TL:DR – A list of chemical puns, some funnier than others, some very bad.
Which element is…?
1 Half a dime – Nickel
2 The Lone Ranger’s horse – Silver
3 Not fat -Tin
4 Watered-down gin – Hydrogen
5 A police officer – Copper
6 What I do when I’m hungry – Iodine
7 What torpedoed ships do – Zinc
8 Male member of the Ganese – Manganese
9 What he did with a bucking horse – Rhodium
10 What should be done with an ailing man – Helium/Curium
11 What she got after the divorce – Antimony
12 What to do with the dead – Barium
13 Frivolous prisoner – Silicon
14 Night rider of Helen of Troy – Nitrogen
15 Storage place for street cars – Carbon
16 To shock speechless – Tungsten
17 To grab a guy – Caesium
18 Molly’s blue jeans – Molybdenum
19 Carpet, lino or tiles – Fluorine
20 What many tedious courses are (but not Chemistry) – Boron
21 There is no gas left – Argon
22 When I meet a 6’6″ mugger ______ away very fast – Iron
23 Chemist from Delhi – Indium
24 Sounds like a houseplant – Germanium
Originally posted by Doug Mulford on CHEMED-L