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HIMYM – What’s the difference between peanut butter and jam?

 

HIMYM Pregnant

Actually, before we get to that joke’s punchline, I wanted to mention that this episode goes down as both the worst and the best examples of hiding pregnancies on a TV show ever. The worst because Robin clearly looked very pregnant throughout the episode, with no real humor thrown in to make it laughable (like Lily overeating, for example). The best because of the peanut butter/jam joke being so vile that it caused Lily to conveniently disappear for four weeks.

As to the punchline to the aforementioned joke? Wait for it …

… you can’t peanut butter your dick up someone’s ass.

As for the rest of the episode, I related to the fantasy sports thing a bit. I did a bit of fantasy football in my day, but luckily for the people I was up against, there wasn’t thousands of dollars at stake. The office I work at now isn’t really big enough to have “that guy,” really. In past jobs I can think of a few “that guys” who really would rather they weren’t known as “that guy,” like “smelly guy” and “guy who doesn’t wash his hands after going to the bathroom guy.”

Something that’s worth talking about in another post would be how Ted’s situation parallels with Michael Scott of The Office this season, both of them going the route of starting their own businesses in the wake of being laid off or quitting. It was only a matter of time before current shows would start longer themes around being without a job — even Marshall and Barney were using their “that guy” scheme to help secure Marshall’s position at GNB.

It looks like they’re gearing up for Barney and Robin to finally hook up come the end of this season, with only Ted not knowing of his secret (well, besides Robin, that is). And I agree with Marshall and Lily: they’re kinda perfect for each other.

Photo Credit: CBS

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68 Responses to “HIMYM – What’s the difference between peanut butter and jam?”

May 8, 2009 at 8:57 PM

I heard the joke’s answer was:

I can’t peanut butter up your ass.

Explanation to save time: (…But you can jam it up…) peanut butter —> pee NUT butter…Ha ha

I don’t know. That’s how I heard it before…Both have humour to it.

May 12, 2009 at 7:59 PM

I agree with the worst pregnancy cover-ups ever…and I so called they were both pregnant, but you were wrong about one thing: Ted DOES know that Barney loves robin. in the episode where Ted and Robin sleep together to resolve their conflicts as roommates, Ted figures out that Barney loves Robin (remember, he asks him and Barney denies it?) And in the end when Robin tells Barney she and Ted stopped sleeping together because Ted said someone was going to get hurt, Ted meant Barney, although Robin didn’t know that.

May 14, 2009 at 11:33 AM

Awesome episode. Even funnier joke, guy at work told us the punch line and we all laughed for days.

May 19, 2009 at 2:57 PM

i am from hungary and i dont understand :S

May 28, 2009 at 4:40 AM

I laughed so loud when i finally read the punchline! Greatest joke ever!

June 3, 2009 at 7:45 AM

wait isn’t it

Q:What’s the difference between peanut butter and jam?
A:i CAN peanut butter my dick in your ass.

in a reference to the peanut-butter colored residue after anal sex?

June 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM

okayy.
im a girl.
and i get the joke.
and i think its funny. like haha funny.

but i really thought the punchline would be dirtier.

June 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM

Jimmy no its
Q: What’s the diffrence between peanut butter and jam?
A: You can’t peanut butter your dick up someone’s ass

You can jam it but not peanut butter it

July 13, 2009 at 3:45 PM

i dont get the joke:S
some1 please explain?

July 15, 2009 at 2:43 PM

JAM = to press, push, or thrust violently, as into a confined space or against some object: She jammed her foot on the brake.

July 15, 2009 at 2:43 PM

JAM = to press, push, or thrust violently, as into a confined space or against some object: She jammed her foot on the brake.

also = jam = addings on ur bread

July 28, 2009 at 5:45 PM

The punchline made me laught … seriously watchin this episode i laught when they brought it up..

August 5, 2009 at 4:19 AM

no palmi, actually you are wrong, jimmy got it right, it is afterall, still the dirtiest joke i ever heard in my life