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Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL

2009-06-30 · Q&A · John, Paul DeGeorge, Kelly · 3:05 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: community lore, guest or collab, recurring series

On a Question Tuesday opened by Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters, John answers viewer questions and, at a Nerdfighter's request, phones the viewer's girlfriend and asks her to marry him; she says yes.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Question Tuesday opened by Paul DeGeorge; Harry and the Potters plug; fitness challenge progress; Spanish editions question

  • ★★ John says Paul DeGeorge, half of Harry and the Potters, was in his house, and tells Nerdfighters who do not know the band that their lives are about to get better. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says he has lost about three pounds in the fitness challenge but expects Hank to win the BMI part, so he must focus on running and push-ups. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00 · Hank Green

00:00:39 — Buscando a Alaska; objects on the shelf and Willy's likeness; a request to propose; John's own proposal via Hertzberg

  • ★ Asked whether his books are available in Spanish, John says yes: Looking for Alaska as Buscando a Alaska. — 00:00:39 · Looking for Alaska (novel)
  • ★ Asked about an object behind his head, John runs through a My Little Pony, wooden shoes from Dutch fans and a sculpture of Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts. (playful) — 00:00:39 · Willy
  • ★★ Asked to propose for a viewer, John says Nerdfighters sometimes meet, fall in 'nerdfighter-like' and occasionally love, but he is unsure about proposing to someone other than his wife. (playful) — 00:00:39 · nerdfighterlike (coinage), Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John recalls that he did not ask the Yeti to marry him himself: he had Hendrik Hertzberg do it when signing John's copy of his book Politics. — 00:00:39 · Sarah Urist Green

00:01:25 — John phones a viewer's girlfriend on the viewer's behalf and asks her to marry him; she says yes

  • ★★★ John phones the requesting viewer's girlfriend, apologises for misspelling her name when he signed her book, then asks whether she will marry her boyfriend; she says yes. — 00:01:25
  • ★ John says he is more nervous than when he asked a girl to prom, and afterwards shaking with excitement. (playful) — 00:01:25

00:02:49 — Thanks to the couple for being made of awesome; sign-off

Humor (significant)

  • The Question Tuesday greeting is spoken in someone else's voice. — 00:00:00

    “Okay, that wasn't me. It was Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters.”

  • John says he must focus on running and push-ups to win the fitness challenge. — 00:00:00

    “And anytime that I have to rely on push-ups, I'm in a bit of a pickle.”

  • A viewer asks whether the thing behind John is a polar bear with a top hat. — 00:00:39

    “Do you mean the My Little Pony with a hand-painted black Santa on its bottom?”

  • A viewer asks John to propose to his girlfriend for him. — 00:00:39

    “I don't know if I'm prepared to propose to someone other than my wife.”

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Mentioned

Central: Kelly · Phil

Also: People: Hendrik Hertzberg · Paul DeGeorge · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge

Works: Looking for Alaska (novel) · Politics: Observations & Arguments

Groups: Harry and the Potters

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Terms: best wishes · link in the sidebar · made of awesome · nerdfighterlike (coinage)

Concepts: Body mass index

animal: Willy

Only in the description or credits: Best Wishes from NL

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