Halloween means candy, fun costumes, haunted houses, and a terrifying realization that the year is almost over. But we don’t like to focus on that! We like to celebrate the season the way we celebrate everything: with pun-tastic humor. More specifically, these skeleton jokes and puns.
Whether you’re at a Halloween party, or feel that inexplicable an urge to make small talk in an elevator, a quick joke may very well have a home in your conversational repertoire.
And one that flexes your knowledge of anatomy? Watch out, Meredith Grey!
We believe it’s good to enter any social situation armed with a fun fact or solid joke in case things start to stall. We also believe in quantity over quality, so we put together 50+ pretty silly skeleton jokes that’ll have you shaking your head while stifling a chuckle.
The Best Skeleton Jokes
- Why did the skeleton always fail his exams in school? He was a numskull!
- Why don’t skeletons lie? They always want tibia honest!
- Why did the skeleton start a fight? He had a bone to pick!
- Why can’t skeletons fly over Area 51? It it’s a no-fly-bone.
- What kind of pasta do skeletons enjoy eating the most? Elbow macaroni.
- What does a skeleton use to cut through objects? A shoulder blade.
- Why did the skeleton go to the hospital? To have his ghoul bladder removed.
- Why are skeletons so stylish and cool? They are hip-ster.
- I saw a skeleton who was a famous stand-up comic. All his jokes were extremely humerus!
- What do you call a skeleton who goes out in the snow? A numb-skull.
- What does a skeleton doctor bring to a potluck? Spare ribs!
- What happened when a skeleton was chased by a couple of dogs? He marrowly escaped!
- How do skeletons get their mail? It’s delivered by the bony express.
- What’s a skeleton’s favorite plant? A bone-zai tree.
- Why did the skeleton cancel the gallery showing of his skull-ptures? His heart wasn’t in it.
- It’s easy to tell when a skeleton lies. You can see right through them.
- The detective skeleton caught the criminal from a trivial hunch. He claimed he could just feel it in his bones.
- The efficient skeleton was given a bone-us by his manager.
- The little skeleton was constantly picked on by other kids in school, and he couldn’t do anything because he didn’t have the guts.
- What’s a skeleton’s favorite instrument? The trom-bone.
- Whenever skeletons need to repair their cars, they take them to the body shop.
- Why can’t skeletons play church music? They have no organs.
- Why was the skeleton crying? Because he didn’t have any body to love.
- The skeleton didn’t mind that everyone called him a bonehead.
- The skeleton ordered a cabernet wine with a full body because he didn’t have one.
- Why are skeletons so good at chopping down trees? They’re LUMBARjacks!
- Did you hear about the skeleton that dropped out of medical school? He just didn’t have the stomach for it.
- What job on a construction site is best suited to a skeleton? Cranium operator.
- What did the skeleton say when he went riding on his motorcycle? “I’m bone to be wild!”
- Why do skeletons hate the cold? It sends chills up their spine.
- Why are graveyards so noisy? Because of all the coffin.
- Who was the most famous skeleton detective? Sherlock Bones.
- The favored historical ruler of skeletons is none other than Napoleon Bone-a-part.
- The favorite mode of travel for skeleton pilots is the scareplane or the skelecopter.
- There are two skeleton teachers at school. One is humerus, but the other is very sternum.
- What was the skeleton doing at the hockey game? Driving the zam-boney.
- What type of candy sent the skeleton to the hospital? Jawbreakers.
- How do French skeletons say hello? Bone-jour!
- What do you call a skeleton who rings the doorbell? A dead ringer.
- Why did the skeleton go to jail? Because he was bad to the bone.
- How do skeletons always stay calm? Because nothing gets under their skin.
- What do skeletons say when they set off to sea? “Bone voyage!”
- Why did the skeleton go to the dance? To see the boogie man.
- What did the skeleton say to his girlfriend? “Will you marrow me?”
- What is a skeleton’s favorite type of film to watch? A spine-tingler.
- Who is the most famous skeleton detective? Sherlock Bones.
- What did the doctor say to the skeleton who had a temperature of 103 degrees? “Looks like you are running a femur.”
- What’s a skeleton’s favorite rock band? The Grateful Dead.
- Why did the skeleton go to acting classes? He wanted tibia star.
- Why couldn’t the police arrest the skeleton? They couldn’t pin anything on him.
- What’s a skeleton’s least favorite room in the house? The living room.
Hebba is a New Jersey born, Minnesota educated brunch enthusiast who is strongly in favor of the Oxford comma. She likes nostalgic songs, jigsaw puzzles, and middle brownie pieces. She dislikes humidity, sports, and sports in humidity. She uses her background in science and creative writing as part of the team behind the podcast Two What's?! and a Wow! You can find her being silly on Twitter and serious on LinkedIn.
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