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Brotherhood 2.0: June 14: Good News/Bad News

2007-06-15 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

John reports good news (the camera cable arrived from the big city) and bad news (the long-awaited miniature donkey polo was cancelled due to heat), then closes the Dominican Republic reunion week saying they learned about microfinance and poverty and will make videos about it at home.

What is said

00:00:00 — Good news: the 'silver magic cord' for the camera brought from the big city

  • ★★ John's good news: they got the camera-to-computer cord ('silver magic cord') brought from the big city, about an hour and a half away, to the little city where they are. (playful) — 00:00:03

00:00:31 — Bad news: Hank off phoning Katherine; a cousin's good news and 'great news' of miniature donkey polo; Christopher Robin and Eeyore defence

  • ★★ About six weeks earlier a cousin called John with good news, his first child on the way, and 'great news': the Dominican Republic has miniature donkey polo. (playful) — 00:00:31
  • ★ John playfully insists miniature donkey polo is not inhumane, pre-empting animal-rights Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:17 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:48 — Donkey polo cancelled due to heat; reunion ends; great week with Hank; learned about microfinance and poverty; videos planned back home

  • ★★★ After six weeks of anticipation, the donkey polo set for six o'clock was cancelled due to heat, which John finds absurd in a country that is always hot; the reunion ends without it. (playful) — 00:01:48
  • ★★ John tells Hank it has been a great week and he loved hanging out with him, as fun as the Growing Pains theme promised. — 00:01:48 · Hank Green
  • ★★★ John thinks they learned a lot about microfinance, poverty and real life in the Dominican Republic, and look forward to making those videos back home. (hedged) — 00:01:48 · microfinance, extreme poverty

00:02:35 — Missing grandparents and Katherine; 'family reunion' spelling joke; sign-off

  • ★ John says the trip could only have been better with their grandparents and Katherine there. (hedged) — 00:02:35 · Katherine Green

Humor (significant)

  • John announces the good news about getting the camera cable. — 00:00:03 > «Thanks to about 35,000 residents of the Dominican Republic»
  • Defending miniature donkey polo as humane, John cites a children's classic. — 00:01:17 > «Getting ridden by Christopher Robin was the only thing that ever made Eeyore happy.»
  • The donkey polo was cancelled due to heat. — 00:01:48 > «How can you cancel something due to heat? It's always hot here!»

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