Submitted by deddPan t3_11xvao6 in todayilearned
TIL someone thought the funny bone was an actual bone.
They can also become entrapped in the tunnel, causing that hit nerve feeling to never stop until it's fixed. If you type all day, stretch your arms/elbows! I had to have a special half-cast made in the ER to keep my arm stuck straight out for a week while I lived off prednisone and dilaudid until it settled down.
It’s at the end of the humerus
I find it humerus.
That doesn't explain why it causes me to act like an unhinged goober when I hit it wrong
In Dutch we call it the telephone bone
First thing you learn in Karate for liquidating an aggressor. You chop this nerve the battle is over with lethal result.
What's the origin of that name?
I elbowed some poor dude in the mouth(before mouthguards) while wrestling in high school. Scar tissue formed over the ulnar nerve. Any slight bump on my elbow was like a lightning strike. While having carpal tunnel surgery they also relocated the ulnar nerve along the inside of my arm. Eventually the nerve grew back in its original place. Now I have two funnybones.
Hitting it really hard makes your arm feel like it's on fire.
This settles it, they're just spiteful.
That they are! At least neither nerve is super sensitive now.
Same, I'd be pretty annoyed if it betrayed me AND haunted me.
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I thought the funny bone was the humerus? The humerus is a bone.
I used to hit it prettyregularly when i was young , i dont recall hitting it at all in the past 25 years tho. Wonder why.
I was just thinking the same thing. Maybe when we are young we are growing and dont judge where our bodies are in space very well. Or maybe there isn’t as much arm flailing happening in adulthood
I thought it was the boner…
It's still covered? I can't imagine what it'd be like to smack a raw nerve.
It's covered by skin and a thin layer of subcutaneous tissue, but it's more exposed than most nerves.
U thought u had a small bone in your elbow that makes u laugh...
Your nerves grew back? I didn't think that could happen.
It surprised the shit out of me! In hind sight I was surprised that he even did it. One slip up and the two little fingers in my hand would be numb for the rest of my life. Why not just remove the scar tissue and be done with it? I think he was just bored and wanted to experiment to change things up a bit.
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No. No it isn't
Wow. I think I'll go stretch a little...
To misquote Alfred Hitchcock: everyone enjoys a nice funny bone hit provided it's not their bone.
In Swedish it is called getting a "widow hit" (änkestöt) when that happens. Because it is like becoming a widow: it hurts really bad but it gets better quickly.
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You can easily flick it intentionally as well. Not as intense of a feeling but weird as hell.
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And nothing about hitting it is funny.