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Maid of Honor, Amy Farrah Fowler's amazing behind-the-scenes wedding video.
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Maid of Honor, Amy Farrah Fowler's amazing behind-the-scenes wedding video.
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Take one.
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We're just trying on dresses.
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Do we really need to record this?
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I'm sorry, are you the maid of honor?
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I am the bride.
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So, no. And action.
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What do you think?
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I love it!
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What are you, a nun?
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Come on, bestie.
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Let's see some skin.
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Ooh, Amy, looking sexy.
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You think they don't have mirrors in there?
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I know how I look.
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Oh, Bernadette, you look beautiful.
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You do.
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Thank you.
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Not Penny beautiful, but beautiful.
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Come on, bestie, you're up.
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Give me a minute.
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What is taking you so long?
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Oh, Amy, get the hell out of here!
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Sorry, sorry!
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Amy!
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Sorry!
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Okay, you ready?
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Yeah, almost.
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I'm working on my facial expressions.
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See, I've got interested.
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Hmm.
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I've got very interested.
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Hmm.
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Enraged.
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Why would you be enraged?
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Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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Okay.
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And...rolling.
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Hello, I am theoretical physicist Dr. Sheldon Cooper,
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auditioning for the role of Professor Proton.
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Now, excuse me while I get into character.
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Hello, I am Professor Proton.
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And today, boys and girls,
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we're going to have fun with science.
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Did you know you could calculate the mass of an electron using household items?
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It's true.
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All you'll need is a pencil,
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some paper, dry ice, rubbing alcohol,
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and a spool of 50 micron thick cobalt 60 wire.
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And remember, don't put it in your mouth.
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Or instead of becoming a scientist, you'll become wildly radioactive.
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Hang on, I have a question.
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Do you have any experiments that aren't life-threatening?
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Come on.
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That was a perfect take and you ruined it.
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Oh look, hey, I did need enraged.
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Oh boy.
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What?
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They cast the new Professor Proton.
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Is it Sheldon?
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Not exactly.
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We turn!
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It's well eaten.
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Dear crazy future Sheldon, This is a thermostat.
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It controls the temperature of the apartment.
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The ideal setting is 72 degrees.
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If you find this too cold,
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then put on a jacket.
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A straight jacket, because 72's the best, and you're crazy.
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Now, this is your spot.
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You're very protective of it.
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When anyone else tries to sit here, you berate them relentlessly.
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It sounds mean, but somehow you make it adorable.
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People are also delighted by your love of pranks.
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For example, Leonard has no idea what I did to his coffee.
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It wasn't replaced with Fulger's crystals,
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I'll tell you that much.
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Hey, can we please get back to work?
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This is Leonard.
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He's your best friend in the world.
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Just stop.
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This is ridiculous.
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Sometimes he gets cranky.
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But you can trust him with your life.
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and he does more things for you than I can even begin to list.
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Thank you.
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Oh, no, he's drinking it.
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But I made a video.
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I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, and I'd like to tell you why I should be chosen to...
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Go to Mars!
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I'm exceedingly smart.
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I graduated college at 14.
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While my brother was getting an STD,
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I was getting a PhD.
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Penicillin can't take this away.
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Being in close quarters, cleanliness is important.
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My hygiene is impeccable.
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In fact, animals don't trust me because I smell like nothing.
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Literally nothing.
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During the seven-month space flight,
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I can keep up morale with my wacky sense of humor.
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Hey, Leonard, is there any peanut brittle left in that can?
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You mean this weirdly suspicious one?
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Yes.
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Open it and check.
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I don't get it.
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There's actually peanut brittle.
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Please go to Mars.
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But on a more serious note,
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the most important reason I want to go to Mars is that I believe,
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as a scientist, it's my duty to push the boundaries of human knowledge forward.
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Now, I know that life on Mars will be difficult,
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but life here on Earth is no picnic.
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Also picnics are no picnic.
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Where should we go for lunch?
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Oh, I know, the ground.
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In conclusion, thank you for considering me for this journey of a lifetime.
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To Mars!
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Afterwards, Leonard blew his nose and pie came out.
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Here we go.
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Oh, look how cute you were.
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Amy, please, of course I was cute.
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Look how I turned out.
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Hello, Sheldon.
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Hello, Sheldon.
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If you're watching this, I assume something bad has happened.
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Something unfortunate and unforeseen.
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Something that's making you question everything.
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I'm so smart.
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Now just make sure it's really you watching this, not an imposter.
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What am I thinking of?
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On the count of three.
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One, two, three.
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Robot monkey butler.
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okay good should i leave you two alone no this is gonna be inspiring you should watch
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sheldon never forget no matter how bad things seem you can
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all what what no no my dad taped over one of his stupid high school football games Sorry.
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You know, it doesn't matter.
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Nothing matters.
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Is there anything I can do?
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Yes.
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You can build me a time machine so I can go back and tell my younger self to give up,
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because nothing's gonna work out the way he wants.
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Just thinking a nice cup of leaf soup.
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Is that a VCR?
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Yeah.
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Amy asked if we had one she could borrow,
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and I just want to make sure it still works.
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What's on the tape?
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Where's my tape?
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Not sure.
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I used to record a lot of Jeopardy for my mom,
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but if I push play and you see some naked people.
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Got it.
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What is porn?
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Yep.
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Ooh, we were looking for vintage 80s erotica, but I'll accept it.
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Hello, everybody.
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I am the great Haldini.
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Put it back on, you look adorable.
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It's just a practice tape from when I was trying to become a member of the Magic Castle.
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I didn't know you auditioned there.
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Oh, I never went through with it.
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I watched the tape and realized I wasn't good enough.
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You know that trick where you saw a mannequin in half?
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Don't you mean a lady?
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Thank God it was not a lady.
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I'd just be getting out of jail.
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Over the years here at Fun With Flags,
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we've had an opportunity to learn, laugh, wonder.
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And yes, even shed a tear or two.
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Like when you do a two hour 4th of July spectacular,
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and it doesn't get recorded.
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How many times do I have to say I'm sorry?
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How about 4,000?
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One for every domino I set up to make that American flag.
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Please enjoy these highlights.
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Crikey, what flag do we have today?
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Australia, mate!
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And now it's time for the speed round.
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A flag or not a flag?
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Flag.
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Flag.
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Not a flag.
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Flag.
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I am watching this.
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Say, Betsy Ross, what you working on?
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I have no idea.
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Because the story of me sewing the first American flag is unsupported poppycock.
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Then who did sew it?
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Don't ask me.
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I'm just a simple seamstress whose descendants are out to make a quick buck.
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Fancy a dip, my dear?
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I do.
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Wait, that purple flag indicates that marine pests such as jellyfish are present.
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Wow, that flag is a lifesaver.
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No. This is...
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Stop looking at my legs.
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Not a fwag.
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Fwag.
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Fwag.
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Not a fwag.
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Fwag.
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Eh, crap.
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Star Wars audition, take one.
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Starring Howard Joel Wolowitz.
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Real-life astronaut.
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Vader is here.
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Now, on this moon, I felt his presence.
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He's come for me.
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He can feel when I'm near.
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How many times do I have to tell you to replace the toilet paper when it empty?
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I'm in the middle of something.
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So am I!
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Okay, well, I've been poking around the internet,
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and I think I've found something we'll enjoy watching even more.
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What is it?
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Oh, just a video of Bernadette in a beauty pageant.
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What?
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Okay, I learned my lesson.
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Making fun of people is wrong.
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I haven't learned my lesson.
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Play it, play it.
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Hi, I'm Bernadette Mary Ann Rostenkowski from New York, Balinda, California.
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Hi, you look like a talking cupcake.
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And you should pick me for Miss California Quiznos 1999,
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because I want to tell you what I want,
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what I really, really want to tell you what I want,
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what I really, really want to.
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I wanna, I wanna, I wanna,
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I wanna really, really, really be the California Quiznos 1999.
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Play it again, play it again.
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I'm so glad the police finally caught that psychotic, genetically engineered ape.
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That is my girlfriend, I swear to God.
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Leonard!
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Leonard!
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Leonard!
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Leonard!
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Leonard!
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Hello, Leonard.
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I was going to write you an email,
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but I'm a little drunk,
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and spelling is a sober person's game, so...
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I feel I owe you a splanation.
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I'm sorry.
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A splanation.
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Penny?
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Penny?
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Penny?
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Sheldon, go away.
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I'm making a video.
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I'm sorry.
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I'll come back when you're alone.
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No, no, no. I am alone.
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I'm just telling Leonard why I broke up with him.
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Oh, he knows.
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The video I want to see is why you went out with him in the first place.
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I went out with him because he's great.
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If I kept going out with him,
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I probably would have married him.
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And it's a little scary because I just don't think I'm ready for that.
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You know, plus I have got to learn how to spell Hofstetter.
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I know there's a D in there,
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but it keeps moving every time I try and write it.
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Holden, what do I do?
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Try to pass out face down so you don't choke on your vomit.
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I am not gonna pass out.
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But thank you anyway.
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Wow.
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I know.
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There's like two more hours of her just lying there.
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Aw, you love me so much.
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I married you, jackass.
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I know.
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Not just out of pity like everyone said at her wedding toast.
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You want to see the part where she falls off the chair?
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Totally.
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That's my wife.
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I got to see that again.
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Do you have any spot collectibles?
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I have many.
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My most treasured is an autographed napkin given to me by my very thoughtful friend, Penny.
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That's her over there.
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Hi.
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Look at that.
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I'm in a movie.
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My shirt stayed on.
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Can we see the napkin?
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Of course.
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Excuse me.
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This will just take a moment.
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When did we get a wall safe?
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When there was no more room in the floor safe.
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When did we get a floor safe?
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When we got the security camera.
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There's a security camera?
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Aquaman, protecting your home since 2012.
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Oh my God, we've done things on that couch.
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Yeah, you don't have to tell me.
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I'll see you next time.
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