I gave my friends some buttons.
Too bad he couldn't pull himself together.
I gave my friends some buttons.
Too bad he couldn't pull himself together.
Okay, so listen up, buttercup. The joke is that the friend can't "pull himself together," which is what you say to someone who is emotionally unstable, but it ALSO means they are physically in pieces, like a doll that needs buttons to hold it together. You probably trip over your own feet a lot, don't you?