The tired and thirsty prospector threw himself down at the edge of the watering hole and started to drink. But then he looked around and saw skulls and bones everywhere. “Uh-oh,” he thought. “This watering hole is reserved for skeletons.”
Ah. I thought it was something like “I won’t drink from this because it’s reserved for skeletons (and will therefore die and perpetuate the cycle),” which was just bizarre enough to be a joke.
Jack Handey
So good even dead people want to drink it.
(Reference.)
To be fair, if you see a watering hole surrounded by skeletons, it probably means the water’s toxic.
That’s the joke.
Ah. I thought it was something like “I won’t drink from this because it’s reserved for skeletons (and will therefore die and perpetuate the cycle),” which was just bizarre enough to be a joke.