I sound identical to a witty remark that triggers uproarious laughter, but I am actually a rigid limb bone situated in a Halloween skeleton's upper arm. What am I?
The humerus
A homophone pun between 'humorous' (funny) and the 'humerus' bone of the skeletal arm.
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