Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th
posted by John Green @ Thursday, January 11, 2007
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28 Comments:
best ever.
I think the Eco Geek cards would be WONDERFUL bookmarks. I'm always looking for bookmarks, and those seem like a perfect thing. Right now I'm just using a random Joker playing card I found.
Well, I think the real punishment would be coming from your wife if you shaved your hair into a mohawk. Consider that one.
I don't know if you've ever heard of PostSecret, but it's a big thing around here (Maryland) and the guy places blank index cards into random books (library, bookstores, etc.) for people to find them. I think you should do that, and then maybe write the address of this vblog on it. More viewers = more possibilities.
John, because you left a comment for Hank in the comment section, I feel that you have violated the rules. I find that funny, because you just posted the rules TODAY. are you asking for a Mohawk (Is that a proper noun? Spell check says that it is. Odd...) But, perhaps the comment wasn't directed at Hank. Maybe it was meant to inform B2.0 viewers that this post was, in fact, the "best ever." But...we already knew that. Did we not? I don't know. Defend your reasoning, Mr. Green. That's all I want. Either that, or just start growing and waxing, growing and waxing, growing and waxing...
Shred and recycle into homemade paper?
What do you guys dislike as far as food is concerned? That might help determine future punishments.
To clarify, just stuff you dislike, not stuff that will make you puke. For instance, I can't stand fennel (the vegetable, not the spice), but I CAN eat it. I just don't like eating it. However, mayonaisse will make me puke.
"This video is no longer available"?! But I haven't seen it yet! Bring back January 11th--PLEASE!
Phew! It's working now...
chris: Hank may disagree with me, but I believe that we are both allowed to comment on each other's videos, and even respond to each other's video comments in another comment.
In these cases, we are participating (like you or anybody else) in the conversation about the project and/or the videos, so I think it is allowed.
a food that hank dislikes?? at first i thought that was un-possible (hank being a fan of food in general), but then it came to me: pickles and olives my friends, pickles and olives.
it's funny, because they're two of my FAV-orite foods. he's also not a huge fan of capers. basically anything that's pickled or brined in vinegar. TMI?
If Katherine is correct, then perhaps pickled pigs feet would be an ultimate sort of punishment, being (a) pickled, (b) potted meat and (c) feet -- ewww. Of course, if neither of them eats any pork, then it wouldn't be an option.
Hank: Nice version of 500 Miles. With all the ecogeek cards on your face, you sort of resembled the rock man from the Fantastic Four. Feel better soon.
For what to do with the cards, I'm liking a lot of these ideas!
Mohawk is capitalized because it's the name of an American Indian tribe. But I'm pretty sure, when used to describe the hairstyle, it's lower-case.
Katherine's right on, I don't like anything vinegary, except salt and vinegar potato chips.
And as for whether we're breaking rules when we comment on posts, I'm fairly sure that only private communication is truly ruled out. It'll be fairly easy to tell if we start to abuse that policy.
I agree with Liz S. on the bookmark idea. I would totally use them as bookmarks myself. Seeing as I'm always losing bookmarks anyway. And then when I lose one, someone else will find it and will then be introduced to Eco Geek! Wowza!
And you singing 500 Miles with the cards taped to your face is now my favorite moment in internet entertainment ever. Seriously.
So what about kimchee?
Ooh ooh! What if you strung them together and made a kind of wall hanging or maybe a door bead curtain or something? The cards. That is.
Again, Hank rules.
Maybe you could make a little card house out of the cards--a tiny model green (as in Eco, not Green as in you) house of the future. And you could put dolls in it representing you and John. Because then it would be a little Green green house.
Or, if you were very ambitious, you could make them into a collectable card game, like Pokemon. I'm not sure how, since they are all the same. Maybe that would be the point! One planet. One card. One game.
Maybe I have the same chickens in my head today . . .
Ooh ooh! What if you strung them together and made a kind of wall hanging or maybe a door bead curtain or something? The cards. That is.
I must say to Peter, about the card bead curtain thing: PAPER CUTS. That was the only thing in my mind when I read that.
Hmm. Maybe a card curtain could be used as a punishment. Though it may be rather painful, or really annoying.
I have 500 Miles stuck in my head now.
Hank with card on his face is hilarious! Oh, how I laughed.
I like the facial hair punishment idea, but I think instead of waxing, you should have to instead shave it into a Hitler mustache or something equally frightening.
*sigh*
The original version of the above comment was typo-free.
Then Blogger ate it.
Toss all the cards from a very tall rooftop at the same time. I know that's technically littering, but it'll be pretty.
As for punishments, push-ups are always horrible. Or, when I was in cross country, we had to buy everyone Taco Bell if we missed practice. Failure to update = buy us Taco Bell.
PS
My verification word is "wooba."
I think it would be absolutely hilarious to see one of the Green brothers with a cute little diamond stud in their nose.
Punishment: Pierced nose. And you have to wear the cute little (fake) diamond stud for a week.
~Jen
I don't want to kerfuffle this punishment issue, but I have a comment about Hank, food and torture.
I have cooked Hank dinner +/- 4,000 times in my life. Each time I get a little nervous, turn to Bryan and say "Honey, do you think Hank would eat (insert name of perfectly normal, vegetable-based dinner-sort-of-food here)?" And Bryan looks at me in the pitying way one looks at a person whose glass eye has just fallen out.
"I don't think Hank likes eggplant/tomatoes/radishes/kale," he says.
So, this is to say that I think Hank's punishment should be a 1-week all-vegetable diet, with a couple of kosher dills and Greek olives thrown in to promote healthy gut flora. Oh, and some Gorgonzola crumbles for protein. NO cheddar and Thai peanut sauce tortilla rolls, no rotisserie chicken, and--that's right--no corn dogs. And enriched white flour is out, even though it technically used to photosynthesize.
Post like the Wind, Hank!
PS. Thanks for the Birthday shout-out. That was real sweet.
Perhaps a contest/way to use up the cards could be creating the most elaborate house of cards possible, as Maureen suggested. Or create the green-est house? And we, as the viewers, could vote. And the loser would then be given a punishment. And the winner? Eternal glory.
Ok, so I am new to this. I just caught up on the whole brotherhood 2.0 thing. So my comments are going to be about the whole concept, and not Jan. 11th specific.
As you both know, I live in Hollywood CA. That's right _the_ Hollywood CA. Now as we out here in Hollywood know, nobody would do anything like this unless they were trying to get famous. So I have some ideas that might "punch-up" (it's an industry term) your video blog and help you get famouser. 1. I know you two are brothers, but do you have to look and act so much alike? (Sorry Hank) How about getting a black guy in there? Something. 2. Hank was on the right track with the girls in Detroit. We, as veiwers need more boobs. It's simple math (John, you can check this with Daniel if you want) boobs = online video success, thus: www.boobs_are_magic.com. So how about this. We recast one of the two of you as a sexy woman who often blogs right after getting out of the shower? You can still talk about whatever you want. We don't care. Okay, those are all the notes I have for now.
As for what to do with the Eco Geek cards. How about just using like they are real cards. Hand them out and don't say a word. If somebody asks, "Hey, where is your information?" Just tell them to turn the card over. Then walk away as fast as you can. Zing!
Great to see you guys! I promise not to write such long comments in the future, or use the term "black guy." I was just trying to make a point, not be racist. Sorry black guys.
Good luck.
"We recast (the loser) as a sexy woman who often blogs right after getting out of the shower?" would be a good punishment.
Pass them out in lieu of candy on Halloween.
Pass them out as prizes for . . . some contests.
Use them as bookmarks.
Bind them together with packing tape and make an accordion-style wallet.
buy a stamp that has your name email and phone under that the following: my printer had a brain fart and printed both sides the same. repair, reuse, recycle.
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