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I've invented a science joke,
would you like to hear it?
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Sure.
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How many Edisons does it take
to screw in a light bulb?
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How many?
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Who cares?
He stole the idea
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and doesn't deserve
his own joke.
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Is that really true?
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Of course, that's how you know
it's a good joke.
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It not only entertains,
it informs.
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Hey, sorry
to interrupt.
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Uh, Barry,
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uh, how many Edisons does it
take to screw in a light bulb?
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Did you know Edison didn't
actually invent the light bulb?
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What do you want,
Barry?
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Just wanted to drop this off
as a little thank you for Amy.
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What's this for?
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Your idea really
helped me out.
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My light-cone quantization
paper's online already.
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The response
has been amazing.
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Well, that's
fascinating.
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I can't wait to read it.
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Oh, no, me as well.
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Uh, please e-mail it
to Sheldon@Bazinga.biz.
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Why "dot-biz"?
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Because I just gave
you the business.
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And also Bazinga.com
was taken.
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Anyway, thanks again.
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Cooper, suck eggs.
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Since when do you help out
Barry Kripke?
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Well, I'd been thinking about
a cellular automata approach
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to neuronal connectivity,
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and I thought it might have
some interesting applications
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to string theory--
it's not a big deal.
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Oh, really?
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When I was doing string theory
and hit a dead end,
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why didn't you try to help me?
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I did-- you said the only
math biologists know is
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if you have three frogs
and one hops away,
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that leaves two frogs.
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That's pretty funny,
that does sound like me.
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But that doesn't mean
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that you should be
standing on street corners
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handing out your math
to whatever guy comes along.
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Sheldon, we're all scientists.
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I helped out
a fellow colleague.
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You're being petty.
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I'm being petty?
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You know Barry and I
have a professional rivalry.
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You heard him--
he told me to suck eggs.
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If we were friends,
he would have suggested
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I suck something
more pleasant.
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Why are you laughing?
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Did you learn
something?
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♪ Our whole universe
was in a hot, dense state ♪
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♪ Then nearly 14 billion years
ago expansion started... Wait! ♪
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♪ The Earth began to cool
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♪ The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools ♪
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♪ We built the Wall
♪ We built the pyramids ♪
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♪ Math, Science, History,
unraveling the mystery ♪
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♪ That all started
with a big bang ♪
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♪ Bang! ♪
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♪ The Big Bang Theory 8x15 ♪
The Comic Book Store Regeneration
Original Air Date on Fe
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man
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Okay, Ma.
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Say hi to Aunt Gladys.
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Yeah, I love you,
too.
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Bye.
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Your mom having fun in Florida?
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Mmm, she loves it.
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She finally found a place
where everyone talks about
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how sweaty they are.
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Anyway, she wants us
to go to the house
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and check in on Stuart
because he might be "lonely."
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She's just being nice.
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Well, I'm her son, how come
she doesn't send someone
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to check on me if I'm lonely?
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Because you have a wife.
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Yeah, well, sometimes
you work late.
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I know you don't like
Stuart being in the house,
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but the store's
about to reopen,
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I'm sure he'll get
back on his feet.
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That would be great.
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I'd love for things between me
and Mom to get back to normal.
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Well, normal's a
strong word, but sure.
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Hey.
Hello.
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You okay?
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If I was okay,
I would've said "hello"
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and not the much more
ominous "hello."
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What's going on?
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I'm mad at Amy.
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Did she leave pit stains
in your favorite crop top, too?
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No.
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She helped Barry Kripke make
an advancement in string theory.
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Oh, that sounds
like a good thing.
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Well, it would be,
except that I left string theory
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because I decided
it was a dead end.
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Yeah, and then she went
behind my back
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to help someone else
prove me wrong.
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My rival, no less.
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(grunts)
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I'm sorry you had to see that.
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I'm sorry I didn't have
a camera.
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Why would she
do this to me?
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Well, I'm sure she didn't
upset you on purpose.
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Besides, aren't you
the one who says
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there's nothing more important
than the advancement of science?
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No, I said there's
nothing more important
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than me advancing science.
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All right, well, if I'm
understanding this right,
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and all she did was help
out another scientist,
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I'm thinking you might
have to let this one go.
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Ugh, "let it go."
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I have heard that
my whole life.
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Every time something upsets me
somebody says, "let it go,"
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you know,
like it's my fault,
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and it's not okay
to feel the way I feel.
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(sighs) I don't know
what to tell you.
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I mean, why don't
you talk to her?
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Is that all you have?
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Shopworn tidbits like
"talk to her" and "let it go"?
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Gee, Penny,
life's giving me lemons.
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What should I do?
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Well, you could shove
them somewhere.
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Okay, now you're
getting creative.
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Thanks again
for your help.
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No problem.
Our pleasure.
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The place really
looks great.
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Yeah, you should have
burned it down years ago.
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I keep telling you
I didn't burn it down.
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We know, we know--
because burning something down
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for the insurance money
is a "crime."
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Stuart, this place
looks amazing.
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(chuckles)
Thanks.
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You really did
a nice job.
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And thank you
for putting up with me
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staying at your mom's
through all this.
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I-I couldn't have done it
otherwise.
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I appreciate that,
and I'm glad you were able to...
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Is that my mother's furniture?
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Yeah, she said
I could use it.
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Doesn't it look
great?
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Not as great as it looks in
the den where it belongs.
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Howie.
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Why don't you just clean out
the whole room?
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Take the string art clown
I made her in third grade
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and the ribbon I got
in swim class
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for putting my face
in the water.
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What is your problem?
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She said it was okay.
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Well, I'm her son,
and I say it's not okay.
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Some son-- looks like you spent
ten minutes on that clown art.
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Well, maybe I should've gone
to a fancy art school like you.
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Then I could run
a failed comic shop
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and mooch off
some guy's mother.
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Why don't we leave
so you can cool off?
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I think that's
a good idea.
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Take him out
of my store.
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Your store?!
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My mother gave you
the money to reopen.
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I'm not going anywhere.
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Why don't we go get
the food for the party.
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Thank you.
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Smart-- looks like
we're being helpful.
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Mmm, when really
we're just exiting
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an uncomfortable
situation.
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Kripke, you know, of all
the people-- Barry Kripke.
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I'm so... Are you folding
it like a crazy person
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to get me to
do it for you?!
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No.
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Oh, give me that.
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Just out of curiosity,
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if I were to let something go,
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how would I do that?
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I don't know-- just think
about something else.
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Can I think
about the spiny anteater?
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Sure.
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The spiny anteater...
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never went behind my back
and worked with Barry Kripke.
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That didn't help at all.
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You know, some people
try visualization.
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How does that work?
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Okay,
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imagine your problems
are a pen.
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Okay.
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Now imagine
you're holding that pen.
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Okay.
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Now open your hand
and let it go.
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But I just got this pen.
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It's got my initials on it
and everything.
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Look.
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Sheldon, this isn't
that hard.
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I may have a better way
that you can teach me.
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How?
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What if I told you
that over the past few months
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Amy has secretly been giving you
little puzzles
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to test your intelligence
against chimpanzees in her lab?
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What? She didn't
give me any puzzles.
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Are you sure?
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Boy, I just can't seem to get
these scissors back together.
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Can you do it?
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Darn it.
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There's something
in my eye,
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and I need to sort
these coins by size.
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Can you help?
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Penny?
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I really want to
eat this banana,
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but it's stuck inside
this bamboo puzzle box.
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Son of a bitch!
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Okay, that's great.
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Now, let it go.
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I can't believe you were
testing me against a chimp!
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Well, excuse me,
Amy was testing you.
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I was rooting for you.
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Good job on that banana box,
by the way.
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Why would she
even do this?
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She's been conducting
an experiment on apes
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where they're given
various puzzles to solve.
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I was surprised
at the complexity of the puzzles
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and thought some humans wouldn't
be able to solve them.
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That's when Amy said,
"Want to make this interesting?"
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"Make this interesting"?
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You bet money on me?
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No, no.
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We designed an experiment
involving you.
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See? Now, isn't that
interesting?
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It's not interesting.
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It's incredibly insulting.
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Okay, (stammers)
maybe this will help--
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imagine you're holding a pen.
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Before you go too far,
not a special pen
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with your initials
engraved on it--
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that'll make the next part
really hard.
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Oh...
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That's it.
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Get out!
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I don't understand
why you're mad at me.
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You should be mad
at Amy.
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Like I was
this afternoon.
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Hey, look at that--
I let it go.
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Get out!
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SHELDON: Penny?
What?
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I think I left
my pen in there.
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I understand
why you're upset,
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but he worked really hard
to get the store ready.
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And it's just furniture.
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It's my mom's furniture.
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It belongs in the house
I grew up in--
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next to that pile of TV Guides
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and in plain view of what,
for a ten-year-old, was
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a quality piece
of string art!
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Howie, if the store succeeds,
Stuart has a source of income,
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and he can move out
of your mother's house.
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Seems like some old furniture
is a reasonable price
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to pay for that.
255
00:11:01,022 --> 00:11:02,423
That is a good point.
256
00:11:02,425 --> 00:11:04,058
But I didn't marry you
for good points.
257
00:11:04,060 --> 00:11:05,492
I married you
to blindly support me
258
00:11:05,494 --> 00:11:07,461
no matter how ridiculous
I'm being!
259
00:11:09,497 --> 00:11:11,632
This is why I had
to rewrite our wedding vows.
260
00:11:16,104 --> 00:11:19,339
Hi, we're here to pick up
an order for Comic Center.
261
00:11:19,341 --> 00:11:20,808
Sure, let me go check on that.
262
00:11:22,510 --> 00:11:25,779
Dude, I-I think
that's Nathan Fillion.
263
00:11:26,915 --> 00:11:28,916
Oh yeah,
look at that.
264
00:11:28,918 --> 00:11:31,351
(gasps) And he's picking
the tomatoes out of his salad
265
00:11:31,353 --> 00:11:33,353
just like I do.
266
00:11:33,355 --> 00:11:35,389
I always did feel
a connection with him.
267
00:11:37,358 --> 00:11:39,159
Oh, I have got
an idea.
268
00:11:39,161 --> 00:11:42,096
We're not selling
his tomatoes on eBay.
269
00:11:42,098 --> 00:11:46,100
No, if we got Captain Reynolds
from Firefly
270
00:11:46,102 --> 00:11:48,435
to do a signing
at Stuart's store,
271
00:11:48,437 --> 00:11:49,870
that would be
amazing.
272
00:11:49,872 --> 00:11:51,205
That would be great.
273
00:11:51,207 --> 00:11:52,973
So should we go
talk to him?
274
00:11:52,975 --> 00:11:54,374
I don't know.
275
00:11:54,376 --> 00:11:57,044
I mean, if he's not nice,
it's gonna make it hard for me
276
00:11:57,046 --> 00:11:59,213
to watch him in anything again.
What?!
277
00:11:59,215 --> 00:12:02,216
The-the guy who plays
Jon Snow was a jerk.
278
00:12:02,218 --> 00:12:03,684
We still watch
Game of Thrones.
279
00:12:03,686 --> 00:12:06,286
He was a jerk because
you rear-ended him.
280
00:12:07,322 --> 00:12:08,989
I was distracted.
281
00:12:08,991 --> 00:12:10,991
It's weird seeing a member
of the Night's Watch
282
00:12:10,993 --> 00:12:12,526
with a kayak strapped
to his car.
283
00:12:14,229 --> 00:12:15,229
Come on.
284
00:12:15,231 --> 00:12:16,231
(groans)
285
00:12:20,335 --> 00:12:22,136
KOOTHRAPPALI: Hi,
excuse me, s-s...
286
00:12:22,138 --> 00:12:23,470
I-I don't mean
to bother you,
287
00:12:23,472 --> 00:12:25,806
but we're just really
big fans of Firefly.
288
00:12:25,808 --> 00:12:27,374
A-And Dr. Horrible.
289
00:12:27,376 --> 00:12:29,309
Oh, uh, I think
you made a mistake.
290
00:12:29,311 --> 00:12:30,644
I'm not an actor.
291
00:12:30,646 --> 00:12:32,980
Don't say that.
292
00:12:32,982 --> 00:12:34,481
I mean, you're not
Dame Judi Dench,
293
00:12:34,483 --> 00:12:36,150
but you're
pretty great.
294
00:12:39,387 --> 00:12:41,555
Oh, yeah, I get it--
you think I'm Nathan Fillion,
295
00:12:41,557 --> 00:12:43,056
but I'm not.
296
00:12:43,058 --> 00:12:45,492
So if you don't mind, I would
just love to eat my lunch.
297
00:12:46,861 --> 00:12:47,861
Come on.
298
00:12:47,863 --> 00:12:49,696
Sorry to bother you.
299
00:12:49,698 --> 00:12:51,698
Don't know why
he's so grumpy.
300
00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,034
I got mistaken for that guy
in Life of Pi once,
301
00:12:54,036 --> 00:12:56,403
and I'm still
floating.
302
00:12:59,107 --> 00:13:01,909
Sheldon, it's me.
303
00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:02,911
Oh, hey.
304
00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:04,745
D-Did you see that?
305
00:13:04,747 --> 00:13:08,315
I-I figured out how to open
the door all by myself.
306
00:13:09,951 --> 00:13:13,787
Maybe I'll fling some feces
around my cage to celebrate.
307
00:13:15,123 --> 00:13:17,291
What are you talking about?
308
00:13:17,293 --> 00:13:19,560
I know you've been giving me
secret puzzle tests.
309
00:13:22,564 --> 00:13:24,231
Sheldon, open
the door.
310
00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:25,899
SHELDON:
I can't.
311
00:13:25,901 --> 00:13:28,902
I'm naked.
312
00:13:28,904 --> 00:13:30,904
I just saw you.
313
00:13:30,906 --> 00:13:33,207
Hang on.
314
00:13:33,209 --> 00:13:35,776
Open the door now.
(door opens)
315
00:13:35,778 --> 00:13:37,444
- Oh, hey.
- Pull up your pants!
316
00:13:37,446 --> 00:13:39,580
(door closes)
317
00:13:40,615 --> 00:13:41,949
It's not a big deal.
318
00:13:41,951 --> 00:13:45,152
I run tests like this on
undergrads all the time.
319
00:13:45,154 --> 00:13:46,820
If you fill out some
paperwork at the university,
320
00:13:46,822 --> 00:13:49,122
I can get you $5.
321
00:13:49,124 --> 00:13:50,791
I don't want $5.
322
00:13:50,793 --> 00:13:52,359
I want my dignity.
323
00:13:53,728 --> 00:13:55,395
So what are we talking,
like, ten bucks?
324
00:13:57,865 --> 00:13:59,433
Thank you.
Thanks.
325
00:14:01,603 --> 00:14:03,503
Sorry again.
No problem.
326
00:14:03,505 --> 00:14:06,673
A-Are you sure
you're not him?
327
00:14:06,675 --> 00:14:07,841
Uh, you can tell us.
328
00:14:07,843 --> 00:14:10,444
We're scientists,
not crazy fanboys.
329
00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,981
All right, fine.
330
00:14:13,983 --> 00:14:15,449
I'm him.
331
00:14:15,451 --> 00:14:18,785
And you're eating
alone at a deli.
332
00:14:18,787 --> 00:14:20,988
I don't buy it--
you're not him.
333
00:14:20,990 --> 00:14:22,322
(chuckles)
334
00:14:22,324 --> 00:14:24,157
I just wanted
to eat my lunch in peace.
335
00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:25,325
But I really am him.
336
00:14:25,327 --> 00:14:27,427
And thank you very much
for being a fan.
337
00:14:27,429 --> 00:14:28,962
If you want, uh,
let's take a picture.
338
00:14:28,964 --> 00:14:30,297
That would be great.
339
00:14:30,299 --> 00:14:31,431
Great.
Yeah, thank you.
340
00:14:31,433 --> 00:14:32,766
You bet.
341
00:14:36,504 --> 00:14:38,839
Wait, hang on.
342
00:14:38,841 --> 00:14:41,208
If you're really
Nathan Fillion,
343
00:14:41,210 --> 00:14:44,244
what's the line from Firefly
about your bonnet?
344
00:14:45,647 --> 00:14:47,981
"I swear by my pretty floral
bonnet, I will end you."
345
00:14:50,285 --> 00:14:51,785
That's it,
that's the line.
346
00:14:51,787 --> 00:14:53,787
Although...
347
00:14:53,789 --> 00:14:56,490
I knew the line--
doesn't make me Nathan Fillion.
348
00:14:57,625 --> 00:14:59,893
Do you want the picture or not?
349
00:14:59,895 --> 00:15:02,729
I want a picture
with Nathan Fillion.
350
00:15:02,731 --> 00:15:06,066
How about a picture with a guy
who looks like Nathan Fillion
351
00:15:06,068 --> 00:15:09,303
but a little more annoyed
than Nathan Fillion usually is?
352
00:15:11,906 --> 00:15:12,939
What do you think?
353
00:15:14,309 --> 00:15:15,642
Eh, it's good enough
for Facebook.
354
00:15:23,651 --> 00:15:25,218
I can't believe
they did that.
355
00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:27,220
I know-- it's so insulting.
356
00:15:27,222 --> 00:15:28,889
At one point,
they had me figure out
357
00:15:28,891 --> 00:15:31,858
how to get a banana
out of a puzzle box.
358
00:15:31,860 --> 00:15:34,861
Wait, Sheldon gave me
a banana in a box.
359
00:15:34,863 --> 00:15:37,064
He was testing me, too.
360
00:15:37,066 --> 00:15:39,066
Unbelievable.
361
00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:40,901
And how could a chimp
even solve that?
362
00:15:40,903 --> 00:15:42,402
That was impossible.
363
00:15:42,404 --> 00:15:44,771
Really? You couldn't get it out?
364
00:15:48,376 --> 00:15:49,710
Thank you.
365
00:15:49,712 --> 00:15:51,712
AMY: Wow, the
store looks great.
366
00:15:51,714 --> 00:15:53,714
So you guys were
testing us both?
367
00:15:53,716 --> 00:15:54,748
What is the
matter with you?
368
00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:56,249
PENNY: Eh, what's
the matter with them is
369
00:15:56,251 --> 00:15:57,851
they think they're so smart
they don't care
370
00:15:57,853 --> 00:15:59,519
if they hurt
other people's feelings.
371
00:15:59,521 --> 00:16:01,188
Sounds like us.
That's not true.
372
00:16:03,858 --> 00:16:06,526
I still don't understand
why you're upset.
373
00:16:06,528 --> 00:16:09,529
You solved every puzzle faster
than all of the chimps.
374
00:16:09,531 --> 00:16:12,199
Well, except Barnabas,
but he was on Adderall.
375
00:16:13,701 --> 00:16:16,203
I'm sorry, but it's
making me crazy.
376
00:16:16,205 --> 00:16:18,538
Can you please
just let it go?
377
00:16:18,540 --> 00:16:20,507
Oh, I can help
you with that.
378
00:16:21,876 --> 00:16:24,311
Imagine you're holding
an ordinary pen.
379
00:16:26,381 --> 00:16:29,383
While your favorite pen is
safe and secure in your pocket.
380
00:16:30,685 --> 00:16:32,018
(cell phone rings)
381
00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:33,787
Hold that thought.
382
00:16:33,789 --> 00:16:34,789
Hello?
383
00:16:34,790 --> 00:16:37,057
How can I make this up
to you?
384
00:16:37,059 --> 00:16:39,726
The answer's
in this puzzle box.
385
00:16:39,728 --> 00:16:41,895
Let's see
if you can open it.
386
00:16:45,199 --> 00:16:47,734
You could have at least warned
him about the furniture.
387
00:16:47,736 --> 00:16:49,803
That's what I said
when we moved it.
388
00:16:49,805 --> 00:16:51,304
You helped him?!
389
00:16:51,306 --> 00:16:54,307
No, Stuart picked out those
throw pillows all on his own.
390
00:16:58,513 --> 00:17:00,514
Hey, you okay?
391
00:17:00,516 --> 00:17:01,948
Uh, no.
392
00:17:01,950 --> 00:17:03,116
What's wrong?
393
00:17:03,118 --> 00:17:05,118
Um...
394
00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,621
my mom died.
395
00:17:07,623 --> 00:17:09,723
What?
396
00:17:09,725 --> 00:17:12,058
Uh...
(clears throat)
397
00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:15,061
that was my aunt.
398
00:17:15,063 --> 00:17:18,064
Ma took a nap.
399
00:17:18,066 --> 00:17:19,399
She never woke up.
400
00:17:20,435 --> 00:17:22,436
Oh, my God, Howie.
401
00:17:24,939 --> 00:17:26,807
I'm so sorry.
402
00:17:28,075 --> 00:17:29,409
What can we do?
403
00:17:32,113 --> 00:17:34,114
I don't know.
404
00:17:38,519 --> 00:17:40,320
May I say something?
405
00:17:40,322 --> 00:17:41,655
Not right
now, Sheldon.
406
00:17:41,657 --> 00:17:42,989
But I think it would
be comforting.
407
00:17:42,991 --> 00:17:44,925
Buddy...
No, it's okay.
408
00:17:44,927 --> 00:17:46,827
What?
409
00:17:47,862 --> 00:17:50,530
When I lost my own father,
410
00:17:50,532 --> 00:17:52,732
I didn't have any friends
to help me through it.
411
00:17:54,001 --> 00:17:55,635
You do.
412
00:18:01,142 --> 00:18:04,211
(choked up): I really thought
he was gonna say, "Let it go."
413
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,694
Okay, thanks, Bernadette.
414
00:18:17,696 --> 00:18:19,362
Travel safe.
415
00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:22,032
Okay, bye.
416
00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,366
(sighs)
417
00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:24,534
They booked a flight.
418
00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:25,769
They're heading
to the airport now.
419
00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,571
How's Howard holding up?
420
00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:28,905
He's hanging in there.
421
00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:30,540
How are you doing, Stuart?
422
00:18:32,577 --> 00:18:33,910
Still can't believe she's gone.
423
00:18:33,912 --> 00:18:36,880
I mean, that woman took me in.
424
00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:39,616
If it wasn't for her,
I-I would have been homeless.
425
00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:41,618
One of us would
have taken you in.
426
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,920
Yeah, I don't recall any offers.
427
00:18:45,723 --> 00:18:48,391
But, you know, uh, I-I'm glad
it worked out the way it did
428
00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:52,462
because I got to know
this wonderful person.
429
00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:54,131
Yeah.
430
00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,032
Mrs. Wolowitz was
pretty special.
431
00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:58,301
When I first moved to America,
432
00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:00,837
Howard was my only friend.
433
00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:04,074
She made me feel
so welcome in her home.
434
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:07,077
Which says a lot,
because, those first few years,
435
00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,746
she thought I was the gardener.
436
00:19:10,882 --> 00:19:12,549
Whenever I saw her,
437
00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:15,552
she'd say I was too skinny
and try and feed me.
438
00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:17,154
(chuckles)
439
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,089
She did that to me, too.
440
00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:21,458
Don't take this away from me.
441
00:19:22,593 --> 00:19:25,095
I didn't care
for her yelling.
442
00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:28,098
But now that I'm not going
to hear it again,
443
00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,666
I'm sad.
444
00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:31,668
If you want,
I can yell at you later.
445
00:19:34,505 --> 00:19:35,805
It won't be as good.
446
00:19:38,843 --> 00:19:40,243
Let's have a toast.
447
00:19:42,346 --> 00:19:44,014
To Mrs. Wolowitz.
448
00:19:44,893 --> 00:19:46,859
A loving mother...
449
00:19:49,863 --> 00:19:51,864
...to all of us.
450
00:19:51,866 --> 00:19:53,733
We'll miss you.
451
00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:04,731
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
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