{"id":43491,"date":"2025-05-05T12:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43491"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:15:56","slug":"funny-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/05\/05\/funny-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funny-Bone-1.mp3<\/a>
\nFunny-Bone-1.mp4<\/a>
\nFunny-Bone-2.mp3<\/a>
\nFunny-Bone-2.mp4<\/a>
\nFunny-Bone-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nOf all the nerve!
\nI have a bone to pick with you
\nThrowin’ a verbal swerve
\nWhen the verbiage just ain’t true<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHitting the funny bone
\n(Listening to the moan)
\nIt’s not that funny at all
\n(Doesn’t represent the call)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nHoney, if you think pain is funny
\n(You better think again)
\nReigning on days that were sunny
\n(Just look where you’ve been)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nA strange, tingling shock
\nShook my foundation’s rock
\nThe “last meal” to serve
\nOf all the nerve (ulnar nerve)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHitting the funny bone
\n(Listening to the moan)
\nIt’s not that funny at all
\n(Doesn’t represent the call)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nHoney, if you think pain is funny
\n(You better think again)
\nReigning on days that were sunny
\n(Just look where you’ve been)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHitting the funny bone
\n(Listening to the moan)
\nIt’s not that funny at all
\n(Doesn’t represent the call)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nHoney, if you think pain is funny
\n(You better put away your money)<\/p>\n

A SCIENCE NOTE: The “Funny Bone” Isn’t a Bone at All<\/p>\n

Despite its name, the “funny bone” isn\u2019t a bone \u2014 it\u2019s actually a nerve. Specifically, it\u2019s the ulnar nerve, one of the three main nerves in your arm. This nerve originates in your spinal cord, travels down through your neck and shoulder, and continues all the way through the inner part of your elbow, into your forearm, and finally to your hand, where it connects to your pinky and ring fingers (the fourth and fifth digits).<\/p>\n

The term \u201cfunny bone\u201d typically refers to the spot at the back of your elbow where the ulnar nerve passes very close to the surface of the skin, just beside the humerus bone. When you bump this area, the nerve gets compressed against the bone, producing a strange, tingling or electric-shock-like sensation \u2014 often accompanied by temporary numbness in your fingers. That odd feeling is what gives the funny bone its misleading name.<\/p>\n

The ulnar nerve plays a crucial role in your ability to feel and control movement in part of your hand. It carries sensory information from your pinky and the outer half of your ring finger back to your brain and helps control some of the fine motor movements in your hand.<\/p>\n

So, the next time you hit your “funny bone,” you\u2019re actually irritating a major nerve \u2014 and there\u2019s nothing funny about that!<\/p>\n

From the album “Tumultuous Times<\/a>“<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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