John's inside joke of using the word 'deadpan' exactly once in every book since An Abundance of Katherines (2007)

running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2024) · last event: callback (2024-12-10)

Since An Abundance of Katherines, John has used the word 'deadpan' exactly once in every book. He confirmed it for The Anthropocene Reviewed in 2021 and mentioned it again in 2024.

Origin known from later mentions

2007 in the title is when this began; it first appears in the videos read here in 2021, so the earlier part is known only from what is said later.

About: An Abundance of Katherines, The Anthropocene Reviewed (book)

date	event	what	video
2021-05-11	first in the videos (callback; it began earlier)	John confirms he used the word 'deadpan' exactly once in The Anthropocene Reviewed, as in every book since An Abundance of Katherines, another 14-year-old joke he enjoys.	I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. 00:02:36
2024-12-10	callback	John notes that, like most of his books, it contains the word 'deadpanned' precisely once. (playful)	On Writing 00:03:37