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Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL

2009-07-01 · John, Paul DeGeorge, a private person · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

On a Question Tuesday opened by Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters, John answers viewer questions and, at a Nerdfighter's request, phones the viewer's girlfriend and asks her to marry him; she says yes.

What is said

00:00:00 — Question Tuesday opened by Paul DeGeorge; Harry and the Potters plug; fitness challenge progress; Spanish editions question

  • ★★ John says Paul DeGeorge, half of Harry and the Potters, was in his house, and tells Nerdfighters who do not know the band that their lives are about to get better. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says he has lost about three pounds in the fitness challenge but expects Hank to win the BMI part, so he must focus on running and push-ups. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green

00:00:39 — Buscando a Alaska; objects on the shelf and Willy's likeness; a request to propose; John's own proposal via Hertzberg

  • ★ Asked whether his books are available in Spanish, John says yes: Looking for Alaska as Buscando a Alaska. — 00:00:39 · Looking for Alaska
  • ★ Asked about an object behind his head, John runs through a My Little Pony, wooden shoes from Dutch fans and a sculpture of Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts. (playful) — 00:00:39 · Willy
  • ★★ Asked to propose for a viewer, John says Nerdfighters sometimes meet, fall in 'nerdfighter-like' and occasionally love, but he is unsure about proposing to someone other than his wife. (playful) — 00:00:39 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John recalls that he did not ask the Yeti to marry him himself: he had Hendrik Hertzberg do it when signing John's copy of his book Politics. — 00:00:39 · Sarah Urist Green

00:01:25 — John phones a viewer's girlfriend on the viewer's behalf and asks her to marry him; she says yes

  • ★★★ John phones the requesting viewer's girlfriend, apologises for misspelling her name when he signed her book, then asks whether she will marry her boyfriend; she says yes. — 00:01:25
  • ★ John says he is more nervous than when he asked a girl to prom, and afterwards shaking with excitement. (playful) — 00:01:25

00:02:49 — Thanks to the couple for being made of awesome; sign-off

  • ★★ John congratulates the couple, thanks them for being made of awesome and part of the community, and closes the call with 'best wishes'. — 00:02:49 · made of awesome, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • The Question Tuesday greeting is spoken in someone else's voice. — 00:00:00 > «Okay, that wasn't me. It was Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters.»
  • John says he must focus on running and push-ups to win the fitness challenge. — 00:00:00 > «And anytime that I have to rely on push-ups, I'm in a bit of a pickle.»
  • A viewer asks whether the thing behind John is a polar bear with a top hat. — 00:00:39 > «Do you mean the My Little Pony with a hand-painted black Santa on its bottom?»
  • A viewer asks John to propose to his girlfriend for him. — 00:00:39 > «I don't know if I'm prepared to propose to someone other than my wife.»

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