"Bologna/Baloney” sounds like “below knee,” and there are jokes.
“What do you call a piece of meat stuck to your shins? Below-knee” was posted on Twitter by mason on July 2, 2014. “Have a piece of meat on your shin? That’s bologna” was posted on Twitter by Jay Jillard on January 30, 2015. “What is the best kind of meat to put on your shins? Bologna” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on January 6, 2021.
“What’s the opposite of above knee?"/"Baloney” and “What’s the opposite of bologna?"/"Above knee” are related riddles.
Wikipedia: Bologna sausage
Bologna sausage, also called baloney (/bəˈloʊni/), is a sausage derived from mortadella, a similar-looking, finely ground pork sausage containing cubes of pork fat, originally from the Italian city of Bologna (IPA: [boˈloɲɲa]).
Twitter
mason
@MASNOfficial
What do you call a piece of meat stuck to your shins?
Below-knee.
3:40 AM · Jul 2, 2014·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Jay Jillard
@JayJillard
Have a piece of meat on your shin? That’s bologna.
11:52 AM · Jan 30, 2015·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Hollywood
@xIAMHOLLYWOODx
I just wrote a five star joke.
What lunch meat do you keep on your shin?
Bologna
8:26 PM · Jan 16, 2016·Echofon
Twitter
ItzMuzikB*tch!
@MuzikalGeenyus
@DashieXP #threep
Take some lunch meat…
Put it on your shin…
Congratulations you just got some bologna!
12:50 AM · Aug 19, 2017·Twitter for Android
Twitter
YARI
@Yarida19
What do you call lunch meat that’s on your shin?
-@hitomigee
4:16 PM · Feb 5, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/dinodude47 January 6, 2021
What is the best kind of meat to put on your shins?
Bologna
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