funny bone

Tug at the heartstrings or tickle the funny bone; have fun with wordplay or keep it straightforward.

Bryce Harper gave the Phillies a brief scare when he hurt his funny bone in a collision at first base in Game 4.

Harper finished the game, said he was fine and had just stung his funny bone.

“Just hit my funny bone,” Harper said after the game.

Maybe Steiner tickled your funny bone, maybe not, but “deliver a condolence card” conveyed the gravity of the moment better than the similarly generic “going out to settle him down.”