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Mules are so Half-Ass

2009-07-30 · song · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life (also: Personal life, History & curiosities, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, self promotion, community lore

With his camcorder's FireWire port broken (so no Truth or Fail this week), Hank sings a pun song shot on his still camera, then plugs DFTBA Records' $10 live album of his Cambridge, Massachusetts show and shows a DFTBA-acronym rap.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — FireWire port broke; video made with still camera; hopes Canon honors warranty; no Truth or Fail this week

  • ★★ Hank says the FireWire port on his camera broke, so he cannot get footage onto his computer and made the whole video with his still camera. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank hopes Canon will honor the warranty on his non-functioning camcorder. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank says there will be no Truth or Fail this week (week of 27 July 2009), because it is stuck inside the broken camcorder. — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Pun song: 'I really hate mules, 'cause they're so half-assed'

  • ★★ Hank performs a pun song whose chorus is 'I really hate mules, 'cause they're so half-assed'. (joke) — 00:00:29

00:02:29 — Live album of Hank's Cambridge, MA show on DFTBA Records, $10 at DFTBA.com

  • ★★★ Hank says DFTBA Records is releasing his Cambridge, Massachusetts show as a live album for $10 at DFTBA.com; on pre-order, shipping tomorrow. — 00:02:29 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Hank says the album is for people who have been to Nerdfighter gatherings and want to relive them, and for those who couldn't come. — 00:02:29 · Nerdfighteria

00:03:13 — Live footage: rap in which every line is an acronym for DFTBA (first heard at LeakyCon)

  • ★★ Hank shows a rap in which every line is an acronym for DFTBA, which people who were not at LeakyCon have never heard in acoustic version. (playful) — 00:03:13 · DFTBA, DFTBA Records

Humor (dominant)

  • The chorus of Hank's pun song explains why he hates mules. — 00:00:29

    “And I really hate mules, cause they're so half-assed.”

  • A line in the pun song about a pregnant heifer witnessing an accident. — 00:00:29

    “A pregnant heifer saw it happen, yeah, she had a cow.”

  • Hank sings that he forgot how to throw a boomerang. — 00:01:40

    “but then it came back to me”

  • A pun-song line about not paying your exorcist. — 00:01:40

    “you'll get repossessed”

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Mentioned

Central: DFTBA · DFTBA Records · I'm So Bad at This

Also: Cambridge · Canon · IEEE 1394 · LeakyCon · Truth or Fail

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