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[SHELDON SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

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No, it's:

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[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

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What's this?

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That's what you did.

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I assumed, as in a number of languages,
that the gesture was part of the phrase.

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- Well, it's not.
- Why am I supposed to know that?

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As teacher, it's your obligation
to separate your personal idiosyncrasies...

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...from the subject matter.

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- I'm glad you decided to learn Mandarin.
- Why?

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Once you're fluent, you'll have a
billion more people to annoy instead of me.

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Hey.

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[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

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You just called Leonard
a syphilitic donkey.

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My apologies, Leonard.
I'm only as good as my teacher.

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Why are you learning Chinese?

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I believe the Szechuan Palace
has been passing off orange chicken...

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...as tangerine chicken,
and I intend to confront them.

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If I were you, I'd be more concerned
about what they're passing off as chicken.

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- I need to use your window.
- Oh, hey. Yeah, no, sure, go ahead.

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Hey, jerk face. You forgot your iPod.

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- What's going on?
- I'll tell you what's going on.

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That stupid, self-centered bastard
wrote about our sex life in his blog.

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Drop dead,
you stupid, self-centered bastard.

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Thank you.

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Okay, where were we?

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Not now. I have a blog to find.

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Penny, are you okay?

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PENNY:
I'm fine, Leonard. Just go away.

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I understand that breaking up
with someone can be very painful...

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- Go away!
- Okay, feel better, bye.

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She doesn't wanna talk.

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Not surprising.

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Penny's emotional responses originate in the
primitive portion of brain, the amygdala.

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While speech is centered
in the recently developed neocortex.

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Former can overpower the latter
giving scientific credence...

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...to the notion
of being rendered speechless.

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Or maybe she just doesn't wanna talk.

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Hey, look, I found an iPod.

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It's smashed beyond repair.
What are you gonna do with it?

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What else?
Sell it on eBay as slightly used.

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It was Penny's boyfriend's.
They broke up.

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Apparently, he posted intimate details
of their physical relationship on his blog...

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...which I cannot find anywhere.

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You know what? I'm gonna go back
and try talking to her again.

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Good idea.
Sit with her, hold her, comfort her.

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And if the moment feels right,
see if you can cop a feel.

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I'm not going to do that, Howard.

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I'm not aware of any social convention
that requires you to intervene at all.

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What about damsel in distress?

51
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Twelfth-century code of chivalry?
Not exactly current.

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You'd also have to be knighted
for that to apply.

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I don't care.
She's upset, I'm going over there.

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Remember to sit on your hands a bit
so they're warm.

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I'm her friend. I'm not going
to take advantage of her vulnerability.

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So you're saying, if in the depths of despair
she throws herself at you...

57
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...and demands you take her right there,
right now, you'll just walk away?

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I said I'm her friend, not her gay friend.

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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

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Hey, I know you said
you didn't wanna talk...

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- I don't.
- Okay, sorry.

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- Wait.
- Wait. Did you say wait?

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Tell me the truth.

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Am I just an idiot who picks giant losers?

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No, no.

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Okay, so I pick good guys,
but turn them into losers?

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Of course not.

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Well, it's gotta be one or the other.
Which is it?

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I'm sorry. What were the choices again?

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I really thought Mike was different.

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I thought he was sensitive and smart.

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I mean, not you smart.

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- Normal non-freaky smart.
- Yeah, no, sure.

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You know, and then he just goes
and has to humiliate me...

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...by writing about me on his blog
so the entire world can read it.

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Actually, it's not all that easy to find.

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Yeah, really? Well, my friends at work
found it, my sister found it.

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Judging by my e-mail, a number of prisoners
at the Michigan State Penitentiary found it.

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What exactly did this guy write?

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Not that I need to know
the details of your sex life.

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I just thought...

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Never mind.

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No, you know what?

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Might as well read it,
everybody else has. Go ahead.

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Oh, God, I just feel so betrayed
and embarrassed.

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I just wanna crawl into a hole and die.

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Okay, well, you know, this isn't that bad.

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It just paints the picture
of a very affectionate woman...

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...who's open to expressing her affection
in nontraditional locales.

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Oh, God.

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Elevators, parks, movie theaters.

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Out of curiosity...

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...is this subway, the transportation system,
or Subway, the sandwich shop?

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Sandwich shop.

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Doesn't that violate
the health code or...?

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No, at the sub shop,
we were only making out.

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Ah, okay.

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But my point is that you have absolutely
no reason to be embarrassed.

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Really? Do you think I overreacted?

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- Maybe a little.
- Because I do that, I do overreact.

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- Maybe I should call Mike and apologize.
- No, no.

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No, that would be under-reacting.

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He did break the implied confidentiality
of the bedroom...

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...and in your case, the elevator,
parks and fast-food franchise.

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Yes, you're right.

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I should just say I am done with him.

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Yes you should. Go ahead, say it.

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But I never gave the man a chance
to explain.

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What is there to explain?
It's all right here.

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It's betrayal.

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No, you were right the first time.

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This is a man who loves me...

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...but in his own stupid way was just trying
to show people how he feels.

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I'm pretty sure I never said that.

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No, you did better than that.
You helped me see it on my own.

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Oh, good for me.

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- Where are you going?
- I'm going over to Mike's.

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- Leonard, thank you so much.
- Oh, sure.

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Huh.

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Maybe I am her gay friend.

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Howard, I'm going
to need another Mandarin lesson.

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I obviously didn't make my point
with those people.

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For God's sake,
if you don't like tangerine chicken...

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...don't order tangerine chicken.

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I like tangerine chicken.
I'm just not getting tangerine chicken.

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- Can we please change the subject?
- Sure.

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Tell us again how you screwed up and got
Penny back together with her old boyfriend.

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Just roll the dice.

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"Enslaved by warlocks.
Stay here till you roll two, four or..."

130
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She was mad at him.

131
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She was done with him,
the relationship was broken...

132
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...and I walked over there and I fixed it.

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Boy, that story gets better
every time you hear it.

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I thought the first two renditions
were far more compelling.

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Previously, I felt sympathy
for the Leonard character.

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Now I just find him
to be whiny and annoying.

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Just eat your tangerine chicken.

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I'd love to,
but I don't have tangerine chicken.

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Thank you so much
for your stupid advice.

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Incredible.

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You managed to screw up the screw-up.

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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

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I'm back.

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I'm sorry I yelled at you.
It's not your fault.

145
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What happened?

146
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Well, I went over to Mike's
to make up with him...

147
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Yeah, no, I know that part.

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But he had already moved on.

149
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Already? That was quick.

150
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That's what I said to the woman
who had her legs wrapped around his neck.

151
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Oh, Penny, I am so sorry.

152
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How could he do that?

153
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Oh, you know,
you did throw an 80-gig iPod...

154
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Yeah, no, how could he do that?

155
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I swear to God,
I am done with guys like that.

156
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You know, macho with the perfect body,
and the hair and the money.

157
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Yeah, that must get old quick.

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You know, just once, I would like to go out
with someone who is nice and honest...

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...and who actually cares about me.

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[WHIMPERS]

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What about me?

162
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What about you what?

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[CRYING]

164
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What about if you went out with me?

165
00:10:04,687 --> 00:10:06,021
Are you asking me out?

166
00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:11,067
Um, yes, I am asking you out.

167
00:10:12,695 --> 00:10:14,696
Wow.

168
00:10:15,323 --> 00:10:17,574
I was just going off your comment
about the nice guy...

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- No, I got that.
- And honest...

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00:10:19,368 --> 00:10:20,952
- Yeah, totally.
- So but...

171
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- It's no big deal.
- Yes.

172
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Yes, what?

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Yes, I will go out with you.

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00:10:31,756 --> 00:10:33,173
Really?

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Yeah.

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Why not?
I mean, what do I have to lose?

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Yeah.

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That's the spirit.

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Show me your citrus peels.

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[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

181
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Show me your citrus peels.

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[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

183
00:11:02,703 --> 00:11:04,162
- Show me...
- Sheldon?

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00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,331
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

185
00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:08,249
I'm sorry.

186
00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:11,002
Look, do you have a second?

187
00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,922
A second what? Pair of underwear?

188
00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:16,299
I was just wondering
if I could talk to you.

189
00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:17,509
It's about Leonard.

190
00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:20,845
Why me?
Why not Koothrappali or Wolowitz?

191
00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:23,515
Well, Raj can't talk to me
unless he's drunk.

192
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:27,143
And Wolowitz is, you know, disgusting.

193
00:11:27,937 --> 00:11:30,313
SHELDON:
Yes, I suppose he is.

194
00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,025
All I'm saying
is you know Leonard the best.

195
00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:38,446
Not necessarily. I'm often surprised
by my lack of familiarity with Leonard.

196
00:11:38,614 --> 00:11:43,618
Just the other day, I discovered
he not only has a loofah, he hides it.

197
00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:46,579
Why do you suppose a man
would be ashamed of having a loofah?

198
00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:50,166
I myself prefer to have my excess
epithelial cells slough off naturally...

199
00:11:50,334 --> 00:11:53,628
...but I don't condemn those
who seek to accelerate the process.

200
00:11:54,463 --> 00:11:58,466
And until recently, I had no idea
that despite his lactose intolerance...

201
00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:01,136
...he can tolerate small amounts
of nonfat ice cream...

202
00:12:01,303 --> 00:12:03,221
...without producing a noxious gas...

203
00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:06,766
...that, I maintain, in the right concentration
could be weaponized.

204
00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:10,270
Leonard might come home.
Can we talk in my apartment?

205
00:12:10,813 --> 00:12:12,689
We're not done?

206
00:12:14,024 --> 00:12:16,317
- No.
- Eh, why not?

207
00:12:16,485 --> 00:12:19,320
We're already through
the looking glass anyway.

208
00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:25,285
Okay, so here's the thing.

209
00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:28,413
I guess you're aware
that Leonard asked me out.

210
00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,331
Well, he didn't actually say anything.

211
00:12:30,499 --> 00:12:33,418
But when he came back to the apartment,
he was doing a dance...

212
00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,504
...that brought to mind
the happy hippos in Fantasia.

213
00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:39,090
Oh, that's nice.

214
00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:41,509
Anyhow,
the thing I wanted to talk to about is...

215
00:12:41,677 --> 00:12:45,054
...you know, since Leonard
and I have become friends, I was just...

216
00:12:45,222 --> 00:12:46,264
Wanna sit down?

217
00:12:46,807 --> 00:12:49,267
Oh, I wish it were that simple.

218
00:12:50,936 --> 00:12:54,689
You see, I don't spend much time here,
and so I've never chosen a place to sit.

219
00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:56,775
Well, choose.

220
00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:59,944
There are a number of options and...

221
00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:02,906
I'm really not familiar enough
with the cushion densities...

222
00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:07,118
...air-flow patterns and dispersion
of sunlight to make an informed choice.

223
00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:11,039
Why don't you pick at random, if you
don't like it, sit somewhere else next time?

224
00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:13,208
No, no, that's crazy.

225
00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:18,046
You go ahead and talk
while I figure it out.

226
00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:19,964
Okay.

227
00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:22,467
Here's the thing.

228
00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:26,971
So I've known for a while now
that Leonard has had a little crush on me...

229
00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:28,890
A little crush?

230
00:13:29,225 --> 00:13:30,475
Well, I suppose so.

231
00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:34,479
In the same way Menelaus
had a little crush on Helen of Troy.

232
00:13:35,731 --> 00:13:37,357
I don't really know who they are...

233
00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:40,902
- Menelaus was the brother of Agamemnon...
- Yeah, I don't care. Listen.

234
00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:42,737
The point is...

235
00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:45,657
...Leonard isn't the kind of guy
I usually go out with.

236
00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:49,285
Leonard isn't the kind of guy
anyone usually goes out with.

237
00:13:50,204 --> 00:13:53,081
Would you be open
to rotating the couch clockwise 30 degrees?

238
00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:57,710
No. What I'm saying is,
Leonard might be different in a good way.

239
00:13:58,128 --> 00:14:01,256
And obviously, my usual choices
have not worked out so well.

240
00:14:01,423 --> 00:14:05,593
Your last one worked out well
for Koothrappali. He got a free iPod.

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Oh, glare.

242
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But on the other hand...

243
00:14:10,933 --> 00:14:14,435
...if things don't go well with Leonard,
I risk losing a really good friend.

244
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I mean, he's not looking for a fling.

245
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He's the kind that gets into a relationship
for, like you would say, light-years.

246
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I would not say that.

247
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No one would say that.
A light-year is a unit of distance, not time.

248
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Thank you for the clarification.

249
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Draft.

250
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You see, people hear the word "year"
and they think duration.

251
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Foot-pound has the same problem.
That's a unit of work, not of weight.

252
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Right. Thanks.

253
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- It's a common mistake.
- Not the first one I've made today.

254
00:14:50,472 --> 00:14:51,723
Okay.

255
00:14:52,516 --> 00:14:55,018
I think this will be my seat.

256
00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:57,854
Do you have anything to say
that has anything to do...

257
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...with, you know,
what I'm talking about?

258
00:15:00,816 --> 00:15:02,650
Well, let's see.

259
00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:05,153
We might consider Schrödinger's cat.

260
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Schrödinger. Is that the woman in 2A?

261
00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:09,824
No, that's Mrs. Grossinger.

262
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She doesn't have a cat, she has a Mexican
hairless. Annoying little animal. Yip-yip-yip.

263
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Sheldon.

264
00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:17,665
Sorry, you diverted me.

265
00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:22,253
Anyway, in 1935, Erwin Schrödinger,
in an attempt to explain...

266
00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:26,090
...the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum
physics, he proposed an experiment.

267
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A cat is placed in a box
with a sealed vial of poison...

268
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...that will break open at a random time.

269
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Now, since no one knows
when or if the poison has been released...

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...until the box is opened, the cat
can be thought of as both alive and dead.

271
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I'm sorry, I don't get the point.

272
00:15:48,364 --> 00:15:51,407
Well, of course you don't get it.
I haven't made it yet.

273
00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:55,161
You have to be psychic,
there's no such thing...

274
00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:56,871
Sheldon, what's the point?

275
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Just like Schrödinger's cat,
your potential relationship with Leonard...

276
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...right now
can be thought of as both good and bad.

277
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It is only by opening the box
that you'll find out which it is.

278
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:11,386
Okay, so you're saying
I should go out with Leonard?

279
00:16:11,553 --> 00:16:13,554
No, no, no.

280
00:16:15,057 --> 00:16:18,142
Let me start again.
In 1935, Erwin Schrödinger...

281
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Two seats right there.

282
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[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

283
00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:36,077
Sheldon, I think I've made a mistake.

284
00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:38,621
I can see that.
Unless you're running a marathon...

285
00:16:38,789 --> 00:16:42,917
...choosing both stuffing and mashed
potatoes is a starch-filled redundancy.

286
00:16:43,585 --> 00:16:44,836
No, it's about Penny.

287
00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,797
A mistake involving Penny.

288
00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:50,008
Okay, you'll have to narrow it down.

289
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I don't think
I can go out with her tonight.

290
00:16:53,387 --> 00:16:54,721
Then don't.

291
00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:57,223
Other people would say, "Why not?"

292
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Other people might be interested.

293
00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:03,980
- I'm gonna talk anyway.
- I assumed you would.

294
00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:09,569
Now that I'm actually about to go out
with Penny, I'm not excited, I'm nauseous.

295
00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:11,529
Then your meal choice is appropriate.

296
00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:12,780
Starch absorbs fluid...

297
00:17:12,948 --> 00:17:16,576
...which reduces the amount
of vomit available for violent expulsion.

298
00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:19,620
- Right.
- You also made a grammatical mistake.

299
00:17:19,788 --> 00:17:22,206
You said "nauseous"
when you meant "nauseated."

300
00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:24,876
But go on.

301
00:17:25,461 --> 00:17:28,129
Sheldon, this date
is probably my one chance with Penny.

302
00:17:28,297 --> 00:17:29,630
What happens if I blow it?

303
00:17:30,466 --> 00:17:34,677
Well, if we accept your premise and also
accept the highly improbable assumption...

304
00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:37,430
...that Penny is the only woman
in the world for you...

305
00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:40,391
...we can logically conclude
that the result of blowing it...

306
00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:43,811
...would be that you end up a lonely,
bitter old man with no progeny.

307
00:17:43,979 --> 00:17:46,397
The image of any number
of evil lighthouse keepers...

308
00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:48,900
...from Scooby-Doo cartoons
comes to mind.

309
00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:50,985
You're not helping.

310
00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:52,945
All right, what response on my part...

311
00:17:53,113 --> 00:17:55,406
...would bring this conversation
to a conclusion?

312
00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:58,159
Tell me whether or not
to go through with the date.

313
00:17:58,327 --> 00:17:59,744
Schrödinger's cat.

314
00:18:00,662 --> 00:18:02,955
Wow, that's brilliant.

315
00:18:03,832 --> 00:18:05,750
You sound surprised.

316
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,212
Mmm.

317
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:11,923
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

318
00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:29,357
- Hi.
- Hi.

319
00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:32,276
- Come on in.
- Thank you.

320
00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:34,779
You look very nice.

321
00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:36,447
Thank you. So do you.

322
00:18:36,865 --> 00:18:37,949
[BOTH CHUCKLE]

323
00:18:41,203 --> 00:18:42,787
I made an 8:00 reservation.

324
00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:45,248
Okay, yeah, great. Listen...

325
00:18:45,874 --> 00:18:47,333
Maybe we should talk first.

326
00:18:47,876 --> 00:18:49,377
Oh.

327
00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:50,711
Okay.

328
00:18:52,214 --> 00:18:56,050
But before you say anything,
have you ever heard of Schrödinger's cat?

329
00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:02,140
Actually, I've heard
far too much about Schrödinger's cat.

330
00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:04,433
Good.

331
00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:13,317
All right, the cat's alive.
Let's go to dinner.

332
00:19:18,532 --> 00:19:20,533
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

333
00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:28,791
[IN ENGLISH]
Crazy man. Call the police.

334
00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,084
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

335
00:19:37,926 --> 00:19:38,926
Phew!

336
00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,207
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