I still say Birdo is presenting Dry Bones as the awesomest guy evar.
Though I never noticed it before, Birdo has a huge diamond ring on her finger. Is it bling or is she engaged?
First off, Dry Bones is dead. It doesn't have any physical characteristics which point to which sex it might have been. Just pointing that out.
How could you not notice Birdo’s ring with how huge it is? The ring is kind of a mystery, it just appeared one game without any explanation. The game was Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour where a lot of little alterations to Birdo took place, such as adding the yellow pads on his feet, his more upright stance, etc. Now obviously these types of things were added because the GameCube allowed for more detailed graphics, and they took advantage of that. But you see a ring like that and you have to wonder what its significance could be within the context of the game.
There’s no official answer given of course, so it is up for interpretation based on what little we know. It could just be Birdo bought the ring for himself; after all, a ring like that isn’t dissimilar from something a transvestite would have on. But we also know that Yoshi and Birdo are a couple as evidenced by the Japanese Mario Kart Double Dash!! website, where the description for Birdo translates to something along the lines of “Appears to be Yoshi’s girlfriend, but is actually his boyfriend?!” It isn’t a wedding ring because Yoshi isn’t also wearing a ring, but it could be an engagement ring or maybe just a gift. We’ll never know for sure.