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Daily (Intermittent) Open-Ended Puzzle (DOEP): The triple negation of butter

Posted on July 19th, 2008

We often buy “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” despite its awful name and soul-withering chemical composition. Even the product’s faux-entertaining site refers to it as a “nutritious blend of oils.” Mmm. But, I like it, so shut up.

In fact, we just bought the “light” version of it, which is therefore some sort of simulacrum of the original. I can’t figure out whether its name should therefore be:

1. “I Can’t Believe I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”

2. “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Not Butter”

or

3. _______________________ (fill in the blank)

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29 Responses to “Daily (Intermittent) Open-Ended Puzzle (DOEP): The triple negation of butter”

  1. BetterBadnews, on July 19th, 2008 at 6:52 am Said:

    I can’t believe it’s not product placement

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  3. William "Papa" Meloney, on July 19th, 2008 at 7:01 am Said:

    Buhta … but its not.

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  5. Frank Patrick, on July 19th, 2008 at 7:09 am Said:

    I Can’t Believe It’s Not I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter

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  7. Wray Cummings, on July 19th, 2008 at 9:24 am Said:

    I Can Believe It’s Not Butter

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  9. gianluca_b, on July 19th, 2008 at 10:00 am Said:

    I don t believe in butter

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  11. Brad, on July 19th, 2008 at 11:00 am Said:

    I Can’t Believe It’s a Nutritious Blend of Oils.

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  13. Terrell, on July 19th, 2008 at 11:27 am Said:

    It’s Definitely Not Butter

    It’s Not The Butter Now, Dog

    O HAI NOT BUTTER KTHXBYE

    It’s Not http://heresabunnywithapancakeonitshead.com/

    A Lightly Nutritious Blend of Oils

    It’s Not a Nutritious Blend of Oils

    I Can’t Believe It’s Not a Nutritious Blend of Oils

    Butter, It Just Ain’t

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  15. Mike, on July 19th, 2008 at 12:40 pm Said:

    I can’t believe you fell for thinking it’s butter

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  17. collin, on July 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm Said:

    I can’t disbelieve it’s not unbutterish

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  19. bob, on July 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm Said:

    I Believe It’s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter

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  21. jeff jarvis, on July 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm Said:

    I can’t believe I believe it’s not butter, no?

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  23. Adam Fields, on July 19th, 2008 at 3:29 pm Said:

    We like you. Please don’t eat that.

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  25. Micah Dubinko, on July 19th, 2008 at 4:35 pm Said:

    Butteriness

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  27. billo, on July 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm Said:

    Can You Believe This Shit?

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  29. Yule Heibel, on July 19th, 2008 at 11:27 pm Said:

    Identi.fat, the Butter clone…

    (haha, just kidding…)

    I can believe that I can’t believe that I can believe that it’s not the *not* butter I can’t believe in the first place

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  31. AKMA, on July 20th, 2008 at 1:56 pm Said:

    I Can’t Believe I Bought Not Butter

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  33. Tom Morris, on July 21st, 2008 at 7:38 am Said:

    I Can’t Believe It’s Not Non-Essentialism?

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  35. James, on July 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm Said:

    There’s no f**king way this is butter.

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  37. John, on July 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pm Said:

    I can`t believe this is good for you

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  39. John, on July 21st, 2008 at 4:42 pm Said:

    F**k me, its margarine!

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  41. Sharon, on July 21st, 2008 at 6:28 pm Said:

    Hilarious! But I think Wray Cummings should win for ‘I can believe it’s not butter’ Simple. Perfect :-)

    (found via Twitter)

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  43. Crawford, on July 21st, 2008 at 6:29 pm Said:

    I can’t believe I just read all the way to the end of this thread

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  45. Kevin Marks, on July 21st, 2008 at 6:44 pm Said:

    I couldn’t believe it wasn’t butter until I tried melting it…
    or
    I can’t believe it’s not toxic

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  47. Alice, on July 21st, 2008 at 7:05 pm Said:

    Now I know better than to not believe it’s not butter!

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  49. Dan, on July 21st, 2008 at 7:39 pm Said:

    There is No Butter.

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  51. dave, on July 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm Said:

    If you can’t believe that I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter is not butter, then you probably won’t believe that I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Light is also not butter.

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  53. Notebulb, on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am Said:

    A potentiality for butter exists in a state of indeterminacy. Belief is extraneous: It is or is not butter, wheter or not you believe it to be so.

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  55. Michael, on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm Said:

    How about:

    “I can’t believe it’s got 35 less calories from fat per serving than Original I can’t believe it’s not butter”

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  57. mark larson |, on July 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 am Said:

    [...] often buy “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” despite its awful name and soul-withering chemical composition. Even the product’s [...]

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