolled the dice..guess I got it right.
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@Emdi001Zega (6)
• Indonesia
25 Mar
@RebeccasFarm possibly right and wrong, but it looks like you're right this time
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@JimBo452020 (51819)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
The Ulnar Nerve.
Hilarious.
I can't recall the last time my elbow hit anything
But it did hit someone.
On the side of the head.
It was an accident.
Honest
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
Oh ouch but I know it happens. Elbows are very dangerous.
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
@JimBo452020 Oh yes I recall I think you saying about that one...oh me too grouchy Although I was a holy terror when I was young..I would act out more.
Although I was a holy terror when I was young..I would act out more.1 person likes this
@JimBo452020 (51819)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
@RebeccasFarm
Was breathing his rancid germs all over me in a shop.
He wouldn't f*** off when I told him to.
So I did what I had to do.
I'm getting grouchy in my old age.
Lol
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for sure!! I somehow hit the doorway with mine not too long ago . . . it still hurts to the touch. Hope our elbows stop hurting soon!!@much2say (52273)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Mar
@RebeccasFarm I guess there's not much cushion in our elbows . . . so boney 
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@kaylachan (45383)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Mar
Because the genious who decided to name bones decided to name it the humorous. because while painful, you have to laugh at yourself and wonder, how in the hell-o could I have hit that?
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
True Kayla, in fact, I do not know how many times I ask myself that question
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
Yes it is painful Sanjeev. Hope you do not hit it
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
@rebelann Right it aint funny
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
I guess Snowy has researched it here and the answer is a nerve lol
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
Yes it is only one thing..ouch.
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@moffittjc (112822)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Mar
OMG that is so funny! I hit my funny bone today at work, and I was in agonizing pain while everyone around me laughed. Maybe that's why it's called the funny bone, because it makes everyone else laugh!
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
Yeah everyone else thinks its funny til it happens to them.
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@moffittjc (112822)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Mar
@RebeccasFarm But if it happens to THEM, then I think it's funny and I laugh!
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@lovebuglena (40454)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Mar
So why is it called the funny bone? Where did that name come from?
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@lovebuglena (40454)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar
@RebeccasFarm I doubt people get a funny feeling hitting it lol.
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@everwonderwhy (6700)
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25 Mar
Hi there, Ocean@RebeccasFarm. It's been a very long pause for me on this side of our world, Down Under.
What do you do to find relief for your elbow and arms? I always hit my joints on my fingers. They hurt so badly every time that happens. Take care and let's be careful. :-)
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
I soak in an Epsom Salt Bath Psalm.
Where have you been my lady?
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
@everwonderwhy Oh lovely then Psalms thanks..and I am so glad to see you back here. xo
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@everwonderwhy (6700)
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25 Mar
@RebeccasFarm That looks comforting.
I've been working 2 jobs since January. My son moved back in since Christmas. And moved out again last week. So, a lot has been going on in my life.
But all the while, I have been thinking about you and Carol with my whole heart. 
I've been working 2 jobs since January. My son moved back in since Christmas. And moved out again last week. So, a lot has been going on in my life.
But all the while, I have been thinking about you and Carol with my whole heart. 1 person likes this
@allknowing (120782)
• India
25 Mar
One also gets a tingling sensation when it gets hit
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@RasmaSandra (65029)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Mar
Hitting one's elbow certainly is not a funny matter. For me it is even worse if I hit my left elbow because at one time I had a fracture right on the bone.
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
Oh no Sandra..I also did that when I was a kid so sorry you did too.
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
Oh thanks Solcee. I was running in the house playing with siblings and I jumped up and hit my elbow on the fridge handle..the old steel ones
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@pitsipeahie (4058)
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25 Mar
Oh yes, but not quite often. Hurts every time it gets knocked. The pain radiates to the forearm and hand. Sometimes I even have a numb feeling. From what I know, they call it a funny bone because of the "funny" or weird sensation we got when we hit it.
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
It is a weird sensation definitely, you said it right eli.
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@frenki (1699)
• Serbia
25 Mar
First time I hear about this name, funny bone. We don't call it that way.
But we do have a superstition, if you hit your elbow you will get good news, but only if you don't touch it.
And, like you said, it hurts like hell, so most people by reflex touch it after hitting it.
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@RebeccasFarm (103167)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
25 Mar
Oh glad you learned this new name for the elbow
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