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Ask for help > Please, help me to understand this 2-line joke!!
Please, help me to understand this 2-line joke!!
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Lina Ladybird
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Please, help me to understand this 2-line joke!!
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Hi folks!! :))))
I came across this 2-line joke today and I don �t understand the punchline:
Why did the fisherman put peanut butter into the sea?
To go with the jellyfish.
Of course I know what peanut butter is and what a jellyfish is, but I still don �t get the joke! Sorry for being so stupid and thanks a bunch for helping me out of my misery. ;))))))))))
Warm regards from sunny Germany, topolina
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23 Mar 2010
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Zora
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Hi there,
It refers to "peanut butter and jelly (jam)" sandwiches. Most kids (people) in North America like to eat their peanut butter with jam/jelly...
Cheers,
Linda
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23 Mar 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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What a combination!! YUCK!! 
Thank you so much dear Linda! :))
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23 Mar 2010
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nanaduhalde
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Hi Topolina!!!
Speaking about combinations, here in Argentina we are used to eating bread with butter and dulce de leche, what could be similar to what american children consume (one salty taste + one extra sweet taste)... Have a nice day!!! Nana
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23 Mar 2010
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dennismychina
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Hi Topolina, Don �t knock it till you �ve tried it. A butter, Peanut butter and apricot jam sandwich is to die for. We also combined peanut butter with Golden Syrup. And I �m not an American.
Enjoy. |
23 Mar 2010
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johanne23232
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Hi Topolina, I agree with what everyone has said, but I must say the joke could have been worded better! I think "To catch the jellyfish" would be more logical than to �go with �.....but anyway, you get the idea!
Try it, it �s delicious!
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23 Mar 2010
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Stepha
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It �s refering to a kind of sandwich very much appreciated by Americans: peanut butter and jelly. In their opinion nothing goes better with peanut butter than jelly and children eat it very often. Hope I helped |
23 Mar 2010
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stexstme
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...Still...Not funny.
Thick-Sylv. |
23 Mar 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Don �t worry, in Germany some weird people eat Leberwurst and Nutella on bread. That �s liver sausage (some kind of meat spread) and a sweet spread consisting of hazelnuts and chocolate. I wouldn �t want to eat that, either!!
Sylv, I �m with you; this joke is not funny for �non-Americans �!! ;)))))))))))
Thanks to everyone for their explanations! :))
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23 Mar 2010
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stexstme
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Remind me of NOT going to Germany without taking some decent food around!!!!!!!
Well, I guess civilized people have their Nutella with ... sausages!!!!!!!!!
I �m not biaised, am I ?????????( spelling ? Hmmm )
Ps : Expecting a �coming out � of some kind - any time........
Nasty me... ???? |
23 Mar 2010
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