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The Puff Pwns Gravity

2008-02-14 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · comedy performance

John explains he is growing his hair to beat his toddler 'puff level' record, touts Daniel Biss's unopposed primary win and asks Nerdfighters to vote for him in the Golden Dot Awards, celebrates 'Pooh Gets Stuck' as an 'in your pants' find, and proposes Nerdfighters swap Valentine's greetings on the Ning.

What is said

00:00:00 — Haircut refusal: breaking the two-year-old puff level record, with Daniel Biss doing the math by phone

  • ★★ John says he hasn't cut his hair because he is trying to set an all-time personal best puff level, a record held by himself at two. (playful) — 00:00:00 · the Puff
  • ★★ John reckons his toddler puff (about three inches) was one eleventh of his 33-inch height, so at 72 inches he still has two inches to go. (playful) — 00:00:45 · the Puff
  • ★★ John phones Daniel Biss, 'Nerdfighter resident mathematician and future state representative', who works out one eleventh of 72 in under a second. (playful) — 00:00:45 · Daniel Biss
  • ★★ John says we need state representatives like Biss, whose math skills will 'pwn' the Illinois state budget every year. (playful) — 00:00:45 · Daniel Biss, pwned
  • ★ John bets the Yeti will stop him before he reaches the puff record. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:45 · Sarah Urist Green

00:01:36 — Daniel Biss wins his unopposed primary; vote for him in the Golden Dot Awards

  • ★★★ John reports that on Super Tuesday Daniel Biss won his primary election 100% to 0%, while admitting he was unopposed. — 00:01:36 · Daniel Biss
  • ★★ John says Daniel is a finalist for two Golden Dot Awards; he doesn't know what they are but wants him to win. — 00:01:36 · Daniel Biss
  • ★★★ John asks all Nerdfighters to vote for Daniel against stiff competition; in one category he is nominated alongside John McCain, John Edwards and Mitt Romney's five sons. — 00:01:36 · Daniel Biss, Nerdfighteria

00:02:05 — 'In your pants' revived: a nerdfighter finds 'Pooh Gets Stuck'

  • ★★ John had thought the 'in your pants' joke had run its course until a nerdfighter checking in books for third graders found 'Pooh Gets Stuck'. (playful) — 00:02:05 · in your pants

00:02:33 — Thanks to Milne and Dutton; Valentine's Day for nerds and a Ning greeting exchange; sign-off

  • ★ John thanks A. A. Milne, the people at Dutton who turned his books into easy readers, and whoever titled 'Pooh Gets Stuck'. (playful) — 00:02:33
  • ★★ John says he and Hank are proof that nerds can meet and fall in nerd love, but romance doesn't always come easily to nerdfighters. — 00:03:01 · Sarah Urist Green, Katherine Green, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says the only Valentine's Day he fully enjoyed was in third grade, when everyone had to make valentines for everyone and was nice to him. — 00:03:01
  • ★★★ To recreate that feeling, John asks Nerdfighters to comment on this video at the Ning, visit each other's profiles to wish happy Valentine's Day, and maybe make new friends. — 00:03:30 · Nerdfighter Ning, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John imagines Hank objecting that his toddler puff, maybe three inches, is surely smaller than his puff now. — 00:00:00 > «At the time of my record puff level, I myself was only 33 inches tall.»
  • John boasts that Daniel Biss won his primary 100% to 0%. — 00:01:36 > «Admittedly, he was unopposed, but still, those are good numbers.»
  • A nerdfighter checking in books for third graders discovers an easy reader called 'Pooh Gets Stuck'. — 00:02:05 > «Pooh gets stuck in your pants!»
  • John says his love life wasn't always as good as it is with the Yeti. — 00:03:01 > «you can ask any of the 54 girls who dumped me before I met the Yeti.»

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