Hawking's Namesake

The joke is playing on the fact that Stephen Hawking's name sounds like 'walking' and 'talking,' but he was famously unable to do either due to his ALS. It's a bit dark but also clever in its wordplay.

• Stephen Hawking
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• Science
• Physics
• Short jokes

• It's funny how Stephen Hawking sounds like Stephen walking or Stephen talking, but he can't do any of those things.
• What’s the difference between Stephen Hawking and a walkie-talkie? He can’t walkie or talkie.
• What was Stephen Hawking's name before he got his disease? Stephen Walkins.
• Stephen Hawking couldn't drink anything. He'd break if he did.