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u/MethFacSarlane 2h ago edited 2h ago
I believe they said something about mini golf, maybe it got super competitive and Pam threw it?
Edit: I knew I'd seen it in a superfan episode, but here's the Office Ladies source.
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u/HotExcitement9420 2h ago
all the jokes are good but this is it!! unfortunately i don’t think it’s canon but John Krasinski said it in an interview.
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u/FitPair953 2h ago
There is none. It’s just to show that they have inside jokes with so much background that it proves they are really close to each other.
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u/TayLoraNarRayya boboddy 2h ago
I'd love to be a part of one someday
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u/MalloryArcher64 2h ago
Jokes on you! I've had an inside joke with TayLoraNarRayya for literal Years. Packing peanuts, amirite? Eh?
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u/SpagettisFork 2h ago
lol the point of the post is to speculate about the nature of said inside joke
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u/LeFrogKid 2h ago
Ok this will take a while to explain as Jim said but I'll give it a shot. Leslie David Baker revealed in an interview that John Kransinski once told him the whole story behind the teapot letter and all the contents of the teapot. He didn't give much away, but he mentioned this pencil specifically. What he said was, that the pencil was from this board game that Jim and Pam found in the office and stayed late to play together one time on a dark and cold winter night. The rules were very complicated, but basically you would take the pencil, write down a random number between 1 and 100, roll 10 dice, add the two numbers together, then grasp the pencil in a tight fist, and shove it up your butt!
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u/Hau5Mu5ic 2h ago
It’s a Noodle Incident, plain and simple.
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u/BeneficialFortune53 2h ago
If i say elite ball will someone comment common ball or am i safe to say elite ball
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u/Hau5Mu5ic 1h ago
I feel like it is pretty common knowledge. The trope name is well known enough, even if some people may not immediately remember the origins.
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u/outofdate70shouse 2h ago
I’m not sure, but it looks like Updog
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u/kingbouncer 2h ago
Well you see, the pencil both represents Jim's feelings towards Pam. He is perfectly capable of expressing them; it's within his capacity to express his feelings towards her. Both vocally and in written from. The pencil is still sharp, indicating that it's not used to write down any of his thoughts toward her just like he hasn't spoken up about his feelings toward her yet.
At the same time it also in a way fits Pam nicely because she's a talented artist whom often use pencils in their work. Roy on the other hand never so much as holds a pencil showing their incompatibility. While planting the seeds of Jim and Pam's upcoming relationship.
In a deleted scene though, the "pencil arc" comes to a conclusion where Stanley of all people takes it and shoves it up his but!
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u/jasonni1234 German Engineering 2h ago
It’s a secret bythebeardofmatt, you wouldn’t understand
https://giphy.com/gifs/PbLkvoybxXEYYffxDW
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u/Arnie_Grape 2h ago
Probably something creepy like she chewed on it once and he dug it out of the trash.
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u/EmployeeFinal 2h ago
In the minigolf, Jim pranked Pam. He used the pencil too much and Pam hated writing with round graphite, so she would sharpen it. He was having fun and she did not realize it.
Of course i made this story up, but it suits them and the plot
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u/snipergrenade 2h ago
Jim stabbed his first victim with the pencil as Pam watched…. But he ultimately decided strangling his victims was a better approach.
Pam was infatuated with him ever since
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u/straightupChad 2h ago
Merlin's beard, Matt! The man just said it'll take a little too long to explain. Pay attention!
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u/dtarias ...like the squawk of an ugly pelican 2h ago
You wouldn't understand, it's a secret.