Hawking Kicked the Bucket

The humor comes from the casual phrase "kicked the bucket," which is a slang way of saying someone died. It's funny because Stephen Hawking was a very intelligent and well-known person, and using such a colloquial term to describe his death is unexpected.

• Stephen Hawking
• Bucket
• Death
• Surprise
• Shock
• Amazement

• Stephen Hawking died.
• You wanna know who didn't kick the bucket? Stephen Hawking didn't; nor did he bite the dust.
• Now that Stephen Hawking is dead, the jokes will start to roll in just like he used to.
• Stephen Hawking died because his screw fell out.