John gives a talk at a Seattle high school with his zipper unzipped (2008)
story · status: told 3× · last event: retold (2024-10-11)
In 2008 John told how he spoke at a Seattle high school about why books matter while his fly was open, which a student pointed out at question time; he retold the story in 2014 and 2024.
About: Seattle
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10-28 | told | John tells how he gave a whole talk at a Seattle high school with his zipper unzipped until a student asked about it; at the end he finds it unzipped again. (playful) | The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) 00:01:47 |
| 2014-09-02 | retold | John retells giving a talk to several hundred high-school students with his fly open until they asked about it. (playful) | MORTIFICATION 00:01:10 |
| 2024-10-11 | retold | Recognizing 'The Unzipped Zipper', John retells giving a talk he thought he crushed; of some 300 raised hands, the first person asked whether his fly was down, and after zipping up no one had questions. → refers to The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) | October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2014-09-02 · MORTIFICATION — John wonders whether he has already told that story in a vlogbrothers video, admitting he does not know what has been in his own videos. (playful, unsure) — 00:01:42
- 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — Hank reveals 'Right by Chance' is a fake title taken from a William Cowper quote about a fool being right by chance. — 00:00:58
- 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — Hank reveals 'Another Word for Thesaurus' is not a Vlogbrothers title but a Steven Wright joke; John likes it as a title. — 00:01:27
- 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — Hank says 'Peanut Butter Face While Discussing Ukraine' is a trick: not real, but John did do Peanut Butter Face while discussing the Georgia-Russia war. — 00:01:48
- 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — John disbelieves he ever did Peanut Butter Face on the Georgia-Russia war, saying it shows there are eras on the internet, before accepting it. (playful) — 00:01:48
- 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — John identifies 'My Name Is John Green and I Am a Nerd' as a real Vlogbrothers video, keeping his perfect score. — 00:01:48
- 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — Hank: After John says they never did the Cinnamon Challenge, Hank reveals the title is modified: the real February 27, 2007 video was the Horseradish Challenge, dated as their early titles were. — 00:02:18