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Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday.

2011-08-26 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa

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2011 videos did not pass the QA gate (17 %); their analysis is shown but less reliable.

In a rapid-fire Question Friday John answers viewers: kissing happens with you, not to you; a TFIOS signing update (all pre-orders will be signed); Sarah's input into his books, Looking for Alaska's earlier titles, and many comic one-liners.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; John checks the date on his calendar and thanks; Question Friday intro

  • ★ John checks the date on his calendar and thanks someone for it (apparently the Nerdfighters' birthday calendar). (playful) — 00:00:00

00:00:11 — Muggle question, favourite essay (The Crack-Up), advice to a girl whose boyfriend hasn't kissed her

  • ★★ John names his favourite essay: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Crack-Up. — 00:00:14
  • ★★★ John tells a young Twitter user whose boyfriend hasn't kissed her in five months that kissing happens with you, not to you, so she should talk honestly with him. — 00:00:27 · Twitter

00:00:40 — TFIOS signing progress (about 35,000) and pre-orders: all will be signed, wherever ordered

  • ★★ Asked how the TFIOS signing goes, John says he is at about 35,000, is temporarily out of red Sharpies and has a long way to go. — 00:00:40 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★★ John says all pre-orders of The Fault in Our Stars will be signed, wherever ordered (Amazon UK, England, Canada); the whole first printing is being signed, but only pre-orders are guaranteed. — 00:00:56 · The Fault in Our Stars, Amazon, Canada > «All pre-orders of The Fault in Our Stars will be signed.»

00:01:31 — Rapid-fire: Hogwarts house, hat, kittens, bacon or cake, anime and manga, Zeno's paradox, his Tumblr, peanut butter face

  • ★ In rapid-fire answers John calls himself 'kind of a Ravenpuff', names his 'people-hunting hat', says he is not a big kitten person and loves anime and manga. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:34
  • ★★ John explains Zeno's paradox (to reach a door you must first go halfway, and halfway to that, so you must traverse infinity) and says it is very important to him. (playful) — 00:02:02
  • ★★ John gives his Tumblr address, fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:19 · Tumblr
  • ★★ Asked to do Question Tuesday with peanut butter face, John does it briefly and says he is proud of his career as a man who puts peanut butter on his face. (playful) — 00:02:23 · Question Tuesday

00:03:05 — Sarah's input into his novels; Looking for Alaska's earlier titles

00:03:26 — Hufflepuff in Pottermore; his childhood diary; sign-off

  • ★★ To a viewer sorted into Hufflepuff on Pottermore, John says he will congratulate rather than console them on joining the house of Helga Hufflepuff and Tonks. (playful) — 00:03:26

Humor (significant)

  • Asked which of his works he is most proud of, John answers with peanut butter on his face — 00:02:26 > «I'm fairly proud of my career as a professional person who puts peanut butter on his face.»
  • Asked Elmo or Grover, John says the same song has been stuck in his head every morning and sings it — 00:02:34 > «Elmo has two ducks. Quack. Quack. Two birds of a ... ahh! Grover.»
  • John insists Scotland's national animal is the bagpipes, argues it is an animal, then googles the real answer — 00:02:47 > «Unicorns?! I hate them!»
  • John says he kept a diary from 1984 to 1988 and quotes a memorable entry — 00:03:35 > «Today was a good day. My brother got sick.»

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