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If it ain't broke don't fix it.

2023-02-10 · letter vlog · Hank · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: History & curiosities (also: Everyday life, Nerdfighteria, Global development) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: calendar ritual, civic or action cta, community lore

Hank says Katherine found John's video this week engaging but relaxed, grants that their usual style isn't relaxing and the energy might sometimes come down, then rambles loosely: ridiculous muscle names, this year's P4A perk of 250 signed Hanklerfish drawn on squares of an old paint-splattered drop cloth, and a friend naming her new dog Hank.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Katherine on John's relaxed video; their usual energy and whether it should come down

  • ★★ Katherine Green (quoted): After watching John's video this week (week of 6 February 2023), Katherine told Hank she was engaged but relaxed. — 00:00:00 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank thinks the way they normally make these videos isn't relaxing, though he likes it and isn't going to stop doing it that way. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Getting older, Hank says maybe the level of energy needs to come down a little, sometimes. (hedged) — 00:00:00

00:00:27 — Hamstring as the most ridiculous muscle name (calf, veal string); P4A perks introduced

  • ★ Hank says the hamstring must be the most ridiculously named muscle, worse than the calf, which at least names a living animal. (playful) — 00:00:27
  • ★★ Hank has been working on Project for Awesome perks; for the last four or five years they have made spray-paint stencil art on glass or canvas. — 00:00:27 · Project for Awesome

00:01:05 — P4A perk: Hanklerfish art on squares cut from the old drop-cloth paper, 250 signed and numbered

  • ★★ Every year Hank used the same roll of paper as a drop cloth; it became beautiful with stencil marks, scuffs and footprints, and he could not throw it away. — 00:01:05
  • ★★★ This year's (2023) P4A art perk: Hank drew Hanklerfish on squares cut from the drop-cloth paper; there are 250, all signed and numbered. — 00:01:33 · Hanklerfish, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says these can only be made once because the paper no longer exists, a pretty good trade; next year (2024) he will have to find something else. — 00:01:33

00:02:00 — A friend names her new dog Hank; Hank's own pet names; avoid naming pets after frequent visitors

  • ★★ A good friend whose place Hank visits often introduced her brand-new dog to him as Hank. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • ★★ Hank says he doesn't give pets human names: his dog was Lemon, and his cats have been Cameo and Gummy Bear. — 00:02:29
  • ★★ Hank says people can give dogs human names, but should avoid the names of people who will be at their house a lot and soon. (playful) — 00:02:29

00:03:02 — Gluteus maximus; 'if it ain't broke' spoonerism; sign-off

  • ★ Hank remembers the gluteus maximus and calls it definitely the most ridiculous muscle name. (playful) — 00:03:02

In the description and comments

Humor (significant)

  • Hank argues the calf is at least named after a living animal, unlike the hamstring. — 00:00:27

    “if it were called a veal string then i'd be like yeah that's equally ridiculous to hamstring”

  • Hank's friend introduces her new dog, which could have had any name, as Hank. — 00:02:29

    “Like either this is an odd honor that is being bestowed on me or you forgot I existed.”

  • Hank marvels at the name gluteus maximus. — 00:03:02

    “Like your butt is the emperor of Rome.”

  • Hank notes people say 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. — 00:03:25

    “I like to say if it ain't folk, don't blix it. It's just funnier.”

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Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: Cameo · Gummy Bear · Hanklerfish · If it ain't broke, don't fix it · Katherine Green · Lemon · Rome

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