John asks whether he and Sarah should get a puppy and what to name it (2007)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2008-05-18) · owner: John
On 12 December 2007 John asked whether he and Sarah should get a puppy and what to name it; two days later he named 'Norbert Wiener the Puppy' the winner of the Nerdfighters' suggestions, and in May 2008 he explained the real puppy was not called 'Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy' because Sarah objected.
Told alongside: John invites Nerdfighters to write Merriam-Webster that 'nerdfighter' should have been word of the year (2007) · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) · John's puppy-sized elephant (2008) · John and the Yeti get a puppy, Willy (2008)
About: Sarah Urist Green, Norbert Wiener
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-12 | asked | John asks Hank and viewers whether he and Sarah should get a puppy and what to name it; Sarah vetoed 'Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy'. | Dec. 12th: w00t is the WORD OF THE YEAR?! 00:02:32 |
| 2007-12-14 | result reported | John thanks Nerdfighters for puppy-name suggestions, lists his favorites and names 'Norbert Wiener the Puppy' the winner for his hypothetical puppy. (playful) | Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY 00:01:52 |
| 2008-05-18 | result reported | John wanted to name the puppy 'Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy', but the Yeti said a boy named Bubbles would be weird to explain; John adds people would ask if Nerdfighters are for or against nerds. (playful) | A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! 00:00:54 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — John thanks Nerdfighters for names for his hypothetical puppy, lists favorites (Rana Valona, Chomsky the Nerdfighting Puppy, Wootponer, Optimus Prime, Johnny Funtimes) and picks Norbert Wiener the Puppy as winner. (playful) — 00:01:52
- 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John: The real reason for the absence: John and the Yeti have made an extraordinary, unbelievably time-consuming acquisition, a puppy. — 00:00:46
- 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John: They call him Willy; his full name, Fireball Wilson Roberts, refers to the first sentence of James Crumley's novel The Last Good Kiss, which John reads aloud. — 00:01:14
- 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John gives Willy's full name as, technically, Wilson Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy Roberts. (playful) — 00:03:00