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Name My Dog!

2010-01-26 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

With John on paternity leave, Hank revisits his logarithmic age scale idea, relays news of John's newborn son, announces that he and Katherine are fostering a nameless eight-year-old greyhound whose stay depends on Cameo the cat and wants a name for her, then hands over to a pre-recorded Truth or Fail about dogs.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting to Maureen Johnson, Nerdfighters and John; time goes faster with age; the logarithmic age scale (more birthdays when young)

  • ★ Hank remarks that time goes way faster when you get older. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank recalls his logarithmic age scale, mentioned briefly in the vegetarianism video: people should have many birthdays when young, since more happens then, and fewer when old; the snags are choosing the coefficient and getting anyone to buy in. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — News reports from John: they're keeping a child of the brothers, John changing a diaper, a child of the brothers's hiccups, John and Sarah tired

  • ★★★ Hank reports he just talked to John, who is doing very well: John was changing a diaper when Hank called, a child of the brothers has the hiccups, and John and Sarah are both very tired. — 00:00:29 · John Green, Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ Hank says hearing that John was changing a diaper hit home that John is really a dad now. — 00:00:29 · John Green

00:01:08 — Hank tosses to himself: he and Katherine are fostering a nameless eight-year-old greyhound; Cameo's veto; greyhounds chase fluffy things; they want a name

  • ★★★ Hank and Katherine are fostering a greyhound that didn't work out in another home; she is an eight-year-old female, adorable and very nice. — 00:01:08 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank says greyhounds, because they spend their early lives as working dogs, are never called by name, so the dog has no name and comes to adorable noises. — 00:01:08
  • ★★ Whether they keep the dog depends on Cameo, who (Hank jokes) outvotes everyone on pet decisions and is firmly against the dog; the dog kind of dislikes Cameo, or possibly likes her too much. If they become friends, they will keep her. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:35
  • ★★ Hank says greyhounds are bred specifically to chase fluffy things, so they tend to focus on them, and he doesn't want the dog focused on Cameo's tail. — 00:02:08
  • ★★★ Hank wants something to call the dog, since they are fostering her for the next week or so while room is made for her at the greyhound farm. — 00:02:08

00:02:38 — Pre-recorded 'Hank from last week' starts a Truth or Fail about dogs: 'making our two into three'; Chewbacca and the Alaskan Malamute vs ambidextrous dogs

  • ★★ Hank hands over to a pre-recorded 'Hank from last week' to start an episode of Truth or Fail about dogs: two facts per round, click the true one or fail. — 00:02:38 · Truth or Fail
  • ★★ The first round offers two dog 'facts', one a lie: Chewbacca's vocalizations were based on an Alaskan Malamute's, or all dogs are ambidextrous; the answer is not given here. (playful) — 00:03:17
  • ★ Hank asks viewers to say in a comment if they know what his 'Let's go! Anybody?' line is from. (playful) — 00:03:17

Humor (significant)

  • Hank relays news from John about the newborn as if the parents had been deciding. — 00:00:29 > «They have decided to keep a child of the brothers.»
  • Hank, as news anchor, tosses to Hank for the puppy news. — 00:01:08 > «Thank you, Hank. Much appreciated.»
  • One family member gets 10 million votes and outvotes everyone on pet decisions. — 00:01:35 > «that member of the family is Cameo»
  • In the Truth or Fail clip, John's baby has Hank and his wife talking about 'making our two into three'. — 00:02:38 > «I'm talking, of course, about getting a dog.»

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