Hank asks John to explain the political situation in Pakistan while eating something inedible (2007)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2008-01-04) · owner: Hank
On 6 November 2007 Hank asked John to explain what was happening in Pakistan while eating something inedible. The next day John did so while eating Peeps pumpkins, and in January 2008 he apologised for calling President Musharraf 'Prime Minister' in that video.
About: Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Peeps
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-06 | asked | Hank asks John to explain what is happening in Pakistan, who the bad guy is and why, while consuming something inedible such as AirTran pretzels. → refers to November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan | Nov 00:00:40 |
| 2007-11-07 | result reported | John takes up Hank's request from his previous video, discussing Pakistan while eating Peeps pumpkins, and finishes them. (playful) → refers to Nov | November 7: Discussing the Political Situation in Pakistan 00:00:00 |
| 2008-01-04 | result reported | John apologises for an earlier video in which, eating Peeps, he called President Musharraf 'Prime Minister' Musharraf; he calls it a significant error. | Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton 00:02:33 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-11-06 · Nov — ask: Hank says he doesn't understand John's Pakistan update and asks him to explain what is happening, who the bad guy is and why, while consuming something inedible. (hedged) — 00:00:40
- 2007-11-06 · Nov — Hank mocks AirTran's 'gourmet pretzels', the only food it serves, offered as the inedible item for John. (playful) — 00:01:09
- 2007-11-07 · November 7: Discussing the Political Situation in Pakistan — John: Answering Hank's request, John discusses Pakistan while attempting to eat 24 Peeps pumpkins, joking that Peeps are not food since they have no nutrition. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John says Hillary Clinton claimed in two recent interviews that Musharraf was a candidate on the ballot in the delayed elections; he is not. — 00:02:33
- 2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John argues that by presenting Musharraf as a participant in Pakistan's democratic process Clinton lent legitimacy to his rule, the same mistake John made. — 00:03:02