But his Mind Field episode where he was in solitary confinement really messed with him. This lead me to ponder "Are we driven by terminal goals or stimulation, and what would that say about current AI paradigms?"
Probably Not A Chicken well I wouldn't go as far as calling it Orwellian, but keeping in mind how "political correctness" language as gotten, I can see ourself getting there safe and sound
@@lichtishlogistics I'm aware they are different things, if that's what you mean. They sound the same when you say them quickly. I was just playing on that.
The channel name is d!ng and it has always been d!ng, we are at war with east asia, and we've always been at war with east asia. After all, war is peace.
There are 2 very important things happening at the same time: 1. Michael is slowly drifting into insanity 2. How to basic is making “normal” videos Coincidence? I THINK NOT
There are some other weird name in Vietnam, too. "Phuc Dat Bich" is a totally normal name in Vietnam but not so normal for those who speaks English. A facebook account with that name literally got banned a few years before.
@@CubeBag I think you meant cnn. As in www.cnn.com/u-s-treasury-to-name-shame-vietnam-for-manipulating-its-dong it's not an existing article, but ccn gives me bad website vibes
Hey, VSauce, Michael here! And welcome to DING! The name this channel has always gone by. It has never been called anything that might not be considered brand-friendly, or might possibly lead to demonetization. There is no war in Ba-Sing-Se.
zztop3000 Listen, dumbfuck, he/she is referring to the fact that in the younger stages of your life, Dong is a synonym for the male appendix. I’m not typing it like this because I’m smart, just imagine this paragraph being said in a sarcastic tone.
Undemonetzed- The undoing of demonetization. This is different from minimization for undoing demonetization doesn’t mean monetization came before it. -Ur mums dictionary
@@dothmotherknowyouwearth .......................wait ....... are.... wait............ oh yea! I love ......... I loved37.4.t ht............ I loved di>>+
And like he said, it has always been D!NG. It has never, at any point in time, been called an acronym that could be mistaken for something inappropriate.
Beginning: Welcome to D!NG, the name this channel has always gone by. 2:00 minutes into video: *Shows link to DONG TH-cam channel in Vsauce description*
I love your transparency in revealing to us what this channel has always been called and why it would change if it was named something else, which it wasn't.
Vsause has gone mad and DONG is a video log of him going into the downward spiral of insanity He also loves science So you can say he is a... *MAD SCIENTIST*
This is for some reason my favorite of his uploads. the jokes. the despair. the way he says thanks for watching. I'll remember this one a lot when he's dead what a guy
My brain parts also gave me _Internet_ there to substitute for _Online_ ... It was like half of a thought that vanished like a thin morning mist in the light of the sunrise...
@@TheKitMurkit What are you talking about? *Nothing* happened on the 5th of April 1976. I actually visited *the place where nothing happened* and I was *pleased* to learn that *nothing happened* . What a *normal day* .
The ending puzzle is one of my favorites. I have one made of wood pieces and I've messed with it since I was quite young. This video was fun Michael! Keep up the great work.
Michael: "What is the name of this channel?" Me: "D!ng." Michael: "D!ng. Good. And, this channel has always been called D!ng, has it not?" Me: "..." Michael: "Tell me what you think you remember..."
Michael - "i'm impatient"
also Michael - watches water boil for 50 minutes.
And says prime numbers for 3 hours
Patience goes somewhere. ;)
He used Up his patiance 🤔
Uh-uh! That water actually boiled from his impatient stare
@@thedoctor855 TH-cam is recommending that as my watch next :)
Oh boy it's D!NG, my favorite not phallic youtube show I've always known as D!NG
Wait im? :< wait? Wait? D.O.0.o hmmmph?
NOOOOOOOOO00000000000000ooooooooooo••••••••••••••••••? Oh yea i rem&$;$*ember D!ngaling
@@sadstonks9216 He's saying that he's really happy to see you
Welcome to D!NG: Things you can Do! Now, guys
Thing you can Do !nline now guys
Do it now guys!
Michael gave TH-cam the only good TH-cam Red show, and they STILL demonetize him...
People need to stop using youtube. They want to do it's uploaders over.
Why?
@@firekind1980 edit it to "their uploaders over" so it wont confuse other readers
the red show from slow mo guys is good to, and free.
666th like
4:49 - "because I'm lazy.... and impatient" - coming from a guy who spoke prime numbers from 3 hours XD
That is his natural state
And stared at a pot of water for 5 years
I'm pretty sure a printer is faster than the mail.
But his Mind Field episode where he was in solitary confinement really messed with him. This lead me to ponder "Are we driven by terminal goals or stimulation, and what would that say about current AI paradigms?"
4:46
*DING*
Do
Inline with what's advertiser friendly
Now
Guys
lmaooooo this deserves pinning
Yep
Pin it! Pin it! Pin it!
Hehehehehhe
Leave it to TH-cam to constantly a legacy name to be forced to change.
That intro had me dying of laughter. Then it soured on me, and now i'm feeling 1984'd.
Wazzup I'm definitely a chicken
You have always been a chicken. Never anything else
Hi I am a chicken
Probably Not A Chicken well I wouldn't go as far as calling it Orwellian, but keeping in mind how "political correctness" language as gotten, I can see ourself getting there safe and sound
Contact the thought police!
D!ng !
This episode were talking about the "Mandela Effect".
99% of people say it was called -dong-
What a wasted opportunity :(
That would have been beautiful
900th Like
Lmao
Michael: This channel has always been D!NG
.
Also Michael: Did the past really happen?
Music intensifies
What's similar between the name DONG and events on 5 April 1976? *Nothing.*
this was so perfect and beautiful omg
its 1984 all over again
let me do the math ................... no
This is by al means a D!NG, something you can "do factorial now guys"
I mean, we should all play more Factorio. It's a great game.
@@PTNLemay Please tell me you're joking because my autistic mind can't figure it out.
@@lichtishlogistics
I'm aware they are different things, if that's what you mean. They sound the same when you say them quickly. I was just playing on that.
@Moon Light House If you have an autistic mind then you will love factorio
you misspelled D!NG in your channel about page. you should get that fixed!
Yo it's been a while since I've seen you in a comment section rawb pfp man
Hello again rawbs alt account
he shold change his channel to music channel the melody here is good, (music channel are add whitelisted)
Omg dont u know that thats INTENTIONAL. some people are SOOOOOOO DUMDUM. LIKE WOW UR SUCH A DUMMY
Art- -kay r/wooooooosh
1:56
TH-cam: *_[Hey D!NG, we found a copyrighted scene from one of the videos of the youtuber: (Vsauce)]_*
D E M O N E T I S E D
Name of character in ur profile pic please
@@Obscure_Nightvision_Reviews why
@@Obscure_Nightvision_Reviews She's from kancolle but i don't remember her name
Mine is kula diamond
As that beard grows something else grows within him
His dong
@@ethangoldsmith9332 his D!ng*
fix'd
@@luanbravo4401 sa dog, thanks
His sentience.
Luan Bravo The rage.
You were actually demonitized for using comic sans
There is nothing wrong with it,he even made a video about it
@@lvbboi9 yes this was in reference to that
@@medicalmishap1452 gud
LVB animations and stuff where’s the video
@@zaidayoubi8708 It's on Vsauce1, it shouldn't be too hard to find. It's called "A Defense of Comic Sans"
This video should be titled:
"Coping mechanisms for being demonetized"
cry
@@robblequoffle8456 ok some us aren't privileged and can't afford that. That is why we need Michael.
That's the next video
I love how quickly and efficiently Michael handled the name change confusion
ERBOCH what was the reason he changed it anyways?
FirstName LastName because dong sounds bad to TH-cam
What name change? This channel has always been called D!NG, for stuff you can
Do !
Now
Guys
What name change?
@@starfiring I love doing stuff you can Do ! Now Guys!
Damn, homeboy never really came back after those 3 days in isolation. R. I. P.
On god
Facts
Could be the ayahuasca too
Both are contributing factors with his descent into madness. XD
True shame...
Made for a great episode, though.
This is turning into a horror channel I'm calling it.
That'll be great!
Oh wait, is this not?
I can't wait for actual D*ng lore compilation videos and theories
Michael is becoming more and more weirder
Nah, he is just
*_L A Z Y_*
People: "Why ding?"
Michael: "It's the notifcation sound whenever my video gets demonetized"
Same
200th like XD
Lol
DING! Demonetization Is Not Good
D!NG:-
Demonetize
!t
Now
Guys
Mere ko nahi samajh aaya naam kyun change kiya?
Do on the
Internet
Now
Guys
@@MorbyLol No because that would be DOTING, not D!NG.
@@AidanRatnage I don't thing you understand the name of the channel that has never been TYCDONG
Was going to make the same joke but you beat me to it, lol.
The channel name is d!ng and it has always been d!ng, we are at war with east asia, and we've always been at war with east asia.
After all, war is peace.
Bishop Munoz I love that reference, thank you for sharing it here
ah yes 1984
*big brother joins the chat*
Doublethink
And freedom is slavery
Facts:
1) Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.
2) D!NG has always been my favourite channel.
3) I love -Big Brother- TH-cam algorithm.
*Michael is watching you.*
Rohan Sonkusare Micheal is slavery
I've never read 1984 but it's referenced so much as "hue hue 1984 make my iq big" that I can just take a wild guess at this point
@@Jamie-tx7pn Its just the way Michael said it, it fits the theme of the book very well.
I just started reading 1984 like a couple days ago
Me: Wait, D!NG? I don't remember it being called-
Michael: IT WAS ALWAYS D!NG
What was it called before
@@dentonledesma47 it has always been ding
You're crazy, it was always D!NG
@@mikebarnes7441 or does it
th-cam.com/video/TN25ghkfgQA/w-d-xo.html
666 likes
nothing happened in 1989 at dong square.
Oh man I sure am excited for nothing to happen on June 3rd, 1989 in D!nganmen Square
Michael: I am Lazy, and IMPATIENT
Also Michael: Watches water boil without moving or saying any thing for 40+ minutes
I sure love watching videos from my favourite channel -DONG- D!NG
They took my family send help
What's that word you wrote before D!NG? It doesn't even look like a word.
@@Gandalf_the_Black_ there's nothing written
@@Gandalf_the_Black_ It's in an unknown language. Mortals can't decipher it.
*instructions unclear. Sent rubber bludgeons to they, not help. British apologies*
Do !nline Now Guys
Michael-changes channel name to something more family friendly
Also Michael-“welcome back to Michael’s toys”
Ryanstoyreview: *Shivering*
I dont know how to respond to this yet i did
I feel like this channel will continue making adult jokes whenever they can!
Exactly!
The "family friendliness" is not the main reason at all.
I KNEW IT!
But now how long before 'Michael's toys' gets demonitized for the same reasons
I was wondering that
Toy channels are a big thong on youtube so probably never
@@RyanKennelly03 "big thong"
Michael's Dong
@@RyanKennelly03 Tiy chanels are a bog thong in yiutube si pribably never
oh wait this isnt reddit
Oh hey look a new D.O-
Michael: *eyes out on me*
Me: ..... -I.N.G,
Ah, yes. DOING.
do an
orgy
in the
next
generation
"...something you can be D.O.I.N.G. online now guys"
Mossmyr My dumbass was thinking of it as “doe ing”
The ding is from the notification noise
That intro made me double check to make sure my doors were locked.
AuroraXD this comment made me double check if my doors were locked
these doors made me double check if my comment was locked
Top top lock checked locked check if top was me were sure make top
These doubles checked if comment was my door
Michael : this channel has always been advertiser friendly
Also Michael: Hello my fellow ding dongers
Also Michael: Michael's Toys!
Continues to talk about michaels toys
Also also michael (but in a different video) TOUCH MY ORB.
*You ready too ding dong with my toys?*
HELLO MY FELLOW DONG DIGGITY DONGA DONGERS!
Did y’all get demonetized?
Edit: yep
There’s an ad in this video. At the end.
Why
What video?
Obviously he's got it sorted because he's changed the name of the channel as the TH-cam dictators demanded.
RIP dong puns
**Clicks on video**
VSauce: Wazzaaaaaaaaaap
**Likes video**
There are 2 very important things happening at the same time:
1. Michael is slowly drifting into insanity
2. How to basic is making “normal” videos
Coincidence? I THINK NOT
This D!NG video is perfectly normal though...
...or is it?
A
Hotel? Trivago.
This little rat is guilty!
I think Michael lost his mind back in the Isolation Chamber
Is youtube going to demonetize videos talking about vietnam's currency, too?
Imagine if that actually happened. That would be hilarious.
www.ccn.com/u-s-treasury-to-name-shame-vietnam-for-manipulating-its-dong
Relevant news article
There are some other weird name in Vietnam, too. "Phuc Dat Bich" is a totally normal name in Vietnam but not so normal for those who speaks English. A facebook account with that name literally got banned a few years before.
@@CubeBag I think you meant cnn. As in www.cnn.com/u-s-treasury-to-name-shame-vietnam-for-manipulating-its-dong
it's not an existing article, but ccn gives me bad website vibes
Lol
Letting a beyblade rip has never been more advanced than this
We have truly reached peak beyblade ripping
@@luketerry3635 That would be when it rips the fabric of time and space.
But Topsy Turvy doesn't have yugioh monsters come out of it.
@@AidanRatnage But it can
The ultimate beyblade
Hey, VSauce, Michael here!
And welcome to DING!
The name this channel has always gone by. It has never been called anything that might not be considered brand-friendly, or might possibly lead to demonetization.
There is no war in Ba-Sing-Se.
Brilliant
Remember DONG?
Me neither this channel has always been D!NG
I remember DONG. This channel has always been DONG
@@Tailikku1 I swear you're either a moron or a troll that actually tries to do this
Edit: fatfingeres
Who is a DONG?
Is it a faster way to say Donkey Kong?
Mandela effect??!?!?
mandela effect mate
Therapist: Vsauce Michael isnt real, he cant hurt you.
Vsauce Michael: WAZAAAAAAAAAAAP
Therapist: D!ING isnt real, it cant hurt you.
D!ING: WAZAAAAAAAAAAAP
@Meizar Farizky F
"Terapist"
@@yugal.prakash fixed.
@@mirvox all right
Now you have to redo EVERY video on this channel
I think he'll just leave that up to the Ministry of Truth
When everyone thinks that it was DONG, Mandella Effect in full power
Do Online Now Guys/DONG. -Vsauce, Michael
@@remikvalheim3431 No, that's the Mandella effect. As you can see, you can check his channel name and logo, it never happened.
@@aIkaIi I am 33 years of knowledge. Trolls dont have an effect on me, neither does mandela. Good try tho
@@remikvalheim3431 r/whoosh
Remi Kvalheim nelson mandela is obviously tricking you into thinking the past actually happened
haha yes, D!NG has always been my favorite channel!
youtube pls no demonetize
Michael: I'm impatient
Also Michael: will a watched pot boil?
lol
Will I watched pot boil?
@@IOLEVIOI yep
Why not "D!NGsauce"?
Oh wait... now I know why.
DongSauce
I don't know if I'm missing anything but:
DingSauce actually appears in the url below the picture at 0:05
What do you think Vsauce really is?
Me: **Sees Vsauce outro**
Also me: **Wipes tear from eye**
Vsauce? What is Vsauce?
@@TaKevinT You don't know Vsauce? Man your missing out
This guy's main channel
@@myeyesaredrymylove whoosh
I swear, I just got done cutting onions.
TH-cam demonotizes friendly educational channel because of a word 5 year old's say
Nice one
That's because 5 year olds run youtube.
Ding d!ng
zztop3000
Listen, dumbfuck, he/she is referring to the fact that in the younger stages of your life, Dong is a synonym for the male appendix.
I’m not typing it like this because I’m smart, just imagine this paragraph being said in a sarcastic tone.
@@ulyssesstidham7104 What paragraph? At what point did your few sentences make you seem smart? I think you're lost.
no fun allowed
*DONG*
Sep 2015 - May 2019
Rest in spaghetti
?
Never forgetti
What's dong?
You mean D!NG
And it's still alive
Tf is DONG?
I love how much Micheal embraced meme culture. God he’s amazing.
He started in the meme culture
Remember Dong?
This is it now
Feel old yet?
No Idea what you're talking about, I only know DING
Stop talking nonsense, there is no such thing as DONG
Who allowed this lunatic out of the asylum?
What's this "DONG" nonsense people are talking about? There must be some sort of widespread illness or something
NO
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DING
TH-cam PLS DONT DEMONETIZE
NO DONGS HERE haha *angry stare*
5:00 Michael's "I don't even know the name of" sounds like R2:D2
very underrated comment😂😂
lol
WHAT THE HELL!!!
Wow I would have never noticed that lol
Ahahahahahaha!!! 😂 😂
Changes names to D!NG
*Undemonetized*
“...Michaels ToYs”
*Demonetized*
Wouldn't undemonetized be just monetized?
jo_kil
Exactly. He got spared for changing the name
Undemonetzed-
The undoing of demonetization. This is different from minimization for undoing demonetization doesn’t mean monetization came before it.
-Ur mums dictionary
I thought this channel was called [REDACTED]
"Ding-ding" -
- Michael Reeves
They should do a collab
TH-cam Buddies
yes
they should meet each other !
Quick! someone get Michael out of that desk! He's trapped!
WHAT SHOULD WE DO
He's trap*!
quick, remove curvature of space time
I’ve always loved the channel D!NG, because it never changes its channel name to something else that could possibly lead to DEMONETIZATION.
I had to watch "I'm lazy and impatient" multiple times. Crying laughing.
D.I.N.G.
Demonetize Indiscriminately Now Guys
Dang.
@@firefish111 D.a.n.g
D.dang
a.
n.
g.
@@firefish111
D: Damn
A: The
N: Video
G: Got Demonised Again
Thank you I needed my daily dose of oxygen. That long inhale after that hard chuckle has aligned my chakras
@@blazekush996 Glad I helped :) Have a nice day.
Wow. The Mandela effect is crazy. For the longest time i thought this channel was called DONG lol
woahh dud
I know same, so weird
Um actually it was called DANG before
Kane The Unsettled yeah dude I was convinced it was called Vsauce.
What no it's always been called D!NG
Man, always love it when d!ng uploads. Always quality, and friendly content.
Micheal pls release this guy from the basement
_Yeah! I love __-PLEASE RELEASE ME-__ D!NG. Child-friendly and educational content!_
@@dothmotherknowyouwearth .......................wait ....... are.... wait............ oh yea! I love ......... I loved37.4.t ht............ I loved di>>+
And like he said, it has always been D!NG. It has never, at any point in time, been called an acronym that could be mistaken for something inappropriate.
Beginning: Welcome to D!NG, the name this channel has always gone by.
2:00 minutes into video: *Shows link to DONG TH-cam channel in Vsauce description*
Mandela effect evidence
Michael not only lost the password to Vsause, but also forgot the channel name of D.O.N.G.
What ist D.O.N.G.?
What is D.O.N.G?
@@anselmschueler things to Do Online Now Guys
@@Tailikku1 did you just come up with that? Sounds like a cool idea
@@Tailikku1 r/wooooosh
This is why we can’t have nice things. First Vsauce, and now DONG. . . I mean D!NG.
What happened to vsauce?
What's with DONG? That's not a thing I've ever heard about.
Me: Hey I wanna watch a vsauce video-
D!NG: wazzzaaap?
Me: god has abandoned us.
ur not watching vsauce vids smh xd lol got em rekt uhh i funny
f for old vsauce
I’m now afraid of Michael
4:50 Give me back my soul Michael.
1:20 It tops, but it also turves!
*science music intesifies*
DING, somethinh you can DO Inline Now Guys
I love your transparency in revealing to us what this channel has always been called and why it would change if it was named something else, which it wasn't.
0:28
*Michael slowly sticking his tounge out and then cutting*
Everytime I see him his beard becomes bigger and he becomes more insane.
Vsause has gone mad and DONG is a video log of him going into the downward spiral of insanity
He also loves science
So you can say he is a...
*MAD SCIENTIST*
Insanity may be effect of the isolation experiment ;D (Mind Field s01e01)
*D!NG
@@anduro7448 you mean D!NG right? There isn't a channel called DONG, that would be silly
@@anduro7448 DONG? Who would name their channel that? That's sounds sexual af.
*Yay!* Another *D!NG* video! I *love* this channel. My whole *family* does!
Pieceofsock help I don’t understand
Michael please let his family go
Monetization technique. The TH-cam algorithm promotes videos with comments that say the video is family-friendly
Another video! I this channel. My whole does!
Things you can Do Internet Now Guys
0:38: “I have been following him for a long time now”
*still has the follow button available*
He doesn't mean online ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@smearfo5612 he said on instagram lol
@@smearfo5612 ...instagram is online
With the addition of Michael's toys D!NG almost makes more sense.
Do
Inside
Now
Guys
Cuz it's not all online stuff anymore
Xavian Stormfang yeah, that works too
@@GhostGlitch. I thought it worked cause you could say
Do
Internet
Now,
Guys
I almost didn't click on this video because I thought this was an impostor channel.
It is fake. Check the stick n beard and cgi
Same Here, I clicked only to leave a downvote for fakery, but noticed it was Michael
Wdym it's always been D!NG
@@mookooy lmao
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME
0:00 wazzup but what’s with the name change?
0:07-0:18 alrighty then
Demonetisation for the name being the sound a bell makes, the currency of Vietnam or another way for saying u hit someone. Rip D!NG
Michael! You have a MAJOR typo on your playlists on this channel, one of the playlists was accidentally named "DONG"
Oh, a new video from Ding, my favorite channel!
Too late, you said “top”!
[DEMONITIZED]
@strontiumXnitrate LOL
This is for some reason my favorite of his uploads.
the jokes. the despair. the way he says thanks for watching.
I'll remember this one a lot when he's dead
what a guy
Top 10 examples of the Mandela effect
*Sees video opening*
M-michael... are y-you o-okay??? ._.
oh, he is. After all, we've always been at war with East-Asia
Do ! Now Guys, but what is !? *Vsauce music*
!nline, obviously, that's always been the acronym.
With !nternet
th-cam.com/video/PwrUR8LVcb4/w-d-xo.html
!t
Or is it?
4:55 I thought he was gonna say "Or am I"
Really, dong got demonitized? TH-cam had gone too far.
*D!NG, it was always D!NG
what do you mean, dong?
*_I thought this was a _**_-2nd-_**_ 5th Vsauce channel for a second_*
Why It? I thought you were Justin Y for a second
Welcome to D!NG
*_Do Internet Now Guys_*
Or
*DO !*
*NOW GUYS*
@@GodhandPlusOne what
My brain parts also gave me _Internet_ there to substitute for _Online_ ... It was like half of a thought that vanished like a thin morning mist in the light of the sunrise...
I’ve had that sort of little puzzle at the end in my house for years
DING-
Do
Irl(In real life)
Now
Guys
When one acronym is not enough, so you use acronym inside acronym
Do
It
Now,
Guys
Huh. I like it.
telling people to do it. do it. "do it" can be used to mean sex.
DEMONITIZED!!!
DINGHI -- this a boating channel now??
Of course you like it, it's always been D!NG. I remember when D!NG was on Vsauce 1
Do on!ine Now Guys
Ah, another classic episode of D!NG. My favourite!
He’s accepted that he’s a meme and I love it
D!NG has always been at war with Eastasia.
Big brother wants you to love him
What's similar between the name DONG and events on 5 April 1976? *Nothing.*
@@TheKitMurkit What are you talking about? *Nothing* happened on the 5th of April 1976. I actually visited *the place where nothing happened* and I was *pleased* to learn that *nothing happened* . What a *normal day* .
I can't wait for changing this channel name into DANG or DUNG
Me: *confused about the name*
Mike: the name was always this!
Me: boi
Edit: Oh mah gawd tysm for the likes
It was always D!NG, no?
"Mike" lol
Ayy! Happy!!
Happy Somebody's going to make Mandela Effect conspiracy theories videos about this
Look at the about page
The ending puzzle is one of my favorites. I have one made of wood pieces and I've messed with it since I was quite young. This video was fun Michael! Keep up the great work.
1:37 there are no springs on me
I've got no springs to hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
Mandela Effect is Real
I love D!NG, it's always a great day when D!NG posts new content. Smashed that like for laziness and impatience.
Hmm.. "Stay curious" reminds me of 'It's Okay To Be Smart'
Michael: "What is the name of this channel?"
Me: "D!ng."
Michael: "D!ng. Good. And, this channel has always been called D!ng, has it not?"
Me: "..."
Michael: "Tell me what you think you remember..."
"Room 101." Michael said.
Micheal: "Now repeat what I say: This channel has always been Don-I mean D!NG"
Dong thing you can *Do Online Now Guys*
@@Tsuki_the_canadian_otaku *Do !nline Now Guys?*
IS THIS A D!NGING JOKE????