August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans
2007-08-02 · letter vlog · John · 2:41 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, punishment or challenge, community lore
Filming in airports on his way to a writers' conference in Los Angeles, John answers Hank's heat song with a 'jokes' parody, tells a college story about a man who stuck his tongue in a box fan for about $8, and admits Nerdfighters caught him in a textual communication, so he will be punished.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Greeting from an airport en route to a writers' society conference in Los Angeles; congratulations on Hank's song and a 'quite jokes' parody; John dislikes flying
- ★★ John is in an airport on his way to Los Angeles for a conference of a society of writers; he likes conferences and writers, is iffy on societies, and wishes it were in Indianapolis. — 00:00:09 · Los Angeles, Indianapolis
- ★★ John congratulates Hank on another brilliant song, possibly his best yet, and says it inspired a song of his own ('It's quite jokes in here'). (hedged) — 00:00:09 · jokes
- ★ John, whose dislike of flying is well documented on the vlog, says the only things he likes about airports are pretzels, a vehicle for salt and butter, and video games. (playful) — 00:00:09
00:00:51 — Pretzels and video games; the fan in Hank's song recalls a college game of 'I Will' in which a guy stuck his tongue in a box fan for about $8
- ★★ Seeing Hank make out with the fan in his song, John worried he would stick his tongue out, because in college he saw a guy stick his tongue into a fan, and it hurt. (playful) — 00:00:51
- ★ John explains the college game 'I Will': players bid down the price for a gross act, like licking the cat, until someone does it cheaply; the fan cost about $8. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:25
00:01:49 — Nerdfighters found John's January 11 textual communication to Hank ('Hank, you should feel free to edit this'); John will be punished
- ★★★ John says hard-working Nerdfighters have found a textual communication he apparently sent Hank on January 11, 2007, so he, not Hank, is about to be punished. (hedged) — 00:01:49 · Nerdfighteria, No textual communication, Punishment
- ★★ John says the message read 'Hank, you should feel free to edit this'; had he written 'Hank should feel free to edit this' he would have been fine. (playful) — 00:01:49 · No textual communication
00:02:19 — Now in Denver: all airports are the same; John awaits punishment suggestions, the Yeti can veto; sign-off
- ★★ Now in Denver, John says all airports everywhere are the same, as if airport authorities phone each other to agree on gray walls and silver window panes. (playful) — 00:02:19
- ★★ John says he looks forward to everyone's punishment suggestions and reminds Hank that if the Yeti vetoes one, he doesn't have to do it. (playful) — 00:02:19 · Sarah Urist Green, Punishment
Humor (significant)
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Inspired by Hank's 'It's Too Hot', John sings his own version using his word 'jokes' for 'cool'. — 00:00:09
“It's quite jokes, it's quite jokes in here. Although running my AC is screwing up the atmosphere.”
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The college friend who stuck his tongue into a box fan for about $8 finishes screaming. — 00:01:49
“give me my eight dollar, guys”
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John imagines airport authorities coordinating so that every airport looks the same. — 00:02:19
“hey, did you get the airport concrete?”
Threads in this video
- told · John travels to a writers' society conference in Los Angeles (2007) — John vlogs from airports on his way to a conference of a society of writers in Los Angeles, later filming in Denver. (00:00:09)
- callback · John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) — John sings a parody of Hank's heat song using 'jokes' in place of 'cool'. (00:00:09)
- accepted · John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) — Caught by Nerdfighters in a January 11 textual communication, John accepts that he is about to be punished and awaits suggestions, noting the Yeti can veto. (00:01:49)
- callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — John credits 'the nerdfighters in my pants' with finding his textual communication. (00:01:49)
- callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John calls his wife 'the Yeti', who can veto any punishment. (00:02:19)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) — performed
- John travels to a writers' society conference in Los Angeles (2007) — followed over 2 videos (2007); last: update, 2007-08-06
Mentioned
Central: No textual communication
Also: People: Sarah Urist Green
Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 forum (“nerdfighters in my pants”)
Works: It's Too Hot
Rituals: Punishment
Terms: in your pants (“nerdfighters in my pants”) · jokes
Places: Denver · Indianapolis · Los Angeles
Events: conference of a society of writers (2007, Los Angeles)
Replies to
- imitates · August 1: It's Too Hot — “It actually inspired me to do a song of my own.”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-08-03 · August 3: The Retail Dance (Hank) — answers — “Well done getting your video up last night.” (00:02:59)