The shock subsides quickly, but then comes the mental comparison of his evil gauntlets to pornography. That sends him right back into another, mildly hysterical giggle-fit, which he takes a second or two longer to calm down from than is probably expected.

He can't help it; he's been strung up with tension ever since the captain's party and he's been due for a mild mental breakdown for a while now. (That makes him think of Max, mentally checked out in a godawful shirt, which almost gets him going all over again.)

......

"Can you imagine? A skeleton collecting skin magazines!"

Now THAT is funny.