Question Tuesday

[bluebanshee3]

what does it mean when vlogbrothers videos are the only things you can concentrate on because they both talk like cheetahs on amphetamines? (not that cheetahs should take amphetamines.)

[megannancy23]

It would be wonderful to have a job that allowed me to wear jammies.

[KaylatardandPoncho]

I always thought maybe you just blinked when I did, so I never saw it. Robot eyes is a better explanation. 0.0

[adiclm29]

465 of your videos? Try 928 videos O_O

[peerieweirdo]

I love being able to see the influence of John's books as he writes them in his videos.

[Anniemariekie]

Made out of tissues?



[spvstu]

WHAT DID JOHN MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT! spoilers gosh come one guys and gals dont say spoilers on any of these. Im disappointed in you

[Alaskaloha21]

That's odd how he doesn't blink is he like Isaac from TFIOS???!!!!!!!

[KatjaChristine327]

Robot eyes. If you read TFIOS...you understand...:(

[Rawlyssa]

I saw him today for the tfios tour de nerdfighting...and I kinda noticed...he doesn't blink much irl either...O____________O

[meggoftw]

Oh my god... ROBOT EYES! ISSAC! It is all so clear to me now... (haha, puny)

[dsavix4]

When did he fall into the Baltic Sea?

[judyandthecat]

i just finished reading TFIOS, i cant stop wondering if you already had Isaac in mind when you talked about robot eyes ....

[fluffandstuf]

so wait are they making the movie

[TheAllKnowingTribute]

The Paper Towns movie? no.

John explains why in one of the Miracle of Swindon Town videos on HankGames.

[BustedMusicCMJ]

hey I'm watching all your videos right now :) I'm watching them backwards (as in the most recent one to the first one) but I dont think that really matters...DFTBA :)

[Otherwisedull]

"My new book, Paper Towns"... So weird hearing that in 2012.

[miekka968]

@harrypotterrocks1762 NO! He's a Hank! Didn't you listen?

[Wandererdashdash1]

in english please?

[lollymarbles]

You went to Melbourne?! And I wasnt there?!

[SomeoneBeginingWithI]

he blinked at the end when he said tomorow! I'm so proud of myself!

[StarTheWolfPuppy]

2:19 looks just like my westie,Fred!

[wang78739]

I love it how they say side bar but now it is in the doobly doo in your pants

[silverx174]

465 videos? seriously? I hadn't even heard of the Green brothers (such a time existed?!) 3 weeks ago and I'm now up to this point...

1 life required...

[antiquecans69]

Americans pronounce Melbourne funny.

[iliveonplanetspace]

Damn, DAT BOOKCOVER.

[tati13221]

YOU SAYED 465 VIDIOS I WATCH THIS WHEN THERE ARE 916 VIDEOS IN ALMOST 2012

[harrypotterrocks1762]

Willie is a Westie, right?

[PuddleOfWaterBASS]

@harrypotterrocks1762 Yep.

[harrypotterrocks1762]

@PuddleOfWaterBASS thank you!! :D :D

[toniight1]

....did he really just reference Winner, South Dakota? My family lives there... this is weird... I didn't think people not from there knew about it...

[toniight1]

@toniight1 and now i've just watched the Winner, SD video so I get it. Still weird.

[CharlieRosek]

Watching this video reminds me that this was actually one of the first Vlogbrothers videos I ever saw. I know that because for weeks, possibly months, afterwards I thought the meaning of DFTBA was "something about dinosaurs, I don't really get it". Thanks for that, John.

[thekalby]

I have two Westies!!!!!

[kazaustralian]

What? You've BEEN to Melbourne? I live in Melbourne! I wish I had watched this in April 2009.

[ChelsieOliviaa]

Hey. I've dedicated those hours. I'm only half done.

Yay dedication!

[607six6zero0seven7]

This is an old video, but I have a question. There is a book in my school library called "Famous Last Words" written by Jonathon Green; did you write this, or is this a different John Green who is also well versed in last words?

[KaTaMaRiaa]

Because I have watched this video, "animal procreation" has found its way into my recommendations.

[Kohaez]

465 videos, d'aw. Its 898 now :)

[bubblewandd]

Don't blink! Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead!

[Makeawishbecometrue]

Wow a side bar Video....

[homerdude7]

"Is your puff a homage to Edward Cullen?"

NO! John's puff is original, Edward's the one who made his puff a homage to John! Jeez get your facts straight. Oh and question for question tuesday, well 2, when will Paper Town the Movie come out? and Hank how much books have you sold so far? (P.S. You can round I'm not OCD OCD OCD *ahem ahem ahem*)

[stephiiee]

LOL MEL-BORN. yeah its melbin

[OmegaLegoMan]

NEW CAMERA

[19ladybug95]

3:03 - 3:09 made me say "aww"

[Mizleyful]

.. You came to Australia? To Melbourne? I DIDN'T KNOW!?

AUGH.

Ignorance really is bliss.

[joey50557]

it's actually more like a week devoted.

[iambetterthanyou007]

I feel really stupid, but seriously, why doesn't he really blink, or is that true?

[BrendanHansen]

@iambetterthanyou007 Don't feel stupid, Nerdfighteria is ripe with far too many inside jokes for one person to ever be able to know- it's pretty jokes. John has said a few times, if my memory serves me well, that he doesn't blink as an homage to Zefrank. Who is one of the vloggers that inspired John and Hank to undertake the Brotherhood 2.0 project.

DFTBA! :)

[ClaretheCav]

spelled: 'Mel-born', however one pronounces it: 'mel-bin' as in dustbin. Seriously.

[jcathomas]

Ow... my face... you ated it

[26Staples]

thats not how you pronounce melbourne... xD

[jellodefrancais]

I like to think that Willy peed in John's lap just before John said "urinating in inappropriate places," even though it's highly unlikely

[browneyednerd112358]

"Is your puff an homage to Edward Cullen?"

I died laughing, came back to life, and laughed some more.

[frisbee923]

youtube suggested that i watch lions mating in the Serengeti because of this video

[BreeLa19]

@frisbee923 mine is Egon loves furry hat...awkward....

[TheProjectWeird]

I MISSED IT!!!

AEFOASEJKFIBDASHBSEFSDHAKSDHOC­NASKDIAEIFDFQEBVC BADISBDADEFO

qFWDHSIASFDBWAJD!!!!

ANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the melbourne nerd-fighter gathering)

[Imabove181000]

'Ow. My face. You ated it.' 

[puertorrriquena]

John actually blinks when Willy the Westie is trying to lick his face lol

[vhbrain]

I hope people never ever stop asking him "who the eff is hank?"... The answers make my day.

[dylanthechameleon]

OH MY GOD. JUNO IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER.

Favorite book ever + favorite movie ever = INFINITE AWESOME.

[krenforth]

ow, my face, you ated it

[artyfarty1996]

QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION! What's Willie doing? Right now?

[biccy1muncher]

Wait... how did he pronounce Melbourne?

That was even worse than the time he tried to do an Aussie accent...

[4LiveLifeWithLove4]

I know I am a nerdfighter... but it still makes me feel all fuzzy inside when I understood all of the jokes John mentioned... :)

[bluierox]

your dog is cute =3

[cararook]

Dear Vlogbrothers,

because I watched this video, youtube has suggested that I watch "lions mating on tge serengeti." I just thought you should know.

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

@talster101 He did, he was in a park.

[GumiYummi]

My name is Scarlett!

[Snipwhiz]

@megakaren0 A correct Douglas Adams reference would be saying that 42 is the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything - not the meaning of life.

[TheIndiverselikeyeah]

Thumbs up if you worked out the iambic pentameter. Yeah, really.

[imaoddballtehe]

john said my name



[imdoingok]

"do jammie pants count?" hahaha

[Flipty11]

Wait "An Abundance of Katherines" was written by you?! OMG my English teacher loves that book and my friend read it and said it was really good!

I'm off to the bookstore now...

[tracdanger]

I argue that Albert Einstein did in fact die young because his relative age is you know... not old.

(Nerd joke (because he published the theory of relativity))

[PlaaTheAlmighty]

Please come to Melbourne again, I missed it...

[HappyCatSaysDie]

1:01 = EPIC FACE

[MrPneumonia]

Blinks:

1:14

2:04

2:07

[wolf92193]

WHY ARE THERE ANIMAL INTERCOURSE VIDEOS IN THE SUGGESTIONS COLUMN!?!?! I SEE 6!!!

[CMCFan07]

@wolf92193 Stick around Nerfighteria long enough, and it will make sense.

[wolf92193]

@CMCFan07 that is not good incentive to stick around lol

[JaderGater2]

I live by Winner, SD :D

[DinoTubz9638]

YAY! I got all the jokes.

[mjbeani89]

Is your dog a Cairn?? I used to have one... RIP Sandy ♥ DFTBA

[Ravenclaw797]

YEAH i watched all of the videos up to here. i feel awesome now.

[someperson346]

John, I'm disappointed. Everyone knows the meaning of life is 42

[megakaren0]

@someperson346 eff yeah Douglas Adams references!

[TheRyanNeighbor]

I think I saw him blink at the end...

[TheHyperTheory]

How many words is LFA, AAOK, PT, and WGWG?

[YellowKyoKyo]

there's an Australian editon of Paper Towns?!!! all this time i've been reading m-o-m when i could have been reading m-u-m, damn it.

do an Australia tour in 2013 (when i am pretty sure i will be there)

[dororoemotionalninja]

Come back to Melbourne, Australia again :D

[LetLovesOwls]

i always wonder if new people to vlogbrothers actually believe the definition of dftba stated in this video

[13cmwright99]

the puff chose me!!

[PaperNinja42]

Who the eff is Hank??

Well, to put it simply, Hank is a Cowdog.

[flyifyouwanttofly]

John, in the sidebar of this video, there are not one, not two, but FOUR videos that seem to be devoted entirely to animal procreation.

I don't know about you, but I see this as a disturbing trend.

[CybertronXStudios]

Yay! I'm made of awesome!

[unforgettable789]

@crizyheartschucks You inspired me to watch the old vlogbrothers videos, as I don't believe I've been subscribed for even a year yet. I have been watching whenever I can for roughly two weeks, and I'm up to this point so far. Thank you for leading me to watch even more awesome than I had already seen from Hank and John.

Best wishes~!

[gracefulnerd]

When are you coming back to Australia!? When you do can you come to Sydney, instead of Melbourne?! Coz Sydney is more awesome!

[TuesdayIsland]

Because I watched this video I'm getting 'Lions mating in the serengeti' and 'animales procreando' in my recommendations =p

[notaholiday]

Thanks to this video, "Lions mating in the Serengeti" made it to my Recommended Videos. THANKS JOHN. YOU'RE FABULOUS.

[dolphin64575]

72 people forgot to be awesome

[aniNinja13]

BALTIC SEA!!! Where was he standing before he fell in? What country?

[emvln92]

i'm currently creating a playlist with all (current) 826 videos for me and my bff to watch this summer :) my parents are going away for a week, so she's moving in with me. i cannot wait to see them all.

[dolphin64575]

@emvln92 I need to sit down and do that at some point...

[emvln92]

@dolphin64575 last night i figured out you can only have 200 videos in a playlist. so i will be making FIVE vlogbrother playlists....if you want i'll share the playlists i have so far!

[dolphin64575]

@emvln92 PLEASE! :D You're so awesome

[emvln92]

@dolphin64575 put this after the youtube URL: /playlist?p=PL8C7BFC292C1BC523 and that SHOULD work...that's the only one i have so far, i'll share the others as i make them!

[Phantomshik]

70 people dont know english...

[ichikish]

@cewfms6 Well, since you mention it.

Cool story bro. :3

[catrulerofdeath]

God, have I really spent that much time watching these 825+ videos which I watch repeatedly? How do I get anything done?

[unforgettable789]

My new hobby has suddenly become having staring contests with John. XD

[gid30n]

*sigh* I know you probably found this out when you got to Melbourne, but it's pronounced Mel + burn .

Sorry, that was a bit grating ;o)

[failcheeseOwo]

I have a puff..it eat things...

[ic3p1ck73]

Press 3 for Lion John.

[TwilitSun]

I started at January 1, 2007 and now I'm on April 21, 2009.

This is the second time I've gone through every Vlogbrothers video.

No regrets.

[Ledogen]

to be denied repeatedly by john:

1) press 5

2) see step 1

[sherbertpandainspace]

The puff chose me. :c

[dsand052]

omg I've spent that much time!!! I don't consider myself a nerdfighter, but I think I might have accidentally became one.

[lhc9494]

John doesn't blink so that the angels won't get him.

[Anna28Twilight]

i don´t get the question/joke with his puff and the shots... could someone explain it to mee ^^

[untitledmusicproject]

@Anna28Twilight Because the puff is so big it's like another person ^-^

[BlackBloodGhost]

Kay, so in the sidebar that shows suggestions for other videos we have; A Goat Giving Birth, Zebra Lovin', Animales Procreando, and 'Lions Mating In The Serengeti' with that last one also appearing on my homepage under the suggested videos, and underneath where it links to what video I watched to be given that suggestion... it has this video. Well done, internet. Well done.

[SE09uk]

?Do you know what blinking is. lol :)

[DisBeKalea]

@SE09uk He never blinks in videos because he's concentrating.

[maluse227]

the puff chose me :(

[LNArrh]

did you just say "ated" ??

well, in german that would be "gegaßt". :D

[pokemonmanic400]

you have 811 videos now

[applejuicejadedear]

One line poem: Artichoke by Joseph Hutchinson; O heart weighed down by so many wings.

[cornellista173]

Dear John: My question for future question videos:

If Nerdfighteria were a place rather than a state of mind, what would this place look like and how would it be governed?

[TheAglover26]

Hank's next song title needs to be "puppy in the mirror".

[WrockingGirl]

At 0:35 you say "and etc" which is grammatically incorrect ...

[awesomeviolinist15]

Can you please please PLEASE come to Albany,New York. PLEASE !!! I'm begging you please!

[shellfish1010]

Mel-bourne. Hehehhe.

[twihard398]

Could you come to Melbourne, FL?

[timeinyourshoes]

go suck yourself. the puppy sized elelephant line was supposed to be funny?! im quite sure you would be better suited as a pencil pusher. your almost as pathetic as your brother.

[contempgirl]

@timeinyourshoes The puppy sized elephant line is funny.

And you seem like a deeply unhappy person, may I suggest working on yourself instead of trying to hurt others. I hope you get happier soon :)

LFTBA.

[BlackLabelEric]

While I like John's answer I think he's got one thing wrong in this video.. one person can stand between you and happiness, that person is of course yourself.

[JagklikestheMacarena]

My Hank is named Cooper:) hahah Also, Hanks are very loud and like to bark at everything. And nothing.

[toxiccolour]

Your Hank is named Willie right? My Hank is named Detective Doctor Watson.

[feitocomfruta]

So has there been any update on the Paper Towns screenplay? Has it been greenlit?

[massacregoddess]

JOHN KEATS. <333333

[ClocksInMyPlace]

Wait, you were at the Baltic sea (breaking you glasses)?

[clairebennetrules]

I love question tuesdays :]

[OhSomethinClever]

Juno= awesome! where can i buy paper towns????????? =D

[LegendShark]

465 videos? So that's how many I've watched in the span of about a week and a half.

[KamakazC]

John...blinked so many times.

[Claytagator]

The Suggested Video to this is 'Giraffe Sex Safari' and it has 5million views

[BoomnProductions]

Is that a picture of The Yeti on the top of your bookshelf?

[crizyheartschucks]

Dear John,

according to your youtube, your video count is up to 773.

I'd say I've watched roughly 530 of them, dedication much more than 24 hours, all though not consecutively because I was supposed to study for midterms this weekend.

I can proudly say I recognize every inside joke you've mentioned on question Tuesday up to this point. However, considering myself a newborn nerdfighter, it has taken a lot of time and dedication to catch up. It's worth it.

Best wishes,

Nerdfighter Crizy

[lampposteffect]

An Abundance of Katherines for $3.99!!?! Talk about a deal.

[bandandjesusfreak]

Real nerdfighters? As apposed to fake ones? hmm...but still...awesome video

[rachelfrench1992]

I'm currently reading An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns at the same time. I'm awesome.

[GreenTigerrr]

dont answer this question

[Reggie1316]

April 21, 2009: 465 Videos. January 16, 2011: 722 Videos.

Wow. That is totally made of awesome.

[monokuruboo123]

mel-bun not mel-born.

[S4r4hPwn4g3]

I love how you say "jammie" pants. It's so silly to hear it come from a 26 (27?) year old. Of course now, you're like 30-something lol.

[jack16895]

why does the ad say "Who is right? Arizona or Obama?" That doesn't make any sense.

[ruthampton]

I miss this intro.

[Flashfire97]

at around 3:46 if you look really closely you can see him half-blink

[SilverStormClouds]

I live in Australia and I couldn't find any of your books in any of our bookstores! So I had to order them from the Book Depository and won't have the Australian cover.

[JustABitUnlikely11]

Wow,your videos are currently 766.I think it takes a bit longer now to watch them all.

[terratonic]

"willy green, constantly baffled by the puppy in the mirror." I laughed:)

[OneRandomLeo]

... aaah, so THAT'S why you got new glasses... half a year ago ôÔ

What a sad story =/

They now R.I.A.

[mmmmmheyyyy]

"You don't choose the puff. The puff chooses you."

Nerdfighters FTW.

[heyrimmy]

465 videos? only 299 to go (as of now)?

challenge accepted.

[maymay8914]

He blinks at 1:07

[iwearfiestapants]

Partial*

[iwearfiestapants]

I was always partil to three meaning of life answers. 1) 42(of course) 2)love many, trust few, paddle your own canoe (cause it rhymes) 3) and the ever sappy but equally logical "to live"

[jack16895]

now there are 763 videos! yay :)

[pinksparkleprincess9]

I miss question tuesdays. :(

[MrSnoozable]

That initiation was a winkitty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keira13]

The reason why he's not blinking is because there is a weeping angel behind the camera

[tinkob]

The video froze at 1:13 because my internet is super slow. It made me think that the internet and my computer had conspired to make my day a lot brighter. xD

[bordercomedens2]

Why don't you do question Tuesdays anymore.

[Rarefied100]

melbourne is not pronounced 'mel-born', is pronuounced 'mel-bin'

just sayin'

[TurtleStampede]

i laughed so much when he made the lion face.

and it made me happy.

[WaterLily331]

He blinks while he holds Willy! On 2:00, he blinks because of the weight of the insult CRUSHING HIM!

When he holds Willy, he just blinks!

[natedaug1]

Willy has existential angst.