First, guide your skeleton inside his cup.
“Here we are,” you shall say, “inside the cups!”
It’s silly because a skeleton cannot hop into a cup!
Nor can a human! This truly is a silly gag!
What fun!
An excerpt from What Fun!: Amusements, Silly Tricks, Gags, Guffaws and Merry Sports for Banquets, Luncheons and Parlour Parties (1837)
