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  • Spoiler: you will be an amazing father.

  • So yeah dogs lick when you pick them up because they think you are challenging them and they lick to show submission. Terrifying dogs is fun

  • He blinked! I saw it!

  • The thumbnail looks excessively evil.

  • my phone is dumb and i ment to make a face with that. also, this is my old account. my new one is TransgressiveInkgirl. much less embarrassing that this.

  • That's the sound my anxiety makes

  • As someone from the future, I assure you... you will be a great father.

  • . . .John Green at his best while explaining why the sky is blue haaa

  • Wait. Are you telling me that giant, blue pooping pterodactyls AREN'T the reason why the sky is blue?!?!?

  • Platypuses!

  • well, willy licked twice, which could mean two...

    so, does that mean that willy really does know the square root of two?

  • "I'm not a good woodworker"

    -that's what she said-

    I died laughing. Yes, I am a ghost writing this.

  • is that a Mr snippy model!!! 0_0

  • "ask your uncle hank." "ask your uncle hank." "ask your uncle hank." "ask your uncle hank."

  • so, it isn't the space pterodactyls?

  • Your anxiety is very tuneful... :D

  • the sky is blue so we can have good metaphors

  • I'm not a good worker.

    That's what she said.

    ROFTL!

  • @XXXTheHOPEprojectXXX What's ROFTL? Or did you just mean ROFL?

    

  • @XXXTheHOPEprojectXXX no im not a good WOODworker

  • i know this is two years in the past, but i have no doubt that you are and will continue to be the very best father. oh to be henry green..

  • 2:32 that small quiver when he said "awesome uncle hank and aunt katherine" <3

  • YOUR JUMPER SIR

  • You know you're made of awesome if you have a bookshelf full of books that you have actually read...

  • the sound of your anxiety sounds like the sound of hydrogen

  • I'm loving the my little pony there, in 2010 :D

  • At least thats not anywhere close to what my dad told me.

    Instead of explaining gravity to me, he told me the reason we stay on the ground is because of tiny suction cups all over the floor. Until i was eight i thought that was true.

    Parenting Fail.

  • You raise the kid on Nerdfighteria. There you go, you'll be fine.

  • Look at the background...John is a Brony. 

  • I love his explanation of why the sky is blue. I am going to teach that to my friends baby sister.

  • a platypus lays eggs because it is a monotreme - a mammal that lays eggs. Same goes for the echidna. Australia is weird and awesome :)

  • Your anxiety is angelic.

  • 4th grade me

    Why can't i stay up later?/why do I need to sleep at all?

  • Loving the Black Santa!

  • Jeez. Puff levels were very high.

  • I have an awsner for all your questions john, Google....

  • My dad told me that willow trees were spagetti trees and that's where pasta comes from. D:

  • @Minano Lol. That sounds like something my parents would tell me :P

  • John, there is a reason ur a novalist not a scientist also u did a great job with henery :)

  • hard to follow these old videos without dates in the title

  • It's okay - my dad lied to me about things he didn't know.

    I turned out okay - except I have had 2 very embarrassing moment, when telling my whole class, that clouds are formed by cloud factories at the side of the motorway - cooling down towers(?)

    that was in year 3 (8 years old)

    And in year 10 (14/15) when we were looking at polythene, telling my class that polythene is grown in fields. (farmers that cover their crops with polythene to stop birds eating them) Grrr :) I do love my dad though

  • That thumbnail is scary.

  • I asked my dad about square roots, the theoretical origins of black holes, and of course how on earth the lego company made the pieces so precisely uniform... Math class was very boring as a hild...

  • He sticks his tongue out twice! HE ACTUALLY KNEW THE ANSWER!!!!!

  • look up the anwsers on the internet duh john

  • why do i find this so funny?

  • should have called the dog helix because he lix your face

    a lot

  • Trufax, I really don't believe that men are EVER ready to be fathers until their kid is born. But then... you know... the kid is born, and THAT'S when fatherly instinct kicks in. Moms... well, they have nine months of building mom instinct. I think that for guys, it's only real when they see the baby. Of course, I can't be sure of this, because you know.... I don't have kids yet.

  • @NerdyArtsGeek I doubt I'd feel ready even at 9 months pregnant. I've heard of plenty of soon-to-be moms having massive anxiety over how to be a mom. You don't have to do all that much for an organism that just floats around in your uterus, you're not parenting yet. I mean short of doing drugs it's pretty hard to screw things up at that point. I think it's once baby forces its way out that shit gets real.

  • He stuck out his tongue twice he got it right.

  • the sky is blue because of light scattering through nitrogen molecules.

  • apparently when i saw the nutcracker when i was little throughout the whole thing i kept asking my mom 'where did those doors go????'. by doors i mean the big ones that are there for like 2 mins at the start of the ballet. i am told it was adorable.

  • 300 to go!

  • John didn't call Biss for his math question. He actually solved it himself. PROGRESS!

  • I love how nervous John is. It's so cute, and just makes me love him more. It's a great contrast to later videos, after Henry is born.

  • my childhood question..... WHY THE HECK CAN'T I HAVE ANOTHER COOKIE???

  • at the time of making/uploading this video, John probably had no idea that in a couple of days Henry would be here!

  • Your anxiety resonates at an F. (Specifically F4.)

  • You are totally qualified, you care, which I something my dad doesn't, so ya know, keep on caring.

  • @randomgirl22695 yeah the sky is blue because of light refracting off dust and hydrogen particles it's called the scattering of light... or at least that's what my physics textbook says :)

  • Why is the snow white if the water is transparent?

  • @NinaBlack94 The same reason why salt and sugar and polar bears look white when really all of those things are transparent. Now I'm no physicists... or smart person... but I think they are all white because they are clear and light (white light) gets trapped inside the transparency. Like, the reason an apple looks red is because all the colors in light except red are being absorbed and then red light is reflected into your eyes. But clear things don't have color, and thus absorb all the light.

  • When I was little I lived with the fear that if I swallow seeds I would end up growing a tree in my stomach... I remember a few times I cried while eating a slice of watermelon...

  • I think the whole blue sky business is to do with hydrogen particles and light refracting or something :D I am probably wrong however

  • This thought just occurred to me:

    Why are Henry Green and Rocktard not BFF's?

  • @MsBeginnerBeauty I love you for this comment.

  • his voice cracked on "Awesome Uncle Hank and aunt Katharine." Ester would be proud.

  • Why is the sky blue?

  • Well, the dog licked twice, and since he can't speak English, would the number of licks be his answer? OMG THAT DOG IS A GENIUS.

  • you obviously should've called it Fatherhood 1.0

  • I mean, if you give answers like that, then theoretically your child could turn out like Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes... which, honestly? Not a bad result!

  • xD I love how prematurely anxious you are about your son's future science grades before he's even born.

  • "I'm not a good wood worker" lmfao

  • You can also say, like my old science teacher, "because it's not red."

  • Sunlight consists in fact of seven colors, the colors you can see a rainbow. but when sunlight passes through atmosphere surrounding Jorda, encounter they the small air molecules proliferate most of blue light.

    From an awsome book called " My first who?", which is a book meant for kids at the age of three to seven, exept for Nerd Fighters, where it's like no limit,  that explains a lot of questions that kids may ask. And it's so AWSOME!

  • If your child asks why the the sky is blue, they should by age 2 know the 22 words google it, because that is the answer to all of your childs questions.

  • where do clouds come from?

  • John Green is a very smart man and I believe everything he says.... So I now believe that the sky is blue because of the space birds.

  • Willy is so adorable! :D

  • Willy is so fluffy!!!

  • The sky is blue becuase it's jealous of the sea.

    Everybody knows that.

    (Or is that just me)

  • @ThingMaBobJimmy That's exactly what I thought!!! :)

  • @ThingMaBobJimmy Sort of, yeah. I was always told it was the reflection of the oceans on the particles of our atmosphere. In reality, the sky is clear. However, due to our perspective and the reflections of the ocean in the atmosphere, it appears blue. However, the sun also has an effect on how we see the sky. It messes with the reflection of the oceans, thus creating the fun colors of the sunset/sunrise.

  • black santa on the bookshelf in the back!

  • Eh, the bird poop thing is fine, when I got into elementary I argued with my teacher that horses were called cows and vice versa, so I'm sure that nothing you tell Henry will amount to that much embarrassment

  • And lots of fans, lots of baby fans...

  • MORE BABY VIDS

  • Space is a very dark blue. Almost black.

    At least this is what my science teacher said

  • lol. i literally just drew a picture to back up john's theory of why the sky is blue. It's complete with a sick pterodactyl pooping grey and making it rain over England. ;)

    (the only reason its England is because the pterodactyl is on the right hemisphere, and just happened to be almost directly over England. but its fitting, don't you think?)

  • you completely idiot please straight to the point...this is pointless..y more if you not introduce your self ...the point is marry have baby..i not know you an

  • Your guys's videos are the only ones on YouTube that make me genuinely smile.

    Keep going. Please. I love you guys.

  • the answer is and always will be "Look it up."

  • 'what's that made of?' e.g. Trousers are made of cloth which is made of threads which are made of fibers from a plant called cotton that people (who weren't farmers) used to think lambs grew out of.

    Also, 'what happens if you split things in half and in half until you've got as small as you can go?' My dad taught me basic chemistry using different kinds of beans to represent different atoms, and how 'Each atom has arms to grab onto a set number of other atoms. Carbon 4, oxygen 2, hydrogen 1'

  • hahaha 0:36

  • I feel like you were trying to avoid the question, "Where do babies come from?"

  • when elephants have babies, does it come out their trunk?

  • also, John, you should know that the thumbnail of this video is terrifying.

    (:

  • seriously though why do platypi lay eggs? I mean, they're mammals, right?

  • Your anxiety has good pitch XD

    Oh, the puff levels. Poor guy.

    Don't worry, your baby has awesome parents and awesome uncle and aunt, he'll be fine! :3

  • oh god. I just spat out my drink when he mentioned the grey/blue alien bird poop

  • you should show this to him 1 day :D

  • Henry is part of the coolest family. EVER!!!

  • He asked Willy what the square root of two was. Where was willy supposed to get any strawberries?

  • 0:36 did anyone notice it said thats what she said lol

  • did anyone else notice the my little pony on the bookshelf?

  • does anybody find the thumbnail extremly creepy?

  • but he licked 2 times, so does that mean he was right?

  • Your dog is the cutest effing thing

  • the thumbnail for this video... makes me fear parent-hood...

  • nice bird poop theory :D

  • Happy Father's Day!

  • I hope you feel more qualified to be a father now that you are one.

  • 2.0

  • John Green novel fans - note the black santa on the bookshelf XP

  • SUPRISE... Two days later... Henry Green arrives... :P

  • the sound your anxiety makes is the same soundi hear everytime i see a hot nerdgirl.

  • ''... if we didn't cut his balls of''

    ROFL

    XD

  • black santa on the shelf at the back~

  • John looks slightly evil in the thumbnail...

  • The blue bird explanation reminds me of calvin's dad...

  • Ok...u HAVE TO BE the most awesome father (besides my own) this side of...um...place

  • The best response to those childish questions (because it fosters both imagination and the active pursuit of knowledge) is: "I don't know, why do you think the sky is blue?" While the child may think you are dumb for the time being, they will have a confidence boost when they can come up with an answer and realize that they are smart.

  • @jazlyn777 and they wont ask you "why" after everything you say

  • the sky is blue beacuse we ran out of green paint

  • why the hell DO platapi lay eggs????????????

  • your explanation of why the sky is blue reminds me of the dad from calvin and hobbes =D

  • Q: why is the sky blue? A: because it is sad. Q: why is water wet? A: because it can be. Q: why do platypus lay eggs? A: because they want to Q: how are babies made? A: with skin, bones, and muscle. Q: why do dogs bark? A: because the first dog ate a tree. Q: what was my first word? A: “what”
  • 0:36 xD

  • The answer to every question ever asked by a child is:

    "Well, my dear son/daughter/other...because that is just the way the world works. If you doubt me, your loving parent, then you should go and ask your other equally loving but less knowledgeable parent."

  • i want you to be my father xD

  • Acording to my parents i asked about moticliani(spelling) a lot. Im a true nerd fighter.

  • "Why is it called *insert object here*?"

    I asked that SO MUCH as a kid, it aggravated my parents to no end

  • Lmfao, "& They poop blue, & they cover the atmosphere... With blue" xD

  • "What's the name of the bottom bit of a kettle?" I was an inquisitive child.

  • Heh one of my dogs is named Willy as well.

  • Congratulations to you and the Yeti! I'm sure you're a wonderful father! I hope your child grows up to be as nerdily awesome as you!

  • answer to everything: Because I said so. Works everytime, or at least on my cousins and the kids I babysit, I am not a mother

  • OMG, I wrote 'you're'. I don't know how that happened; not only do I know the difference between your and you're, I hate when they're used incorrectly. (I know you do too John) I'm on my phone and I don't know how to delete my comment so I can just retype it properly. So please accept my apology. Sorry!

  • You're reason for why the sky is blue reminds me of an Australian ad for somethingorrather (so not quite reaching it's aim of advertising well), where the kid asks his dad about the Great Wall of China, and the dad said it was built to keep all the rabbits out.

  • John, you were the CUTEST father-to-be.

    Ever.

    :)

    have more babies.

    they will all be awesome.

  • oh my gosh...

    if henry asks you why the sky is blue, and you use the "poop blue" thing, please say pterosaur, NOT pterydactyl. pterydactyls are only one type of pterosaur (known formally as pterodactylus), and they aren't that big.

    oh john... i really REALLY hope you see this.

  • @ginnyvideo John didn't actually make any mistake at all. He said Pterodactyl sure, but at no point did he say that all Pterosaurs were Pterodactyls. if he were to say Pteranodon or Dimorphodon you wouldn't have had the same complaint would you, even though it's the exact same thing he did just with a different species of Pterosaur.

    You mention it's size as if this were a complaint, as if the size of the animal in this mythical event matters, what happened to your brain as a child?

  • Also every piece of information you have just wrote is on the first line of the Wikipedia page on Pteroydactyls. Way to try and look smart.

  • @emmywemi okay, um... if i made a mistake, instead of insulting me and trying to make me feel bad, just tell me. i don't understand why you has to be mean about it. obviously i just misunderstood him.

  • @emmywemi and also, i never went to wikipedia to write my comment. why would i waste the time? and no, i probably wouldn't have the same complaint if he had said pteranodon. the thing is, there are a lot of people who still call all pterosaurs pterodactyls. how was i supposed to know that he actually mean that specific pterosaur? i'll admit that i was a bit quick to jump because i personally don't like the word (i prefer pterodactylus), but that's still doesn't give you the right to insult me.

  • Platypus lay eggs because they are not as evolved as other mammals.

  • If he keeps pulling his hair when he gets anxious, he'll turn out like Homer Simpson.

  • THERE ARE GIANT PTERIDACTALS ORBITING THE EARTH!

  • Thank-you for staying around for you child. Mine left when I was 4.

    And Platypus lay eggs so as to further confuse the world. Further. Its kind of their job. I'm an australain and though its pretty blah to me, I still don't understand what the fuck it actually does or what happened to it.

  • fatherhood 2.0

  • Thank you for giving Henry a mom and a dad. I had neither, and though I kind of envy him, it is so great to know that someone will. It is so great.

  • Pause the video, let it load completely, press the 6 key, play the video, and keep hitting the 6 key over and over. XD

  • My childhood question was "Where are babies before they exists?" This was not a question of biology it was a serious question I had at the age of like 5 questioning reincarnation or the existence of unborn souls and such, instead of discussing it with me my parents decided to have the talk with me, and tell me things I already learned from the internet.

    Actually I'm not sure the internet was around when i was 5 but needless to say i was frustrated at the end of the conversation, but informed.

  • "thats the sound my anxiety makes"

    really?

    cause thats also the sound my girlfriend makes ;)

  • so john, it's been a year, how do you think you're doing so far

  • he may not have said two, but willy did lick twice :) that puppy is awesome in more ways than, like, a thousand.

  • It makes me smile that one day Henry will watch this one day, laugh, and realize how great his dad really is.

  • If only Henry had been more the day after....we would have had teh same birthday :)

  • @quidditchcapn10 SAME :D <-- bit too excited about that but it makes me smile :)

  • It's been 1 year ever since this video was uploaded! Thumbs this up so John can see it!

  • your "poof level" in this is off the charts.

    :P

  • Where do babies come from?

  • (Auto caption) "Also I'm pretty ladies"

    .. I'm sure you are John... xD

  • Because the sky is black and feeling blue...

  • Teh sky is blue because the sun's light is refracted off of the moisture in the atmosphere causing the light waves' (electronic waves we see as light [I don't think electronic is teh right word]) wavelength to become what we see as blue, then it reflects back down to earth off of our exosphere. We can see into space at night because there is no sunlight in the equation.

    Clouds are frozen water vapor clusters that are reeeeealy small and carry condensed water vapor. They urinate water when they

  • The answer can not be -2. The square rot is defined by the positive number.

  • WILLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION RIGHT!!! HE LICKED TWICE!!!!!!!!