Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club

[xKristaBeanx]

drum roles are copyrighted.....just died of laughter.

[plankton736]

Is he wearing a Pan Am shirt?

[JacquilineMist]

@plankton736 indeed he is.

[hmol257]

Nothing like lolcat book blurbs. Truly, and really, nothing. So inspired. ^.^

[Twefrence]

john promised to not "make us" read moby dick together but he did a few months ago! =P

[Thelizzardcat]

This sounds insane, but when John, said drum role please, a second later, my brother started practicing him drums in the room over. Awesome.

[cavigirl]

I read the book Paper Towns and Margo Roth Spiegelman is one of my new favorite characters

[jml21000]

drum rolls are copyrighted? that's ridiculous

[carbonatedcheese]

WCW lulz!

that made me happy

[ajaandkimmy]

AHH! William Carlos Williams! This is Just To Say is my all time favorite of his poems! I did a project on him in 11th grade.

[ajaandkimmy]

I like the way you say orange :) 

[taureleafsilver]

AHHH.

John Green. You have fallen into the Fallacy that Hamlet is indecisive. I just...I'm so mad at you. Not Mad. Disappointed.

Since when does "So a ghost said that my uncle killed my father. I must 1)Prove that this is true and 2) Revenge my father. AND THEN EXECUTING THIS PLAN IN 1 WEEK (Shakespeare time)" INDECISIVE????

[SweetheartMorada]

That blurb at the end made it worthwhile to read and discuss that poem in class.

[mooiamabluesheep]

צים Lol

[andrineslife]

Denmarx, I've gotta start using that!

[horsejumpergurl107]

lol, i read that poem in the eighth grade. it was never my favorite poem until now.

[violaplayerforever]

FREZNED! Hahaha.

[vajizzle33]

YES I GOT THE WCW REFERENCE.

[JediCoati]

I am so proud I got that last one :D

[masterohumans]

At first I didn't get it but then I remember I read that poem and laughed my ass off. I will agree that it wasn't that funny but it still felt like the appropriate response.

[jlederman2]

John, you're in Mobile!!! YOU COULD'VE SEEN THE LEPRECHAUN!!!

[yellowpages67]

The last few seconds made me laugh so hard because I have read "This is Just to Say".

Wow. I'll never doubt my nerdiness again.

[GroovieJones]

This iz just to say, I have lol'd at teh catz in ur video. And which were probably better described as blurbs. Forgive me, lolspeak is so silly, and so pwn.

[iluvgerardway99]

lol, I GOT THE LAST ONE! WOO! i feel smartical XD ^^

[JaiWren]

Oh my gosh! I knew that Poetry class would be awesome! I actually L'dol

[benmxc]

Dude. You need to stop trying to be Ze Frank. I certainly hope that you have told all of your viewers where you picked up this "persona" of yours. Check out the original everyone! Ze Frank FTW.

[jackoftrades80]

Probably not from those shipping containers because they were from Israel and beads are not part of their expo.

[LunaLupinTonks]

yay! i actually knew the last one!

[BANGtheDoleDrums]

Ahhhh!!! I love the William Carlos Williams reference! Most pointless piece of poetry ever...

[radiantstar]

I loved the part right at the end with the poem!

[MissLupinBlack]

the LOL at the end for that poem made me feel happy and accomplished. I was like, 'woah! i get it! go me!'

[1994maggiemay]

Did you flash your man titties to get those beeds?

[xXxAppleAssassinxXx]

Whats a Blurb....?

[4LifeNinja]

Yay for Denmark....!

Good country, good country :D

(you would have to live here to know that(: or maybe not, I don't know )

[treklemmer]

I did a drum roll! I did it so hard I hurt my fingers..... :(

it was worth it.

[Integgy]

The William Carlos Williams LOL in the end made the English nerd inside of me jump for joy.

[Miss00Meg]

More WCW lulz...

"Im in ur weelbaro, watchin ur chikinz"

[pepperonniepizza]

@Miss00Meg you.are.my.hero.

[AmysVlg]

On My Honour is banned in Mobile.

For it's misconception on an adolecent's death.

Fail.

[bl0nd3brun3tt392]

I like the concept of LOLbooks! <3

[TheEyegarian]

Lest we forget the leprechaun in Mobile.

[sometimesascientist]

I really think that the best blurb for Slaughterhouse Five is, in fact:

"Poo-too-weet."

(P.S. Audio preview of Poo-too-weet is pretty good.)

[ThatNerdfighter]

Moby Dick in your pants ... come on, that one was right there!

what worries me is that i do this in real life all the time.

[wiccawonderwoman]

Oh dear God. I am so proud of my WordNerdfighting for getting that reference.

[cattieloves]

My favorite William Carlos Williams poem! I can't believe you lol'd it! <3

[rachelg1984]

OMG! Thats my favorite WCW poem!

[tvsuicide4]

I read that poem in creative writing, and I think I was the only person in the room who actually apreciated the simplicity XDD

Th5 1z juzzt 2 sezzs XDDDD

Beautiful

[spinachhoney123]

I don't exactly know what a blurb is.....

Explain?

[BeanBanter]

haha!

pointless poem

pretty in its simple kind of way though

[bananaspliz]

Hahaha! That's a much better title than "This is Just to Say"

[maimiaa]

William Carlos Williams! <3

especially that poem!

[senorsqueakydesk]

I like to think that the people of Mobile have a parade every time you come to town.

[DittoFreak]

Comment 273:

Tiggerific!!!

[littletoolate]

I love how John mentions Australia so much, hehe

Hank should do it more often :D

[bookishgirl190]

Lol at the last blurb.

=]

[katharinethequene]

Im in your Demark stealing your Ophelias lol. I was wathcing the simpsons and they did a version of Hamlet and Lisa/Ophelia shouts the best line ver "NO-ONE outcrazys Opelia!"

[MarleeSunshine]

I love the way you say orange. And blurb.

[TheSailorGeek]

Wow. He actually said "Sarah".

[sma04]

Totally read that poem just a few weeks ago. Hated its pointlessness, loved your blurb.

Actually, I think I will pose this question to an upcoming question tuesday: Could you please explain the point of that William Carlos Williams poem, and also what his mother was possibly thinking when she named him? I doubt you read comments this far back so I'll pose this for some recent video...

[blessourmusic]

I did a speech on William Carlos Willams. That poem is awesome!!

[TheOneEyedOwl]

Is the blurbing thing still going on??

[crazymelon]

Why do you pronounce "orange" as "ornge?" WHERE ARE YOUR VOWELS, MAN!

[MrSketchyGalore]

a lot of people in the US pronounce it that way, most people I know do.

[HannahIsUnoriginal]

@MrSketchyGalore That doesn't make it any less funny :P

[triplebirch]

I just heard about that poem today. It was actually a note to his wife.

[emlove143]

hahaha i love how john says "kthxbai"... it gets me every time he says it!

[VestaVesVesStar]

I've read that plumbs poem xD

[x1111juststrickk]

I've read that poem, and I've got to say I LOL-ed

[AEM327]

LOL I've read that poem!!!

[01kaitlin]

They're the rainbows of the future :D

[REMsleeper428]

I'm so happy you've acknowledged Frezned!

I've always thought B2.0 and Frezned were the best on YouTube.

And when I first saw you guys, I thought the sharp cuts and some "double personality" scenes that you did were similar to Frezned's.

[dudette93]

LOLBooks!

[maskeddevera]

William Carlos Williams is so jokes. Love it.

[lisielieder]

I didn't realize that I say orange like that until I tried to say it. *shiver* OhGodwhy?

[poisonedmousie]

OMGSH!!!

i know that poem

and I LOL'd at 5 in the morning

xD

[dancinfroge]

William Carlos Williams

Dans Russe

iz in ur north roomz

strippin and admirin mah nakd body

[Hogwartian]

i love frezned :)

you have good taste in youtubers, john!

[muggle394]

Moby Dick... in your pants.

I'm sorry.

that was uncalled for.

and so not jokes.

[lykeOMGchristie]

OMG that's brilliant! (Referring, of course, to the LOLpoem.)

[propertyof2010]

Hahaha. That last one was funny. :P

[ovaltineemily]

Ha, lolthis is just to say, primo

[ImaMisfitsMonster]

lol

I LOVE WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS!

[Orbamn]

mobile is on forrest gump but he lived in greenboe

[zoehutton]

Wooo! 1000th rating!

[charlottepoet]

funny funny funny and then extra funny william carlos williams reference :)

[BeatleBonker]

Hahaha the poem reference is halarious.

[dudette93]

God I love ruins...They're the rainbows of the furture!

[Jonnygasms]

That is my favorite poem! ahahahahha! WCW FTW!

[HelloCatty815]

amazing i have actually read that poem...

[mcflyloveme]

do they ever do a video together?

[bunny50099]

tigerific orange is JOKES

[orangesho13es]

Tiggerific orange is the color my room! That basically makes my night.

[pancakeorama]

I was at my local Home Depot the other day and they had a sample of Tiggerific Orange. It's beautiful.

[LaLaManfr0]

The way you say 'Orange' makes me giggle.

[dancinfroge]

My stepdad says orange like that, too. It drives me crazy.

[MaximilienRoburpierr]

hmm plumz

so swt n jooC!

2 bad 4 u dey all gone -

IN MA BELLY

[msbandgroupie]

Why wouldn't we read Moby Dick?! It's one of my favorite books! Booo, John, a little bit of me just died inside.

[ConjuringCousins]

its called the heidleburg projects in detroit. we are made of awesome

[hex147]

Ha! I know that poem! You should have mentioned the response by Erica-Lynn Gambino...My favorite line of which is "Forgive me, you were driving me insane." Ahh, finally my random knowledge of poems is useful to me! NERD FIGHTERS!

[fattydagreat]

John, u shouldn't sit on the comforter.

My mom worked at a hotel and they don't wash the comforters, EVER!

[Whyeatmonkeys]

Got u sum plumz

lmao

I love you guys

[larkspur]

OMG I love Frezned too! I think he's my second favorite channel after you guys.

[mathismynemesis]

john, guess what happened to me today? I was reading your book, Looking For Alaska, in World History instead of doing my work. My teacher caught me, chewed me out, then handed me the worksheet I was supposed to be doing... It was titled, "Simon Bolivar's Labyrinth". How creepy is that?? It's true that we've started on the chapter on Latin American Revolutions, but talk about coincidence!

[hex147]

That's really cool! Did you mention it to your teacher?

[mathismynemesis]

I did, actually... unfortunately, my teacher has never heard of that book or of John Green. I'm pretty sure she just thought I was strange.

[aleschia214]

i love how he says :"orange": he says it like "ornge"!!!

[helloluved1]

I think it would be hilarious if you guys read a book like those "Twilight" books that seem to be big with some people right now. Haha, it would be so cool to see the reactions to them.

[sfcwarners]

this is the best vid ever lolbooks are classic!

[lilliesnlilacs]

hottt!

[KariMelissa]

John is so cute. *swoon*

[sfcwarners]

lol books are classic

[windexcleansall]

Bravo! Bravo!

The plums lolblurb is PRICELESS.

I nearly went onesies in pants when I saw it.

[der2c]

Great post as always guys. I paused it for a phone call at 2:16; so funny! Its worth the time guys it looks like John drunk trying to fake a come hither look for a laugh.

[TheCoffeeGrind]

Ah yes. The plums poem. It goes like this: I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold -William Carlos Williams What a jerk. So mean to rub it in his face. Pfft.

[stenforthewin]

They were delicious!

[kakashiwithoutmask]

lmao charlie rules.

and its KTHXBI

no a!!!

[coughdrop01]

Oh god the William Carlos Williams lolbook made me laugh for five minutes!

Thank you!

[RugsInBasements]

2 contests for each book! brilliant!

[RugsInBasements]

oh and i wanted to mention all the parts in this video that were the most awesome but then i realized it would be smarter just to recount the entire thing using different words and longer sentences.

k thnkx bye!

[bemusedcapybara]

ORNGE.

[vickgirl390]

what is DFTBA???

[Kiioko]

Don't Forget to Be Awesome, the nerdfighter motto.

[jdavis417]

How cool would be to have been delivered by Dr. William Carlos Williams? I wonder if any of those babies went on to be writers or artists. You know, that group who Marshall McLuhen refers to as the "enema of society" (he meant that in a good way, really). "Well I'll ya' Pilgram" that "Slaughterhouse 5" is one of my favorite books! Like so many others (Catch 22 comes to mind), the movie just can't hold an ear-candle to the novel. If I can figure out ftw a "blurb" is I'll try to compose one...

[ponellope]

Too those who have not read that particular poem it goes something like this

I LOVE that poem...sorta...when I was younger we had to read it for class...:-D

[dark420bishop]

Brotherhood FTW. kthxbai

[saywhhaaatttt]

One more video, and you'll have a whole page-full of 2008 awesome-ness! HOO HA!

[averykeeper]

HES SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CrayolaaWonderr]

HAHAHHA.

I understood the last LOLblurb!

[BuboMinerva]

When is your next vid?

[kadycline]

if a nerd fighter falls in like with a not nerdfihgter is the baby they have made of 1/2 awsome?????????????????? this question has beenbothering me for weeks

[Jmetelsky15]

hahahahahaha i love the moby dick one. thats AMAZING i love nerdfighters

[asoulinrhyme]

don't listen to anyone else cause those glasses are awesome!

[arrow2589]

hay frank,i got your book from the libary and i hope i like it

[caitieho]

um it's hank not frank. ;)

[TheHap]

And it's John, not Hank

[XBasketCase1039X]

RAINBOWS OF TEH FUTUREEEE!!!

[daguil20]

Is there going to be a question Tuesday?

they are so very entertaining

[fallofautumndistro]

How did I miss this one? The one I made the book covers for? Never showed up in my sub box. =( Stupid YouTube... I hate/love you so much!

[em91011]

what are the chances that I'd read that poem? We had to memorize it a couple of years ago for school.

"I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox

And which you were probably saving for breakfast

Forgive me

They were delicious

So sweet and so cold"

Or something like that. I think. Unless I have the wrong one. But how many poems are there about eating plums?

[adulationx]

LOL

I just read that poem like ...

This morning.

Wow. That's ironic and deja-vu like.

William Carlos Williams is kind of hilarious

[lydiasblackmer]

Heyyyy John I sent you a message in My Pants about your book and I havn't gotten a response yet :( ShouldI write it in a comment?

[ThatOneGirl96]

Were they sweet and cold?

[JoeShoeTK]

PLUMS!!!!!!!! Oh my gravy that was priceless!

[darknessurrounds]

GOT U SUM PLUMZ

BUT I ATED THEM

KTHXBAI

we totally read that in high school!! lmfao!

[StripedRedScarves]

LOL we read that in uhh 6th grade :-D

[ispeaktroll]

Oh man. WCW poem blurb ftw.

[WackyLemonGirl]

omg, that is amazing!!!!

i love that poem!!!!!!

[krista987]

LOL

[nerdness567]

Hey John!

I was reading my german newspaper today. AND YOU'RE IN IT! You got nominated for the book awars in Leipzig, Germany for 'Eine wie Alaska' ('looking for Alska') both by the jury and the teen-jury! Isn't that cool? Just wanted to say, you have my 'best wishes!' :)

[vlogbrothers]

Hey, Nerdness, I heard about that, and I'm very excited! (There is a small chance I will even be able to come to Germany for the awards.) Thanks for your Best Wishes! :) -John

[legzandherpiano]

LOLZ Love the poem blurb!

[nanuarg]

hey John, I have a question for you... have you actually read the 13,000 books you've got?? it's just amazing! Best wishes! hehe

[nanuarg]

sorry, I meant 1,300..

[XxapocolypsxX]

"I'm in your futures, being your pasts." <--- My LoL Blurb!

[sillyone75]

oh yeah email silly_one_75 thats at yahoo ...see I cant get that right!! LOL

[sillyone75]

ok really Im dumb and dont get it so can someone please email me @yahoo and let me know what the blurbing is about???? HELP

[TheNotebookProject]

wow....

This Is Just To Say, right?

it's weird how I got that right away.

[HeyJeremyC]

Frezned ftw!!!

[BuriedErect]

Yay! Frezned! =D

[cdbuxtc]

FREZNED !!

[Spinnerbug26]

Oh my god! I read that poem in 8th grade. I got you some plums, But I ated them!

[thecatseatenit]

I loved the bit at the end with the William Carlos Williams (by the way -- worst name ever) poem.

[mkline02]

The Old Man and the Sea:

I'm in your waters...

Eating your fishes and depressing your readers.

[hopeforrain]

Hahahaah, nice.

Make it less literate and it's perfect.

Like:

"I'm in ur waterz

Eatin ur fishez

Depressin your readerz"

[mkline02]

I tried.

I guess you could say FAIL!

[LadyLambshank]

OMG, i finally got the subliminal thing.... man I feel stupid for not seeing it before

[lillyevans22]

the rainbows of the future!

[lillyevans22]

the rainbows of the future!

[kirbymoe]

I also had a dream last night that John was in a wheelchair, and then was not. WTH?

[kirbymoe]

i've started watching the new videos at least 5 times each! I miss the everyday

[SWISSsforzando]

rofl. "god, i love ruins. they're the rainbows of the future!"

[lillyevans22]

what is the next book for the blurbing bookclub?

[IsobelWren05]

LOL BOOKS! BEST. IDEA. EVAR!

[MrShenanigans]

Definitely need to check out those orange buildings.

[EgoBarreN]

HAHAHA that last one was brilliant!

[Flyingthoughts]

that was a great!! great!! great!! lol thing for the poem

[freckleface1991]

Is it nerdy to write on your hand? Does writing on your hand have any awesome factor at all, or is it just plain poisoning yourself?

[uglykitties]

Theres an amazing documentry about 'mardi gras' beads and how they are made. They are made in large windowless factories in china. Check it out. It's called Mardi Gras: Made in China

[emmetgirl]

seconded. that's one of the best documentaries i've ever seen.

[BreanaMurphy]

Yes Hank, they have a parade in Mobile, Alabama every single time you visit and they have to ship in numerous crates of plastic beads to dress the celebrations.lol

[BreanaMurphy]

Yes Hank, they have a parade in Mobile, Alabama every single time you visit and they have to ship in numerous crates of plastic beads to dress the celebrations.lol