'Warner Chilcott' used as a swear word (2011)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2011) · last event: callback (2011-05-18)
After Warner Chilcott raised the price of Hank's prescription drug in January 2011, Hank proposed turning the company's name into a curse word. John used it as a verb and a swear word in several videos through May 2011.
Told alongside: John buys Warner Chilcott stock after the Asacol HD price rise and sells it for a $26 profit (2011) · Hank asks viewers to email Warner Chilcott's CEO, civilly, about the Asacol HD price rise (2011) · John asks Nerdfighters how to spend his $26 Warner Chilcott stock profit to decrease worldsuck (2011)
About: Warner Chilcott
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-24 | first use | Hank proposes that John and Nerdfighteria make 'Warner Chilcott' a new curse word if the company doesn't change, then says companies must not 'Warner Chilcott us'. (playful) | The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs 00:03:16 |
| 2011-01-26 | callback | John uses 'Warner Chilcott' as a verb ('Warner Chilcotted you') and a curse ('it can go Warner Chilcott itself'). (joke) | I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! 00:03:00 |
| 2011-02-04 | callback | John uses 'Warner Chilcott' as a verb: the company must do a better job of 'Warner Chilcott-ing' sick people. (joke) | QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition 00:03:22 |
| 2011-04-01 | callback | John uses 'Warner Chilcott' as a verb: the company 'Warner Chilcotted' Hank, and he wants to spend his profit in a way that 'Warner Chilcotts Warner Chilcott'. (joke) | Many Truths, 1 Lie! 00:01:39 |
| 2011-05-18 | callback | John calls the soft-hard continuum 'complete and utter... Warner Chilcott', using the drug company's name as a swear word, as in the title 'WARNER CHILCOTTED'. (joke) | The Education Continuum WARNER CHILCOTTED 00:00:49 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: Likening the lapsed $50 savings card to a heroin deal's 'first time's free', Hank says drug companies apparently use the same marketing strategies as drug dealers. (playful) — video description
- 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: Warner Chilcott did not try to contact Hank's doctor to work something out before the colossal 1200% increase in the cost of the medication, Hank says. — 00:02:28
- 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank spent much of the weekend finding ways to contact Warner Chilcott, the drug's maker; he found its CEO's phone number to call him, and emailed CEO Roger Boissonneault. — 00:02:39
- 2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: Speaking as an owner, John says that if Warner Chilcott can't deliver real drugs at fairly negotiated prices, it can 'go Warner Chilcott itself'. (joke) — 00:03:24
- 2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — John is down $32 on his Warner Chilcott stock and tells the company to do a better job of 'Warner Chilcott-ing' sick people so he gets his money back. (playful) — 00:03:17
- 2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — ask: John wants to use the $26 to decrease worldsuck, preferably in a way that hurts Warner Chilcott, and asks Nerdfighters for ideas in comments. — 00:01:50
- 2011-05-18 · The Education Continuum WARNER CHILCOTTED — John says that in his opinion the soft-hard continuum is complete nonsense, using 'Warner Chilcott' in place of a swear word. — 00:00:49