How I Got Engaged: The Miracle of Swindon Town Part #7

[applebiteTV]

you should whatch green street,its a film about FOOTBALL hooligans

[ALouvrie]

Your story of how your proposal went sounds a lot like how my dad's did. My dad took my mom out for dinner, and we wanted to take her to a nice park to propose, but my mom could only focus on the fact that she was missing a Red Sox game

[guidecfk]

fat lucas, i need you!

[CapitainThunder]

GO SWINDON!!

[mjsweetz]

Is Sarah O.K. with being known as "the yeti?" or was it her idea :o

[kaikiyukionna27]

That song for Bald John Green feels hopelessly inadequate without the phrase "He's a finisher".

[rubinak29]

Man the only reason i watch these videos is cause I love hearing these stories! :D

[TSalimMusic]

Before I watched this video, a Stride gum commercial where a Yeti punches a guy chewing the gum too long. "SPIT IT OUT, OR THE YETI WILL FIND YOU." That's almost too much of a coincidence.

[queenofgleeks]

She's a lucky girl!

[TheADHart]

I always get confused when Swindon Town is wearing White, and playing a team in Red.

[brandonwj]

If I invited you to my wedding, would you come, John? Would you?!

[veyronman]

2:08

She designed Bald John Green.

[veyronman]

You know more about football than I do, and I've lived in England for nearly 26 years.

[AFIfreak4life1]

that save 10:11 was beautiful

[imadeautubeaccount]

I like to pretend that there is this fabulous bromance going on between John Green and John Green.

[FlargTheKitty]

@imadeautubeaccount Oh, they're married! It's much more than that!! ;)

[imadeautubeaccount]

@FlargTheKitty I know! I was so glad when I heard the news. I didn't know it then, but now I do. c:

[upthehill449]

You think the girl doesn't have time to decide but trust me, she has already decided.

[keyofawesomefan]

I dont think I've ever seen a video with this many views, and absolutely NO dislikes!!! !!! !!!

[CARSflyLiKEVR00M]

Finally got a nice closeup of Bald John Green at the end with his glorious mustache. He kinda looks like Pit Bull though.

[LoveiElla]

you said "She even designed..." and then cut yourself off. Did she design her wedding ring? is that what you ment to say? cause that would be really cool.

[Geoshi]

"Other John Green with a beautiful finisher" lol

[rofl0bot]

I get a lot more excited watching this then I do watching real soccer.

[s76trombone]

Stop talking about what you're playing - it interrupts your story!!

[nonsensicalcompound]

I suspect "I don't know the outro" IS the outro, because he always says it.

[Libn8rGleek]

girls only get 30 seconds to decide and guys get a year. thats what guys think... but girls have really have their minds made up for months

[gex2gecko1]

WHOA, A SPIN MOVE!

[heyitsrissa]

proposing through a book. That is the most nerdfightastic thing I have ever heard

[inforthelose]

My name is Lucas. I'm not fat as far as I can tell, but I FEEL SO INCLUDED.

[mouldyteabag]

"she came home, we got engaged, i asked her to marry me, she said yes..."

Whut?

[ddc32997]

She designed uh Bald John Green- HE'S A FINISHER!

XD

[ddc32997]

You need to make a Fat Lucas shirt :D

[AJduifhuvvv]

who remembers boy meets world watching this

[CoolStudyGuides]

I'm just imagining that day from Sarah's point of view... first, you get into Columbia, then the man you love proposes... what a day.

[alis1978ayala]

you suck at defending dont take it persenal i love your vids

[MegaGRated]

I jumped with excitement at 4:30 lol

[chazfourlife]

I wish this was a show on CBS!

[amiablehacker]

I love story time! :)

[mbgriffin007]

But I still see that

'stache by Green

And when John Green scored

Green belting the ball

And John Green dancing...

[Ginger743]

ahah so both you and hank were telling the truth..

[OhGollyJustine]

@StudioFantasma John made it up a while ago based on the fact that Sarah will be talked about and sometimes there will be slight sightings of her, but she won't show herself to the camera. Like the yeti.

[soarfree402]

I WANNA GO TO COLUMBIA TOO!!! I love new york lol

[SansWheaties]

"Fat Lucas I need you!!!"

[AbbyLovegood7]

The Swindon Town Swindly Poopers. Can we please make this their actual name?

[IDontLoveJessica]

Fat Lucas, Harro! I don't know what that means...

[TheCurlyBrackets]

You really have to start using substitutes.

[Eveningwake]

You have the perfect voice and personality to be an announcer or radio host. Just opening up some possiblities for the future. 

[Cr0wling]

you are so sneaky! my boyfriend will never believe that I am watching Fifa... he believes it is banned from the flat in my presence. maybe ramblings about soppy romantic stuff is what fifa is missing to increase their audience

[youremyworld1]

i think you've got the outro.

[LikeVines2113]

gahh ive never really liked soccer but when i watch these i get so into it!

[IWannaBeAnArtistToo]

Fat Lucas is my favorite character

[StudioFantasma]

One thing I wonder is how the Yeti nickname came about...

[TwilightFanatic123]

@StudioFantasma I always thought it was because she decided she didn't want to be shown in the videos, so we never see her, but we "know" she's there. Kind of like Bigfoot, if you believe he exists. Hence, "Yeti." But maybe that's wrong... I don't know.

[amandajo121]

hey john! you should make a list of your favorite books of all time and talk about each one during the next video. i need new books to read while waiting for tfios =)

[TheRaquelephant]

ohhhhh he's saying BALD john green... not BALL john green fail on my part :P

[KrazyShrink]

"I haven't seen a miss that bad since Fernando Torres's miss yesterday."

I chuckled.

[snowbirdling]

I haven't ever watched this much soccer, but it is a very interesting game when intimate details of the great John Green (narrator) are the backdrop!

[XXxBergx]

You do realize that the order in english league football is: Barclays Premier League, The Championship, League One and then League Two. And below League Two you have The Conference. So if you are promoted you'll have to play a season in the Championship before you can get to the Premier League ;)

[ohiohai]

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUcas!

[jennytattum]

well done Bournemouth for beating Hartlepool...

[LostFugitive]

Haha. My engagement? Well he took my dad out (because I asked him to-because honestly? I ddn't want to be the one to have to break it to him). Came back and told me he had the ring & would give it t me before Christmas-I said I wanted it, so he took my out to the docks by our town's gazebo, got on one knee and then his son popped out ofthe car and said "DADDY, I HAVE TO PEE!" <3 <3

[TheMmenagerie]

ah and your fear of heights! to what extent do you suffer from it? where'd it come from? i know you go on planes all the time but do you go on balconys? or hiking? i bet it isn't easy to try and live a life sheltered from heights.

[TheMmenagerie]

i'd love to know what being on a book tour is like.

and you keep mentioning that you're somewhat of a germaphobe, i'd like to hear about that.

[Tonkataff]

Swindon Town were once a Premier League club (1993-1994)

[NightattheRoses]

I really hope someone makes a bald John green with a mustache t shirt with the caption "he's a finisher". I want it!!

[SoundProofLiz]

I don't even watch the videos, I just keep this tab open to listen to his stories.

The John Greens' business catches me off guard hahaha

[FantasyMadeline]

Has it ever occurred to any of you that we are watching some dude talk about his private life, while he plays a video game?

Gotta love Nerdfighter logic. Go Hank and John! =D

[bigbadbigfoot]

ha! that sounds like the way my parents got engaged. my Dad had this romantic proposal planned while they were on vacation, but as they were driving to the location where he was going to ask my Mom started ragging on him about how he hadn't proposed yet. He eventually got angry and said "What did you think this trip was for?"

[dumbledorerox98]

Someone was wearing a soccer jersey at school today, and I was like, "Did John play as that team one time...?"

[Stepdom11]

talk about the outro. It sounds like it would be fun to watch you talk about it even thoughtyou don't know it.

[owennewburn]

it took me until the first goal to work out Swindon town were in white

[MeggMegs]

Oxford, or Oggsford.......?

[KyrstSings]

:) That is so cute. I'm just sorry that the college was more important to friends and family

[InvalidMusician]

I'm sorry to do so but i disagree with you about women and their 30 seconds to make a judgement, for example, my sister's brain consists of 25% school, 5% other and 70% her wedding day, and even though this annoys the hell out of me i am constantly told that all girls do this, so i think women actually spend the most amount of time contemplating marriage.

[Perlasaki]

@InvalidMusician I am happy to tell you that not all women spend large amounts of time thinking about their marriage. As a woman myself, I can be pretty sure that 70% of my brain is NOT focused on my marriage. Of course there are many who do, as your sister does, contemplate marriage since a young age. But it is the same thing saying all men love monster trucks. It's just a stereotype.

[ZephyrraArabians]

@RouteZeroDesign Very nice use of the semicolon! THANK YOU!

[egardiner21]

OMG you referenced the Chelsea game, which by the way was very disappointing, but still! ahhhhhhh awesome.

[elikalala]

TALK ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO ALASKA

[Mackinoo]

He's large,

He's round,

His keeping will astound!

HE'S FAT LUCAS, OUR FAT LUCAS!

[AngelGirlViolet]

I'm watching this while trying not to listen to my (tiny) local team playing against one of the two best teams in the country on the TV in the room directly below me. It doesn't look good, hence the attempt at distraction. My brother shouting encouragement and insults also isn't helping distract me. Could we borrow Bald John Green? Yay Ross County!

[lilee360]

Swindon are also a former Premier League club thank you very much.

[HeyArdenGarden]

Please explain "The Yeti" I am so curious as to why you call her that

[Perlasaki]

@HeyArdenGarden Sarah is called the Yeti because she doesn't like to appear on camera. So, like the Yeti, we hear lots of stories about her but no one has actually seen her

[HeyArdenGarden]

@Perlasaki Thank you so very much! I've been watching the videos for years and never got why she was the Yeti! DFTBA, Perlasaki

[pkConda]

@Perlasaki thanks for the explanation, for some reason my brain didn't put 2 and 2 together haha :)

[Perlasaki]

@pkConda I hadn't either.... but there is one very old video where john mentions it. I don;t remember which :)

[pkConda]

@Perlasaki ah cool :)

[Perlasaki]

@pkConda I hadn't either.... but there is one very old video where john mentions it. I don;t remember which :)

[pkConda]

John i love how you continued this story. We all loved the first part, how you met the yeti. Really happy you decided to continue telling such a personal story :)

[JFriGuy]

YOU NEED TO CHANGE LUCAS TO HANK

[emsyduckie]

took me 2 and half minutes to realise swindon town was playing white today :D

[potterismylife110]

great song, great song

[TookItHomeToJenny]

Other John Green's puff is made of awsome!

[ain020596]

Get Charlie to sing the bald john green song!

[Zakistan]

Swindon, wherever you may be,

Bald John Green makes defenders flee,

He doesn't have a beard, he has a nice moustache,

When he gets the ball, just watch him dash.

(Lord of the Dance tune)

[bookworm2445]

the only thing smoother than john's proposal is bald john green.

[ReallyAwesomeGinger]

BALD JOHN GREEN, WITH BLAZIN' SPEED AND A ROCKET LEG YOU CAN'T STOP HIM YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN HIM!!!!

[alollapalooza]

A couple years ago, I saw a proposal that I think I would want for myself.

It was right in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland and it was simply the sweetest thing I'd ever seen.

The only thing that was wrong was that it was in the MORNING. Who proposes in the MORNING? Sleeping Beauty Castle is much, much prettier at night.

BUT ANYWAYS. I think that's so sweet how you proposed to her. :D

[LookinGoodJim]

@aIIesanders.. read looking for alaska. Thats is based off his experience at boarding camp

[aIIesanders]

I think it's really interesting that you went to boarding school. I'd love to hear more about that aspect of your high school experience.

[jrbship]

Proper outro: "I will not see you, and you will not see me, but you will hear me, next time on John plays FIFA. Best wishes!" You have to keep the Best wishes

[Melmann95]

You need to take advantage of players opening for you. You often tend to solo rush forward, and it works because John Green and John Green are so overwhelming, but once you up the skill level (or face stronger defense) or change attackers you will find it very hard to score. Look for opportunities when defensive players leaves its designated mark and rushes you.

[timrathbone]

It might sound stupid to say, but remember that you cant pass or run through opposition players, if you cant make a pass forward try a square ball instead, especially if this gets the ball down the centre in space. with regard to free kicks and corners, I favour a safe pass option instead of an unpredictable kick, but thats personal preference. oh and I think that a goalkeeper dive in penalty shootouts is the right analog stick, if it's anything like PS that is. Keep up the good play though!

[skafunkmelt]

I love that this story was uploaded on MY wedding day! Also, Talk Like a Pirate Day, which was just a happy bonus & totally not intentional. I was totally surprised by my proposal and we had quite an unusual wedding as well. It was in a bowling alley/pizza place and hosted by Yelp! Ha!

I really wish I had a topic to suggest, but I'm sure whatever you choose, it will be really interesting!

[cmwqt]

Can you talk about your plans for the future? Any more children? Any new book ideas? What's next for you?

[rlmcarbonneau]

you are completely A.D.D

[iemiline]

Was I the only one that thought John was going to say,"he's big, he's fast, he's got a nice ass?

[TheJeffSavage]

If you are in front of the goal and hold LB and TAP B, then you chip the ball over the keeper into the goal. It also requires some timing, as the golie must take like two or three steps toward you so yes. Try it, results will be exciting.

[pullshapes395]

ooh or talk about your time in NY!

[TheJeffSavage]

@Amyable711 Henry!

[pullshapes395]

can you do a video about college/the road trips you took in college?

[tannerharrodguitar]

"i haven't seen a miss that bad since...yesterday"

[keepmewierd]

FAT LUCAS I NEED YOU.

[codyTrose]

whoops sorry didn't mean to do that.

[codyTrose]

You should talk about why you believe that when books are made into movies they need to be completely changed.

[justmerozzie]

I thought you were not going to sing anymore John?

[someone332]

I think John has a thing for Bald John Green.

[unicrazyperson]

Just pre-ordered TFIOS.

#swag

[Vw3216]

@tulsa223 In John's first video, he talked about Sarah and said she would be like the Yeti; Heard about a lot, but never seen.

[beckarkottke]

oh no. you sang.

OH DEAR.

[mititzi]

@beckarkottke But he sang awesomely.

[wwickeddogg]

why would you leave NYC?

[nerdfightersiblings]

@wwickeddogg Early in Brotherhood 2.0, the Yeti got a job in Indianapolis.

[wwickeddogg]

@nerdfightersiblings they'll be back

[Quijiboh]

Swindon are actually a former Premier League side too. They were there for one season, 93-94, and managed to concede over 100 goals during that time.

[RogueCulture]

Where are you in the league? Lost any places or even vying for the top of Division 1 yet?

[lin90210]

of course? hahaha

[PurpleWillowsTrees]

What's the best prank you ever pulled?

[danHiroshi]

I love how John's outro is the fact that he doesn't know the outro! XD

[catrulerofdeath]

can I pursue you now?

[RouteZeroDesign]

Nerdfighteria; confusing the heck out of Swindon Town's PR department since 2011.

[tiggerbouncersplat]

@RouteZeroDesign

There should also be a hat that says "cover your bald head in shame"

[NikkisorousRex]

I really don't care much for the game so much as I love hearing you tell life stories. The stories kind of distract me but in a good way. I would like to hear a story from your child hood.

[13cmwright99]

John, you do need to pass more. However, @1:13 is not one of those times.

[thundabolt16sta]

You should talk about a novel you started to write but didn't end up finishing! Or was there ever such a thing...because John Green IS A FINISHER!!!! lol

[Redemogirlsix]

Aww that sounded soo romantic!

You should talk about the inspiration for paper towns or any of your other books (im part way through paper towns and i love it so far--my bf bought it for me)

[Erkerkerk123]

tell the story of your wedding!

[NinjaAlecks]

John, can you discuss your history with The Mountain Goats?

[PossumCuber]

Best proposal line: "I've been thinking, how do you like the name '[Her First Name] [Your Last Name]".

[BookwritinChick]

He's fast

He's tough

He's got a big majestic puff!

OTHER JOHN GREEN!! OTHER JOHN GREEN!!! YEAH! :D

[jellostormcaller]

i have to admit that honestly i wasnt so excited when i saw the title of this video because i think we all know hank's kind of epic storytelling of your proposal to the yeti when henry was born! but i did enjoy hearing the funny circumstances

now i'd really love to hear about hank & the catherine got engaged! (or how they met)

[cacacacosa]

COVER YOUR BALD HEAD IN SHAAAME... That was harsh. But I want it in a t-shirt. With the song in the back. God, the bald John Green and his beautiful moustache t-shirts we could make...

[BrassKickinGames]

I thought you said you wouldn't sing after the end of 2007. Those cheers count!!

[pete275]

I like the stuff about deciding together to get engaged and her going to FedEx anyway, but why did she have to change her last name to Green, as if she were your property? that's pretty fucked up

[bubblewandd]

Discussion topic: Henry.

[bubblewandd]

hair o!



[LifeLostSoul]

And Cheek to Cheek to!!!!!!!!

[LifeLostSoul]

ANd OMG pass to people who are open!!!

[tulsa223]

BTW John and Hank I'm a Senior IT for the Federal government...with that said if there is anything I can do to help with anything Nerd Fighter please let me know I want to help the community.

[tulsa223]

BTW John and Hank I'm a Senior IT for the Federal government...with that said if there is anything I can do to help with anything Nerd Fighter please let me know I want to help the community.

[tulsa223]

John.... I know the Yeti has been a topic of conversation the last few videos but if you could please tell us how the Sarah got the nickname The Yeti that would be awesome! I have watched a ton of your videos and have found no reference to that topic. Thanks and you and Hank are the best!!

[BridgetCarey1]

@tulsa223 She got that name because she didn't want to be in the videos but she was an often talked about topic. Heard of, but never seen, like the Yeti.

[tulsa223]

@BridgetCarey1 you are awesome thanks a ton. I have always been curious about that but could not find any references. Once again thanks!

[EvilRaizen]

John , tell us about your high school years! keep up with the fifa videos, they're amazing!

[morganlizzie23]

how did you decide on Henry's name?

[jaipskd100]

More Sarah! I really want to hear both stories about her from her point of view ;)

[ieatatoms]

You know, I have watched every football (i.e. soccer for those of an American persuasion) video but not once have I seen John Green's beautiful moustache. In the next video please describe its silky glory.

[MrChippydj]

I WAS THE PERSON THAT CAME UP WITH THE BALD JOHN GREEN CHANT WOO I'M SO HAPPY THANKS JOHN new chant "he's big hes fat he's got a big body mass FAT LUCAS FAT LUCAS

[joshrirving]

since i have started watching this i have been playing as swindon town when ever i play fifa

[youngnerdfighter14]

Talk about Henry!

[grandchildofchaos]

totally thought the title said "How I got enraged"

[stephannstev]

Can you talk about writing and your process? I know you've said it took you a few years to write Looking for Alaska, but what about your other novels? Do you get your ideas from dreams or are they inspired by people? Do you write everything on a laptop or are you old fashioned and hand-write or write on a type-writer? What novels (other than The Great Gatsby of course) inspired you to become such an amazing author?

[alicattor1469]

So many unnecessary slide tackles.

[alinr11]

1:26 - My goodness. Myyyyyyy goodness.