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GUS HAS NO FUZZ!

2010-01-08 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · personal update

John reveals that Nerdfighters' search for his childhood book Gus Is a Bug was a baby-warming present, and presents a video book of Nerdfighter illustrations for his baby, after celebrating Alabama's football title and Hank's 15 hours in Target.

What is said

00:00:00 — Alabama's college football championship; thanking the Yeti for not going into labour; dreading the Frog Hopper

  • ★★ Celebrating Alabama's college football national championship last night, John says the state may be 48th in education but is first in college football. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John thanks the Yeti for not going into labour during the game, and half hopes she will before next Wednesday, so his Frog Hopper ride waits until after his paternity leave. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green

00:00:29 — Congratulations on 15 hours in Target; a 2008 study on hand dryers and bacteria

  • ★★ John congratulates Hank on spending 15 hours in Target without going insane or getting arrested. (playful) — 00:00:29 · Target Corporation
  • ★★ John cites a 2008 study (linked in the sidebar) that he says shows using a hand dryer after washing leaves far more bacteria on your hands than not washing at all. — 00:00:29
    • number check: way more bacteria on your hands than if you just don't wash them at all — doubtful

00:00:58 — Gus Is a Bug: Nerdfighters found it, and the find was a baby-warming present; their illustrations

  • ★★★ John recalls asking Nerdfighters months ago to find his favourite childhood book, which he called Gus is a Bug; they found it although that was not its real title. — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John reveals he wanted the book to give to his baby, so by finding it Nerdfighters were unknowingly giving him a baby-warming present. — 00:00:58
  • ★★★ John says Nerdfighters drew their own versions of Gus is a Bug, which he likes even more than the original, and he made them into a video book that will introduce his baby to Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:34 — 'Gus is a Bug by Nerdfighteria': the illustrated video book read aloud; thanks to illustrators; 'Gus is not a bug'; sign-off

  • ★★ John thanks the Nerdfighter illustrators, regrets not including more, and thanks one who drew Gus as a non-bug larva (species name unclear) for reminding him smart is cooler than cute. — 00:02:03 · Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John celebrates Alabama, 'our ancestral homeland', winning the college football title. — 00:00:00 > «Alabama may be 48th in education, but we are first in football played by people enrolled at educational institutions.»
  • John congratulates Hank on 15 hours in Target without going insane or getting arrested. — 00:00:29 > «A feat that is hardly ever even accomplished by Target employees.»
  • After reading the Nerdfighter-illustrated book, John thanks the illustrators for restraint with one line of the text. — 00:02:03 > «having the decency not to abuse Gus rubs his fuzz Gus rubs and rubs in the way that you might have»

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