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August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections

2007-08-09 · list · Hank · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: US politics & society (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, community lore, timely hook

Hank rules that the donor count (189, plus about 50 gifts to the fund) means John must eat a blenderized Happy Meal, then presents a comic 'Anagramming Guide' that picks 2008 presidential candidates by anagramming their names.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Punishment verdict: 189 donations plus about 50 fund gifts; John must eat a blenderized Happy Meal, meal and drink left to him; Peeps; Daniel Biss benefits

  • ★★★ Hank reports a count of 189 (by context, donors to Daniel Biss's campaign), 'not technically enough', but about 50 people also gave to the Foundation to decrease world suck. — 00:00:10 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Daniel Biss, world suck
  • ★★★ Hank judges the total will not rise further and rules that John must eat a blenderized Happy Meal. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Punishment
  • ★★ Hank leaves the kind of Happy Meal and drink (a soda flavour, or milk) to John, and says he doesn't think he will watch. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:31
  • ★ Hank says he would almost rather see John eat Peeps, but knows how nauseating they are; he is glad Daniel Biss and the world benefit from John's pain. (playful) — 00:00:31 · Peeps, Daniel Biss

00:00:58 — The Chicago-area election makes Hank think about the national election; he is scared and undecided ('supposed to be Obama guys'); plans research inspired by An Abundance of Katherines

00:01:28 — Hank Green's Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Presidential Elections: Gore, Edwards, Clinton, Obama, Paul, Romney, Giuliani, Biden; sign-off

  • ★★ Democrats: Albert Gore (not running) yields 'retro bagel'; John Edwards 'jihad drowns'; Hillary Clinton 'lynch a trillion'; Barack Obama 'maraca kebab' and, with Hussein, 'Bushmania Cobra Sake'. (joke) — 00:01:28 · Barack Obama
  • ★★ After the Republicans (Ron Paul 'Lunar Op', Mitt Romney 'Metro Minty' and 'Are Not My Time', Rudy Giuliani 'Godly I Ruin'), Hank ends with his favourite: Joe Biden, 'I need job'. (joke) — 00:02:31 · Republican Party

  • ★ Hank closes 'Hank Green's Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Presidential Elections'. (playful) — 00:03:29

    “Hank Green's Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Presidential Elections”

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank says he is a John Edwards fan because Edwards will obviously be hard on terror. — 00:01:28

    “John Edwards' anagrams to jihad drowns.”

  • After 'lynch a trillion', Hank anagrams Hillary Clinton's full name, then muses whether it refers to the Chinese or her China policy. — 00:02:01

    “Hillary Rodham Clinton anagrams to China. A mild, horny troll.”

  • Rudy Giuliani's full name yields a sinister anagram that Hank takes personally. — 00:03:00

    “I Pious Liar, I'll Undo Hug. I don't like it when people undo hugs. You can't undo hugs.”

  • Hank saves his favourite anagram for last. — 00:03:29

    “Poor Joe Biden. I NEED JOB!”

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Mentioned

Central: Punishment · United States presidential election

Also: People: Al Gore · Barack Obama · Daniel Biss · Hillary Clinton · Joe Biden · John Edwards · Mitt Romney · Ron Paul · Rudy Giuliani

Projects: Foundation to Decrease World Suck

Works: An Abundance of Katherines

Organizations: Republican Party

Rituals: Presidential anagrams

Places: Chicago (city)

Products: Happy Meal · Peeps

Memes: Lolcat

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