The Talllle of Glennnn and Daaaale
(and Gaiiiil and Marrrrsha)
(Note: some of the footage of the 2017 P4A was lost. This compilation was the best I could do from my memory and the footage available. If I made any mistakes or forgot any parts I apologize.)Â
In the 2017 Project for Awesome the Missoula crew were hanging out the first night when Brit Garner brought a bunch of props from a local theatre. As Hank said, âBrit is here and she brought⌠something terrifying.â That terrifying thing was Glennnn the sheep. From one angle Glennnn looks like he smoked a bunch of weed and then killed someone. From another angle Glennnn looks like heâs very tired and knows a lot about you. From yet another angle Glennnn looks proud, like a spiritual teacher. Like a gentler Rafiki mentor. Apparently, Victoria looks at Hank like Glennnn a lot, especially when he has âideas.â Glennnn reminds Hank of Undertale. At one point Glennnn was called the Merlin to Hankâs King Arthur. Hank quickly became so attached to Glennnn that he promised to work Glennnn into the sequel to his book.
Glennnn came to the stream with two hats: a green visor and a gold crown. When wearing the green visor, it seemed like he will do your shady taxes and launder your money for you. Or maybe play poker with his friends. Does he have a gambling problem? No, heâs just a CPA. When wearing the crown, he is King Glennnn. We will get to that later.
Soon a consensus was made on the spelling of Glennnn. Glennnn must have 4 nâs, three of which are silent. It does not matter which three are silent. Later we learned that Glennnn is pronounced âGlenâ if the last three nâs are silent and âGle-nâ if one of the later nâs is the audible one. At this point chat was overtaken with sheep emojis, all from Glennnn the Sheep Father. Some chatters went overboard and were informed that Glennnn canât have five nâs, we must keep it reasonable!
Quickly we learned more about Glennnn: he is a hollow shell full of wisdom ⌠and MURDER. Hank claimed that NASA is hiding the fact that for years they have observed Glennnn through a powerful telescope. Someone claimed that Deadpool wishes he didnât wear such a skin-tight suit and instead wore Glennnnâs hat⌠and nothing else.Â
Meanwhile, the nerdfighters quickly made social media accounts for him. Glennnn The Sheep soon had an Instagram with a screenshot of the P4A stream as the profile picture. The bio read âHi, my name is Glennnn, the last three nâs are silent. My favorite people are the Nerdfighters that are currently watching the livestream of the Project for Awesome!â A twitter account was also made for Glennnn, @GlennTheSheep. Later, when describing the discrepancy in nâs on social media, we were advised to type as many nâs as your heart tells you to find Glennnn on social media.Â
Soon Matthew Gaydos joined the stream and was introduced to Glennnn. Matt found his legs âinterestingâ and when chat asked him how to buy the sheep Matt said âYou canât! Glennnn is a human! No, heâs not!â Hank questioned if Glennnn is 100% sheep and Matt clarified that he is 4% wood and 96% sheep. When Matt had to step away he left Glennnn in charge of the stream.
Somehow Glennnn lost his hat. Matt gave him the crown and declared him King Glennnn. King Glennnn of the Glen, Hank added. It is Glennnnâs Glen, he is not king of the forest. Daaaale is his brother, King of the Dale. And Marrrrsha, of the Marsh, is their sister. Clearly glens were named for Glennnn. As Hank said âIf Glennnn can see you, you are in his Glen. You are turning into a sheep. Can you feel it?âÂ
Hank invented a new version of Instagram for Glennnn: Glennnnstagram. All pictures on it are of sheep and glens, except the one picture of a dale from when Glennnn visited Daaaale. Chat suggested a Glennnn theme park and Matt seemed confused about what that would entail. Hank suggested making a hat with Glennnn on it as a perk for P4A 2018 (as of the posting of this it has not been announced as a perk but Glennnn and Daaaale plushies are totally a thing!). Much of this conversation happened while Hankâs face was being painted to look like Pizza John. Hank then declared that Hank-Pizza John Green of the Glen is a subject of King Glennnn. Chat requested that someone kiss Glennnn and Matt promised that someone would at 1.4 million dollars. Hank offered to kiss Glennnn, although I am not sure if he ever did.Â
Soon talk turned to a major event in Glennnnâs past. Apparently, a sheepâs hair is only shorn when he loses in battle. Glennnnâs hair is the longest in the Glen. Daaaaleâs hair is slightly longer. Glennnn of the Glen is the hero of the Battle of Glen-Dale. The elves know him. Songs have been dedicated to Glennnn. It is proposed that Lin-Manuel Miranda or Al Roker should write a musical of the battle of Glen-Dale.Â
Then Rodney appeared and it was confirmed that Glennnn has Rodneyâs back because, of course he does. Rodney said, âthe sheep is everythingâ and as Glennnn was passed from person to person we learned that holding Glennnn feels so right that you forget heâs there. For a time Glennnn wore the frog hat instead of his crown. We also learned that Glennnn plays the banjo just like Ed Helms and Ryan is his middle name. Maia and Valerie drew Glennnn eating corn in a timed competition.
The next day we learned that Glennnn is everyoneâs baby. He belongs to the world. Unknowingly, Destin was encouraging donations by offering to write donorsâ names on magnets and one was a sheep. The chat insisted that the sheep was Glennnn. Soon a donation came in from Glennnn but Destin rejected his name because he âis not a real person.â The chat declared that while other magnets were worth a certain donation amount the sheep should cost $1000 in honor of Glennnn. Ben donated $1000 and Destin insisted âbut does he want the sheep?â He then offered that Ben could name the sheep whatever he wanted. When Destin wrote on the sheep he could feel how much it mattered to chat. âThis is the most important thing Iâm gonna write on a sheep, probably in my life.â Destin writes âBen (Glenn)â and chat quickly corrected: Glennnn has four nâs.Â
Back with the Missoula crew we learned that Glennnn is Tunaâs favorite quadruped. Since we had last seen the Missoula crew, Ashe had made a painting of Glennnn. The donations reached a milestone and Brit brought in a surprise. DAAAALE HAD ARRIVED! Daaaale bowed to Glennnn, for he was the hero of the Battle of Glen-Dale.Â
âAll hail Daaaale!â someone declared. âDisagree!â countered Hank. Soon it was questioned where Marrrrsha is and Brit clarified âI drive a Honda Civic, I can only do so much.â After a brief debate, it is confirmed that Daaaale has four aâs and can be pronounced as âDaleâ or with a bleating sound in the middle (like a sheep). Soon the battle between Glennnn and Daaaale was sparking again, they began to tally a donation battle between the brothers. âIs the vote just a tally? Iâve made a spreadsheet!â someone said, proving how nerdy we all are. The spreadsheet was put to use as the tally was called the âpopular voteâ and the spreadsheet was used to count the amount donated to each sheep. Suddenly most of the Missoula crew was on Daaaaleâs side. âWeâre just excited by the new thingâ said Caitlin (and seconded by Hank).Â
The following was determined about the First Battle of Glen-Dale:Â
-It took place in 1994 (Possibly 640? Possibly yesterday? It couldnât have been yesterday!)Â
-Different spellings are all accepted: Glen-Dale, Glennnndale, Glennnn-DaaaaleÂ
-Hankâs recap of the Battle: âThis is Glennnn, king of the Glen. This is Daaaale, king (queen?) of the Dale. The Dale and Glen were once one land until the Battle of Glennnndaaaale. Very sad for Gaiiiil, their mom. Their sister, Marrrrsha, inherited the Marsh that no one wanted, so it is a peaceful land.â
Now we are in the Second Battle of GlennnnDale! Accusations were thrown at the brothers and slogans were created:Â
-Glennnn had cow pox and did not tell his lady-friends about itÂ
-A vote for Glennnn is a vote for cow pox for the entire flockÂ
-Tip the scale for DaaaaleÂ
-Justice for DaaaaleÂ
-A win for Glennnn is a fail for Daaaale
-Daaaale has kind eyes (contrasting the discussion of Glennnnâs eyes from the first day)Â
-âIf Daaaale fails I will wailâ- JulieÂ
-Glennnn is such a good friend!Â
-RiverDAAAALE!Â
-What do we know about Daaaale? Nothing!Â
-Daaaale is against Net NeutralityÂ
-We are feeling sheepish about GlennnnÂ
-Daaaale will prevailÂ
-Tip the scale for DaaaaleÂ
-Glennnn and Daaaale have beef with each otherÂ
-A vote for Daaaale is a vote for a world of snacks
The Battle paused to introduce and catch up the new guests. Brit explained everything as âBrit brings props from community theatre but they are now their own things and stories.â At this point Daaaale was wearing Shrek ears because Shrek lives in a swamp. (Iâm still confused on this one since a dale is not a swamp.) The new guests were happy to jump into the Battle and insisted that cow pox gave us vaccines. As their connection to the stream went in and out it was commented that the Battle is causing wooly connections and shear brilliance of puns. Iâm not sure you herd me. Chat declared the puns to be flocking awesome.Â
As the Battle waged on and the donations continued to pour in Brit called for peace: âI need to take them back in the same vehicle.â Hank agreed, adding that Glennnn and Daaaale need to go sit in the same basement together. Soon donations were submitted for peace and were tallied under the joint ticket of Gaiiiil and Marrrrrsha. Unfortunately, this peace was short-lived as the debate was reignited by the question of if Glennnn or Daaaale is older. Eventually it was decided that they are twins but Glennnn is older.Â
As is to be expected, Harry Potter was soon pulled into the battle. In the heat of anger Glennnn was declared a Slytherin but it was soon walked back. He is a Gryffindor. Daaaale is definitely a Hufflepuff. Both Glennnn and Daaaale love Harry Potter. The discussion of Harry Potter brought us back to Nerdfighteria and Brotherherd 2.0 was born, as were its fans the Herdfighters of Herdfighteria. Quietly Brit lamented, âWhy do I feel like they are never going to be returned?â
âIâm for Daaaale, but when I look into Glennnnâs eyes I feel the need to vote for himâ commented Hank. There is definitely something about Glennnnâs eyes. Ben (possibly the same Ben from before) made a big donation in Glennnnâs name. He was declared Glennnnâs SuperPAC which was soon replaced with SuperHERD (or SuperFLOCK). Since Glennnn was given larger donations than Daaaale, Glennnn was declared a puppet for Big Sheep. Soon the Second Battle of GlennnnDaaaale was ended due to the $5154 donation that did not vote for either sheep. The votes were tallied and Glennnn won the Second Battle of GlennnnDaaaale.Â
As they were finishing up for the night Brit went to wash dishes and found a picture of Reed hugging a different sheep from the theatre⌠and also a large goat (which Brit did not bring to the stream because it was too big).Â
You would think that would be the end of Glennnn and Daaaale for the evening BUT NO! They traveled to Synema Studios to visit that crew into the wee hours of the morning. Michael Aranda questioned why Glennnn gets to be the lord and savior (and wear the crown). He was then given a quick recap of the story. Soon it was discovered that Glennnn and Daaaale were in marching band together as drummers. As the stream continued the Synema crew gave Daaaale a lot more attention than Glennnn because Glennnn is a king and âDaaaale just lives in a swampâ (Note: a dale is not a swamp). At the end of their shift Michael declared that it was more of an honor to be in Daaaaleâs presence than Glennnnâs and chat was offended.Â
As the 2017 Project for Awesome came to a close Hank thanked Glennnn and Daaaale for their efforts. Glennnn appeared to celebrate the end of the livestream. After John and Hank said goodbye the last shot of the stream was Glennnn.
(Hereâs a link to my Butfartman Lore Compliation.)
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Oh, thank goodnessâŚ
Iâm actually more confused now than I was when I didnât know anything about these sheep.

















