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So, how's Kutrupali?
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Oh, my lord.
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What?
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That's Princess Panchali.
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I'm pretty sure her name's Lalita.
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No, no. Princess Panchali from The Monkey and the Princess.
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Oh, yeah.
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I tried to watch that online, but they wanted my credit card.
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It's a children's story.
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Oh, no, it isn't.
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When I was a little boy and got sick, which was most of the time, My mother would read it to me.
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It's about an Indian princess who befriends a monkey who was mocked by all the other monkeys because he was different.
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For some reason, I related to it quite strongly.
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I know the reason.
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We all know the reason.
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Sheldon, what are you getting at?
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That woman looks exactly like the pictures of Princess Panchali in the book.
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How often does one see a beloved fictional character come to life?
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Every year at Comic -Con.
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Every day at Disneyland, you can hire
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Snow White to come to your house.
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Of course, they prefer it if you have a kid.
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Hey, guys.
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This is Lalita Gupta.
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Lalita, this is Leonard and Sheldon and Howard and Penny.
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Isn't it great she isn't fat anymore?
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Forgive me, your highness, for I am but a monkey, and it is in my nature to climb.
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I did not mean to gaze upon you as you comb your hair.
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I'm sorry?
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You are the living embodiment of the beautiful Princess Panchali.
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Oh, no kidding.
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Who is that?
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A beloved character from an Indian folk tale.
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Oh.
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Us Indian or come to our casino Indian?
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You Indian.
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Oh.
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The resemblance is remarkable.
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I can practically smell the lotus blossoms woven into your ebony hair.
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Well, thanks.
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I imagine you smell very nice, too.
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I shower twice a day and wash my hands as often as I can.
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Really?
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So do I.
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But you're a dentist.
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He's nuts.
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Don't be insulting, Rajesh.
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So, Sheldon, tell me more about this princess you say I look like.
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It was said that the gods fashioned her eyes out of the stars
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and that roses were ashamed to bloom in the presence of her ruby lips.
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Oh, my.
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Back off, Sheldon.
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What?
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If you cannot stop hitting on my lady, you will feel the full extent of my wrath.
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I'm not hitting on her.
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And I am not your lady.
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And you have no wrath.
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You are my lady.
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Our parents said so.
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We are, for all intents and purposes, 100 % hooked up.
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Okay, let's get something straight here.
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The only reason I came tonight was to get my parents off my case.
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I certainly don't need to be getting this old world crap from you.
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That's exactly the kind of spirit with which
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Princess Pinchali led the monkeys to freedom.
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I'm all school Princess Panchali.
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Hey, you can't talk to me like that.
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But you're not Princess Panchali.
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Luckily for you, she could have you beheaded.
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Sheldon, are you hungry?
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I could eat.
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Let's go.
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What just happened?
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Eats the hell out of me.
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Tell you what happened.
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I just learned how to pick up Indian chicks.
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There's the man of the hour.
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Okay, so we now have a socially awkward genius in a room full of attractive, age -appropriate women.
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All he has to do now is hook up with one of them.
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Anyone else see the flaw in this plan?
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We need a social catalyst.
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Like what?
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We can't get 15 -year -old girls drunk. Or can we?
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No, we can't.
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I don't think you mean we can't.
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I think you mean we shouldn't.
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Okay, we cannot leave this to chance.
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Let's pick a girl and figure out how to get her together with Dennis.
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Okay.
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How about that one?
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Uh -uh.
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I know the type.
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Cheerleader, student council, goes out with the jocks, won't even look at anybody in the gifted program.
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And if, after two years of begging, she does agree to go out with you, it turns out to be a setup,
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and you're in the backseat of your mom's car with your pants off while the whole football team laughs at you. Are you crying?
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No, I have allergies
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Okay, uh Oh, hey, I'm on a hurry
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Sure, she wants to spend a couple years doing her homework while she drinks herself into a stupor with nonfat white
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Russians and you're the one holding her head out of the toilet
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while she's puking and telling you she wishes more guys were like you
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and then she gets into Cornell because you wrote her essay for her
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and you drive up to visit her one weekend and she acts like she doesn't even know you
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Okay, so not her either
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How about her?
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Interesting, kind of pretty A little chubby, so probably low self -esteem I think that's our girl
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One of us should go talk to her I can't talk to her.
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You do it.
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I can't just go up and talk to her.
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How would you talk to her?
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I don't know.
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She'll never go for the kid once she gets a peek at this.
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You know, if we were in India, this would be simpler.
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Five minutes with her dad, 20 goats on a laptop, and we'd be done.
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Well, we're not in India.
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All right.
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Why don't we do it your way, then?
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We'll arrange for this girl to move in across the hall from Dennis
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so he can pathetically moon over her for months on end.
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Okay, that was uncalled for.
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You started it, dude.
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Could I have everyone's attention, please?
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What a wonderful occasion this is.
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And how fortunate that it should happen to fall on Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
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We're here to welcome Mr. Dennis Kim to our little family.
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Welcome, Dennis Kim.
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Mr. Kim was not only the valedictorian at Stanford University, he is also the youngest recipient of the prestigious Stevenson Award.
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Youngest till the cyborgs rise up.
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And now, without any further ado, let me introduce the man of the hour, Mr. Dennis Kim.
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Dennis?
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Dennis?
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What?
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Would you like to tell us a little bit about your upcoming research?
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No, thanks.
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I'm going to the mall with Emma.
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The kid got a girl
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Unbelievable Did anyone see how he did it?
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How did that little yutz get a girl on his own?
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The best times have changed since we were young
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Smart is the new sexy
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Then why do we go home alone every night?
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We're still smart
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Maybe we're too smart so smart it's off -putting yeah let's go with that hey look at that
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it's Dennis Kim
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wow I almost didn't recognize him you know I kind of feel bad about what we did to him
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yeah we really ruined his life Hey.
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Me du, Louisa.
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You just called Leonard a syphilitic donkey.
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My apologies, Leonard.
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I'm only as good as my teacher.
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Why are you learning Chinese?
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I believe the Sejuan Palace has been passing off orange chicken 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.
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Oh, yeah, no, sure.
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Go ahead.
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Hey, jerk face, you forgot your iPod!
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What's going on?
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Oh, 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.
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I have a blog to find.
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I really thought
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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.
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Yeah, no, sure.
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You know, and then he just goes
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and has to humiliate me 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?
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Really?
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What?
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My friends at work found it.
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My sister found it.
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Judging by my email, 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, never mind.
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No, you know what?
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Might as well read it.
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Everybody else has.
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Good.
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Oh, God, I just feel so betrayed and embarrassed.
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Just want to 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 who's open to expressing her affection in non -traditional locales.
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Oh, my God.
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Elevators, parks, movie theaters.
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Out of curiosity, is this
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Subway the transportation system or Subway the sandwich shop?
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Sandwich shop.
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Bt's in our Bt I'm going to see
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Bt's in our Come on, come on This is not a lie I'm going to talk to you
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Crazy man Call the police
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No, I don't want to get to the police
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Bt's in our Many people are in the world
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Many people are in the world Hi -yah! So what's your news?
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Remember that little planetary object I spotted beyond the Kuiper Belt?
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Oh yeah, two zero zero eight NQ sub seventeen.
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Or as I call it, Planet Bollywood.
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Anyway, because of my discovery, People Magazine is naming me one of their 30 under 30 to watch!
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Congratulations!
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That's incredible!
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Excuse me, 30 what under 30 what to watch what?
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30 visionaries under 30 years of age to watch as they challenge the preconceptions of the fields.
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If I had a million guesses, I never would have gotten that.
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It's pretty cool.
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They've got me in with a guy who's doing something about hunger in Indonesia, and a psychotherapist who's using dolphins to rehabilitate prisoners,
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and Ellen Page, star of the charming independent film, Juno.
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Oh, I'd so do her.
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You'd do the dolphins.
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Do I get an honorable mention for designing the telescope camera mounting bracket you used?
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Sorry, it's not part of my heartwarming and personal narrative in
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which a humble boy from New Delhi overcame poverty and prejudice and journeyed to America to reach for the stars.
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Poverty?
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Your father's a gynecologist.
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He drives a Bentley.
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It's a lease.
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So anyway, after a fantastic lunch, I was whisked off to the People magazine photo shoot.
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Have any of you boys ever been to a photo shoot?
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I don't know.
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It's fantastic.
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Apparently the camera loves me and I it.
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They shot me in front of a starry background where I posed like this.
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They're going to digitally add a supernova.
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They say it's the perfect metaphor for my incandescent talent.
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Right, a ball of hot flaming gas that collapses upon itself.
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Excuse me.
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Oh, it's my assistant, Trevor.
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Go for Kutrupali.
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Uh -huh.
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That gave him an assistant?
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If I want a new pen, I have to go to the bank with wire cutters.
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Have we at this point met our social obligations?
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Not yet.
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Okay, just put it on my calendar, but start thinking of a reason why I can't go.
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All righty, Kutrupali out.
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God bless that boy.
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I don't know what I'd do without him.
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You just got him this afternoon.
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Yes, but I'm funny that having a lackey suits me.
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A lackey?
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I'm sorry, is that politically incorrect?
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In India, we just call them untouchables.
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Now?
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Almost.
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Speaking of untouchables, I've got great news for you guys.
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People Magazine is having a reception this Saturday, and I managed to get you invited.
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Oh, gee, thanks.
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Oh, you're welcome.
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Of course, I couldn't get you into the VIP section because, you know, that's for VIPs, and you guys are just, you know, peas.
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There's a tribe in Papua New Guinea where when a hunter flaunts his success to the rest of the village,
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they kill him and drive away evil spirits with a drum made of his skin.
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Superstitious nonsense, of course, but one can see their point.
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Here you go, Raj.
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You might want to drink this one slowly.
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Okay.
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So, Saturday night, can I count on my bossy?
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Gee, I'd love to, Raj, but I can't make it.
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Oh, okay.
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Leonard?
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Uh, uh...
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No, I can...
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Uh, no. Sheldon?
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I can't make it, but I won't.
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What are you guys talking about?
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Well, there's a reception for my magazine article on Saturday.
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And you guys aren't going?
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I can't believe you.
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Raj is celebrating a tremendous accomplishment.
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You're not even gonna be there to support him?
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A tremendous accomplishment would be if the planetary body he discovered were plummeting toward
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Earth, and he exploded it with his mind. That would be cool.
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I'd go to that reception.
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Come on, this is huge.
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Raja's gonna be in People magazine, and he didn't even have to knock up one of the Spears sisters.
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Would you like to go with me? Of course I would.
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I would be honored.
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Really?
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Cool.
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Shame on you guys.
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Look at that.
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I got a date with Penny.
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I can't believe it took you a whole year.
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Now?
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Now!
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Hey, buddy.
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I'm gonna be in People magazine.
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Yeah.
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Call me when you're on the cover.
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Uh...
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Telephone wires can't electrocute you, can they?
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No. Look, this has to stop.
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Oh, no, no, no. It is just beginning.
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All right.
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I really didn't want to do this, but...
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Here.
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What's this?
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Sheldon's kryptonite.
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Oh, my God.
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He can never know that I gave that to you.
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Look, I said I wanted to hurt him, but... Is this?
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He'll shorten the war by five years and save millions of lives.
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Hello?
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Oh, hi.
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Yeah, hold on a second.
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I'll get him.
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Sheldon, for you.
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How is it?
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Your mother.
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Oh, good.
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Hi, Mom.
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How are you? But Mom?
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She keeps sitting in my spot.
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And she touched my food.
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Okay, yes, I took her clothes, but she started it.
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No, that's not fair.
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Why should I have to apologize?
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I really don't think this is the kind of thing Jesus concerns himself with.
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No, you're right.
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I don't really know what Jesus thinks about.
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All right.
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Goodbye.
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Did you tell on me?
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Are you kidding me?
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I already have two strikes.
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Penny.
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Penny.
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Penny.
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I am very, very sorry for what I have done.
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Here's your laundry.
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I rescind your strikes, and you are no longer banished.
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Can I sit wherever I want?
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No, no. Never mind.
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Never mind.
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That's not important.
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Sheldon, this is big of you.
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Thank you, I really appreciate it.
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Thank you.
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Goodnight, Sheldon.
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Penny?
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Yes?
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Well played.
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Thank you.
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Just remember, with great power comes great responsibility.
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Understood.
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Oh, thank God you're here.
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What's the emergency?
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I got the Mars rover stuck in a ditch. Where?
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On a dusty highway just outside Bakersfield.
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Where do you think? On Mars!
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Hey, Howard, is everything okay?
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Yeah, baby, I'll be right in.
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You brought a girl to the Mars rover control room?
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Yeah, I picked her up in the bar.
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She's a doctor.
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One free barium enema and my mother won't care.
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She's not Jewish.
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Wait a minute.
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So the eye patch and the insults work?
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No, there were three other guys with eye patches.
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It was a fiasco.
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What did work was, how do you like to visit a secret government facility?
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So what exactly do you want us to do?
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I need you and Rosh to help me get the rover out of the ditch,
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and I need you to get Stephanie out before somebody notices she's here.
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She doesn't exactly have clearance.
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Really?
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They don't let strange women from Honky Tonks come in and play with $200 million government projects on distant planets?
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Yes, I was bad.
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Maybe she'll spank me.
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Can we please move on?
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Hey, Howard, you know, it's getting late, so do I get to drive this thing or what?
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Yeah, no, I'm sorry, but something's come up.
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Kind of a Mars rover, Mars rover can Howard come over situation.
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So my friend Leonard is going to take you home.
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Oh, okay.
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Let's go, friend Leonard.
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Okay.
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I'll call you.
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Yeah.
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So, are you a scientist like Howard?
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No one's a scientist like Howard.
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My mother is so gonna love her.
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How nice.
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Maybe they can carpool when they visit you in federal prison.
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I totally interrupted you.
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What were you seeing?
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Just that Howard's a terrific guy.
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He's got a great sense of humor.
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He loves his mother.
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a lot.
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Some people say too much.
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I really like that you're such a loyal friend.
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Yeah, I am loyal.
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You know, if you look at the big picture.
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Out of curiosity, did he ever have a shot with you?
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Are you insane?
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The guy was wearing an eye patch.
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Then why did you...
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He said that I could drive a car on Mars.
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Got it.
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Yeah.
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So, can I see you again?
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You're not going to see me now.
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Cool.
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Ooh, is this one of those paintball guns?
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Yeah.
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You ought to come with us sometime.
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Oh, no, thanks.
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I'm from Nebraska.
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When we shoot things, it's because we want to eat them or make them leave our boyfriends alone.
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Oh!
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Oh!
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You think he'll notice?
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There's a chance.
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Oh, what are we gonna do?
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We?
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No, no, no. You had your chance to be we for like a year and a half now.
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Right now, you are you and you are screwed.
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Why do we have to tell him I did it?
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Well, we're not gonna tell him I did it.
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Okay, okay, how about this?
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We tell him somebody broke in.
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Just to shoot the couch with a paintball gun?
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I'm sorry, I buy it.
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All those people are on drugs.
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We could tell him they wanted the couch to stay away from their boyfriend.
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Okay, fine.
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What if we just flip it over?
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There!
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Looks fine, right?
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Mmm, butt print.
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There's no discernible butt print.
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Oh, come on.
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There, butt print.
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It's too small and too perfect.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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Shh, act normal.
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Sheldon!
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How was the comic book store?
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Fine.
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The new issue of Flash is out.
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Great, great.
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Did you walk the whole way?
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It's a little chilly.
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Kuthra Polly picked me up.
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Isn't that terrific?
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He is such a good friend.
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You know what the best thing about friends is?
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They don't talk incessantly for no particular reason.
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No, no. Friends forgive the little things.
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You know, I gotta go home and wash my hair.
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Don't you dare, Missy.
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Hello, fastest man alive.
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Wanna see me read your entire comic book?
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Want to see it again?
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Something's wrong.
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What do you mean?
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I'm not sure.
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It doesn't feel right.
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I don't know what you're talking about.
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Oh, that.
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Penny did that.
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It's hot in here.
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Must be summer.
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It's hot in here.
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Must be summer.
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It's hot in here, it must be summer.
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It's hot in here, it must be summer.
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That's cute.
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Really, I just made it up.
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Have you seen Slumdog Millionaire?
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Oh yeah, I loved it.
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It's loosely based on my life.
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And that bright little star picking her head out early today, that's Venus. That is so cool.
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No. You really know a lot about space.
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Come on.
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When you were on TV in Firefly, you were actually in space.
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You're not one of those guys who really believe that, are you?
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You mean one of the hopeless geeks?
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No. Those are crazy people.
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Howard, be a dear and get me another one of these.
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Now him, he's one of those geeks. Do you believe him?
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Normally around women he has the personality of a boiled potato.
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Put one beer on him and he's M.
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Night Charm Alarmalon.
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Is that what he's drinking?
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It's not even real beer.
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What?
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Look at it.
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Not alcoholic beer.
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What's going on?
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I don't know.
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Some sort of placebo effect, I guess.
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Placebo, you say.
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Interesting.
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Yes, I'm still here.
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Where am I going?
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I'm on a...
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Train.
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Now, what you'll be looking for is a small wooden box located between a Hoberman sphere
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and a sample of quartz flecked with pyrite.
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Hoberman sphere.
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It's a collapsible icoside dodecahedron.
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No, the thing with the time on it is my alarm clock.
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Actually, in India, the names of constellations are different.
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Where you have the big dipper, We have the big curry pot.
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You're making that up.
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You got me.
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Now what are you going to do with me?
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Raj?
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Yes?
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Look.
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What am I looking at?
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You tell me.
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Non -alcoholic beer, eh?
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Yeah?
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Hi, I'm the small package good things come in.
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Uh, hey Leonard, could I talk to you about something?
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Sure, what's up?
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Remember when I went out with your friend
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Penny a couple weeks ago?
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Yeah, vaguely.
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Sure you remember.
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That was the night you went to the bar and made a fool of yourself trying to pick up strange women.
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What about it?
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Well, uh, the thing is the date didn't go that well.
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Oh.
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Too bad.
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I guess the thing to do now is just, you know, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, forget it, and move on.
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I can't do that.
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Why the hell not?
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Because we're going out again tomorrow.
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Excuse me, Stuart.
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Have you read the new Flash?
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No. Well, I have, and it will knock your socks off.
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Good luck getting them back on.
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Uh, anyway, I figured this is probably my last shot with Penny, and I don't want to screw it up.
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Nobody wants that.
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So here's my question.
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It's the second date.
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You think she'll be expecting things to get physical?
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Uh, gee.
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My initial reaction is no. But, um, you know, let me think about it and get back to you, okay?
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Okay.
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So you'll give me a call?
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Yeah, or you call me.
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Great. Or nobody calls anyone.
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Interesting.
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Penny's current suitor asking advice from her former suitor.
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Thanks for close -captioning my pain, Raj.
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Hey, you want to make sure he gets nowhere with Penny without jeopardizing your friendship with either of them?
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I'm listening.
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Just tell him to do everything you've done with her for the last two years.
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Hey, Leonard.
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Hey, Stuart.
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You busy?
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Um, classified, Leonard?
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Yeah, it's a regular Manhattan project.
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What's up?
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Well, tonight's my date with Penny, and since we haven't been able to connect by phone...
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Yeah, I'm sorry, it's been broken. Or email.
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Yeah, no, it's broken, too.
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Everything's broken.
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Anyway, I was just wondering if you had any last -minute advice.
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Uh, all right.
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Um, well, off the top of my head, you know, I think the most important thing with Penny is to go really slow.
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I mean, glacial.
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Okay.
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You know, guys come on to her all the time, so you need to, like, set yourself apart.
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You know, be a little shy.
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Don't make too much eye contact.
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You know, treat her with, like, cool detachment and, you know, fear.
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Fear?
581
Yeah, like you're afraid that if you touch her, she'll break.
582
Well, that plays right into my wheelhouse.
583
Good, good.
584
Well, you kids have fun tonight.
585
Thanks, Leonard.
586
What is that thing, anyway?
587
You don't know what this is?
588
No. Good, get out. Be afraid of Penny.
589
Nice.
590
Very crafty.
591
It wasn't bad advice.
592
It just wasn't particularly helpful.
593
For what it's worth, my mother says that when we deceive for personal gain, we make Jesus cry.
594
I just want you both to know, when I publish my findings, I won't forget your contributions.
595
Grace.
596
Of course, I can't mention you in my Nobel acceptance speech, but when I get around to writing my memoirs,
597
you can expect a very effusive footnote and perhaps a signed copy.
598
We have to tell him.
599
Tell me what?
600
Damn his Vulcan hearing.
601
You fellas are planning a party for me, aren't you?
602
Okay, Sheldon, sit down.
603
If there's going to be a theme, I should let you know that I don't care for luau, toga, or under the sea.
604
Yeah, we'll keep that in mind.
605
Look, we need to talk to you about something that happened at the North Pole.
606
If this is about the night the heat went out, there's nothing to be embarrassed about.
607
It's not about that.
608
And we agree to never speak of it again.
609
So we slept together naked.
610
It was only to keep our core body temperatures from plummeting.
611
He's speaking about it.
612
For me, it was a bonding moment.
613
Sheldon, you remember the first few weeks we were looking for magnetic monopoles and not finding anything, and you were acting like an obnoxious giant dictator?
614
I thought we were going to be gentle with him.
615
That's why I added the tater.
616
And when we finally got our first positive data, you were so happy.
617
Oh, yes.
618
In the world of emoticons, I was colon capital D.
619
Well, in actuality, what your equipment detected wasn't
620
so much evidence of paradigm -shifting monopoles as it was static from the electric can opener we were turning on and off.
621
He just went colon capital O.
622
You tampered with my experiment?
623
We had to.
624
It was the only way to keep you from being such a huge Dickensian.
625
You see that?
626
I added the Ensian.
627
Did Leonard know about this?
628
Leonard's my best friend in the world.
629
Surely Leonard didn't know.
630
Actually, it was his idea.
631
Of course it was.
632
The whole plan reeks of Leonard.
633
I missed you so much.
634
I missed you too.
635
I couldn't think of anyone else while you were gone.
636
Me neither.
637
Except for one night when the heat went out.
638
Long story, don't ask.
639
Leonard.
640
Leonard.
641
Leonard.
642
Do not make a sound.
643
Whispering do not make a sound is a sound.
644
Damn his Vulcan hearing.
645
Not a good time, Sheldon.
646
Penny.
647
Penny.
648
Penny.
649
Oh, this is ridiculous.
650
What?
651
Hello, Penny.
652
I realize you're currently at the mercy of your primitive biological urges, but as you have an entire lifetime of poor decisions ahead of you,
653
may I interrupt this one?
654
It's great to see you, too.
655
Come on in.
656
Wolowitz has informed me of your grand deception.
657
Do you have anything to say for yourself?
658
Yes, I feel terrible about it.
659
I will never forgive myself.
660
I don't expect you to either,
661
and I would really appreciate it if you would leave me with Penny for a session of self -criticism and repentance.
662
Okay, can someone please tell me what's going on here?
663
What's going on is I was led to believe I was making groundbreaking strides in science when,
664
in fact, I was being fed false data at the hands of Wolowitz, Cuthur Polly, and your furry little boy toy.
665
What?
666
What do you mean, what?
667
It's Halo Night.
668
I can't.
669
I'm too sick.
670
Go away.
671
That's why we moved
672
Halo Night here.
673
Look, I brought my mom's chicken soup.
674
I'm not hungry.
675
Don't send him away.
676
Let him in.
677
Who is that?
678
I bought a parrot.
679
Yeah, right.
680
Dr. Plimpton.
681
Hi.
682
Howard, right?
683
Uh, yeah.
684
Can I ask you a question, Howard?
685
Do you like role -playing games?
686
Yeah, sure.
687
In fact, I'm a dungeon master.
688
Not tonight.
689
Tonight, you are a delivery man.
690
You brought soup, but uh -oh, Raj and I don't have enough money to pay you,
691
so we'll have to come to some other kind of arrangement.
692
Beg pardon?
693
You two figure out the details.
694
I'm gonna go change into something I don't mind getting ripped off my milky flesh.
695
What the frack?
696
Go away.
697
She wants new deli, not kosher deli.
698
Besides, you have a girlfriend.
699
You broke up weeks ago.
700
Why didn't you say anything?
701
I was waiting for the right time.
702
This is the right time.
703
Hey, who's ready for Halo?
704
Oh, this is like a nightmare.
705
Get lost.
706
He's right.
707
The numbers are shaky enough as it is.
708
I don't understand.
709
Oh, good, Leonard's here.
710
Good?
711
Elizabeth, what's going on?
712
What's going on is you and Howard are my moving men, and Raj is my new landlord,
713
and I don't have enough money to pay any of you.
714
Is she suggesting what I think she's suggesting?
715
Yep.
716
Welcome to the penthouse forum.
717
Okay, show of hands, who's up for this?
718
We'll all be naked in front of each other.
719
I'm out.
720
Everybody ready?
721
Follow my lead.
722
Almost.
723
We're going to go out into the hallway and make a dramatic entrance.
724
Oh, good.
725
It's so much better when everyone commits.
726
Run!
727
Run!
728
Run!
729
Run!
730
Don't look back!
731
I thought we had something special.
732
So you said you can't pay your rent.
733
Hey.
734
Hey, Leonard, will you please tell Howard my sister's never been attracted to him?
735
Come on, Raj.
736
How am I supposed to know who she's attracted to?
737
Or was attracted to?
738
Or who she might be attracted to in the future?
739
And I have nothing to contribute to this conversation.
740
Because I, too, know absolutely nothing about Priya's preferences and male companionship.
741
And with that, I will re -zip my lip.
742
Hey, so what did you guys think of the new episode of Capricorn last night?
743
I didn't see it.
744
Didn't see it?
745
What were you doing?
746
I was out.
747
On Capricorn night?
748
Yeah, I went for a drink.
749
Really?
750
You?
751
Where'd you go? To, uh...
752
Lucky Baldwins.
753
Oh, I've heard of that place.
754
Isn't that Pasadena's favorite
755
Irish watering hole?
756
Yes.
757
Did you meet anyone interesting there?
758
Perhaps a promiscuous red -headed barmaid?
759
As a matter of fact, I can't do it.
760
Sure you can.
761
You're doing fine.
762
It's very believable.
763
I'm sorry, Raj, but the truth is I was with Priya last night.
764
Don't listen to him.
765
He's still lightheaded from all the Irish whiskey and pickled eggs in his system.
766
What were you doing with Priya?
767
I believe they engaged in coitus, but more importantly, if Leonard had not abandoned his story, would you have found it plausible?
768
You slept with my sister?
769
Yeah.
770
How could you?
771
We had a pact.
772
Excuse me, I think, how could you?
773
She's my sister, takes precedence of her five -year -old pinky sweat.
774
May I point out in a parallel universe, your friends are saying, Maggie McGarry, she sounds lovely.
775
I admit it.
776
I may have crossed a line here, but come on, Raj.
777
Your sister is a grown woman, and to her, I'm a forbidden piece of white chocolate.
778
I don't believe it.
779
This is a terrible betrayal of my trust.
780
No, no, no, no. Would it help if I told you
781
that I offered her my heart and she kind of stomped on it?
782
How hard did she stomp?
783
Very hard.
784
Okay, I'm good.
785
Raj, I just want to say that I never betray your trust.
786
Unlike Leonard, I respect you.
787
Really?
788
Was it out of respect that you didn't tell
789
Raj about the time he dropped his iPhone in a urinal?
790
Dude, I put that thing on my face!
791
I think a more amusing violation of Raj's trust is when Howard convinced him that foreigners give presents to Americans on Thanksgiving.
792
Hey, I didn't see you giving back your Snoopy snow cone maker.
793
That was all a lie.
794
This year's gift's already wrapped.
795
And as long as we're talking about betraying our friends, how about the month Sheldon spent grinding up insects and mixing them into Leonard's food?
796
Well, excuse me.
797
That was not a betrayal.
798
That was an experiment to determine at what concentration food starts tasting mothy.
799
You put moths in my food? For science.
800
I can't believe you kissed my sister with moth mouth.
801
What?
802
I can't believe you used Sheldon's toothbrush.
803
You used my toothbrush?
804
Not the brush part, just the little rubber thing to pick food from my teeth and massage my gums.
805
Okay, I think it's safe to say that we've all done some things we're not particularly proud of.
806
But come on, we're friends.
807
Friends overlook each other's minor lapses.
808
For the record, Howard, I'm sorry that I broke our pack.
809
Thank you.
810
I'm sorry about your phone and Thanksgiving.
811
And while we're at it, you don't have to wash our clothes on the Fourth of July.
812
As long as we're apologizing.
813
Sheldon, I'm sorry I used your toothbrush.
814
And I'm sorry, but that behavior is beyond the pale and cannot be tolerated.
815
We are no longer friends.
816
I got you a talking Thomas the Tank engine for Thanksgiving.
817
With real puffing smoke?
818
Yes.
819
All right. But I'm watching you.
820
No!
821
Oh, God.
822
Oh, God!
823
Oh!
824
Okay, look, this never happened.
825
Do you understand me?
826
Really?
827
Still can't talk to me?
828
What are you doing here?
829
What?
830
I said, what are you doing here?
831
I live here.
832
I have paperwork that says differently.
833
Priya's going back to India.
834
Irrelevant.
835
Rajesh and I have a good thing going, and you're not going to ruin it.
836
What are you doing here?
837
I've been up all night.
838
I had a fight with Bernadette.
839
Why?
840
She gave me a beautiful watch.
841
Leonard, do you understand this?
842
Yes.
843
Talk to him.
844
Dan.
845
What's going on?
846
Oh.
847
It's not what it looks like.
848
What does it look like?
849
Are you getting this next minute?
850
Uh, yeah, it's issue number 21, first appearance of Hellboy.
851
I know.
852
I've been looking for it for years.
853
Sorry.
854
Hey, if I pretended to hit on you, could I distract you enough to sneak it away?
855
Yes, but you'd be using your superpowers for evil.
856
Damn.
857
I'm forbidden by my Kryptonian father to do so.
858
I'm Alice.
859
I'm...
860
Leonard.
861
You're very cute, Leonard.
862
Thanks.
863
You too.
864
You don't go ahead and take it.
865
No, no. No, no. I did evil.
866
Would you be open to a trade?
867
Uh, yeah.
868
Sure, I guess.
869
Okay.
870
Here.
871
This is my number.
872
Call me.
873
Sorry, the poem's a little sweaty.
874
What's that word?
875
Alice.
876
Oh, write your name.
877
That makes more sense than penis.
878
Later.
879
Did I just see you pick up a girl in a comic book store?
880
Because if you did, you'd get your picture up there on the wall of heroes.
881
No, I don't think I picked her up.
882
Besides, I have a girlfriend.
883
It doesn't matter.
884
This is the closest anyone's ever come.
885
You're going on the wall, my friend.
886
Check it out.
887
Jim Lee drew this of me two years ago at Comic -Con.
888
What are you wearing?
889
Well, you know, it's Comic -Con.
890
I'm Lion -O from Thundercats.
891
Wow, you must have gotten so laid.
892
No, but Jessica Alba did rub my furry belly.
893
Want to see a comic I draw?
894
You're kidding.
895
You have your own book?
896
Yeah, it's kind of based on my life.
897
Cool.
898
Oh, well, look, there's you having sex with a guy in the top half of a Chewbacca costume.
899
Comic -Con.
900
You'd think, but no. You're very talented.
901
This is really good.
902
Did you do...
903
So, can I trade you my comic for the Hellboy?
904
You can have my car.
905
Damn it, I can't, I can't do this.
906
Is it my tongue stud?
907
Because if that freaks you out, you're in for a real surprise later on.
908
No, no, no, no, I can't do this.
909
Believe me, I really want to. But?
910
But I kind of have a girlfriend.
911
You kidding?
912
You're cool with me just being friends, right?
913
I don't believe this.
914
I don't... Which part? So stupid.
915
I thought for once I'd met a good guy, but you're just another jackass.
916
Oh, no. No, you have it wrong.
917
No, I was going to be a jackass, but I stopped myself.
918
I stayed a good guy, so I'm gonna pass on the sex.
919
But you should know that's not a comment on your hotness, but on my goodness.
920
That's kind of my superpower.
921
I'm like Captain Good Guy.
922
It's okay.
923
Did the right thing.
924
You idiot!
925
Why are you up?
926
How am I supposed to sleep?
927
I've been married less than 24 hours and my wife isn't speaking to me.
928
Perhaps you can think of this in a more positive light.
929
In one day, you've managed to do what it takes many couples decades to achieve.
930
Hey.
931
Hey.
932
You couldn't sleep either. Of course not.
933
Me neither.
934
But I just had a tickle in my throat.
935
Not profound marital problems.
936
What are we gonna do?
937
I don't know.
938
Please tell me how I can fix it.
939
I'm glad you asked.
940
As I see it, there's a simple solution.
941
Your lips had a dalliance with the lips of another woman.
942
It seems only logical that to restore balance to the relationship, you should find another man and dally with him.
943
And by dally, I mean some hardcore mouth -on -mouth action.
944
Okay, that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
945
You actually think he's onto something.
946
Well, you can't be serious.
947
Because I messed up and made out with a girl, you're gonna do the same with a random guy?
948
I'm currently single.
949
That's true, you are.
950
What is happening?
951
I will tell you what is happening.
952
I am saving my best friend's marriage.
953
Penny, do you want to check this out?
954
Yeah, sure.
955
All right, just look through here, and if you want to take a picture, just push that button.
956
Okay.
957
Oh, what is that?
958
Is it Mercury?
959
I'm really jonesing for Mercury.
960
I think it's a little early for Mercury to be visible yet.
961
Playing hard to get.
962
I like that in a planet.
963
Oh, there's something fuzzy.
964
Is it your teen years?
965
No. Yes.
966
Shut up.
967
Look.
968
No, really, I think I see something.
969
It could just be your eyelash.
970
It's not an eyelash.
971
Okay, well, take a picture.
972
Let's see.
973
Okay.
974
Here.
975
Hmm.
976
I do see something.
977
Told ya!
978
What is it?
979
I don't know.
980
Maybe it's a comet.
981
That would be so cool.
982
You guys want to see a real star?
983
Look over here.
984
What?
985
I just got retweeted by Patton Oswalt's brother.
986
Guys.
987
Hey.
988
So guess what?
989
That indeed was a comet last night.
990
And it turns out no one's seen it before.
991
Wow.
992
Really?
993
Look at that.
994
I discovered a comet.
995
Oh.
996
What do you mean you discovered it?
997
Well, I'm the one who saw it.
998
In my telescope that I positioned, all you did was look into it.
999
Well, you both discovered it.
1000
You can put both your names on the registration form.
1001
Actually, we can't.
1002
Why not?
1003
Because when I fill it out, it asks for name of discoverer and I put Rajesh Kutrapali because...
1004
because that's who I am and that's what I did.
1005
Are you kidding me?
1006
Well, he is the one who knew it was a comet.
1007
No, he didn't.
1008
He thought it was an eyelash.
1009
And you thought it was a fuzzy streak.
1010
I mean, do you even know what a comet is?
1011
Yeah, the thing I saw first.
1012
I honestly don't think that that qualifies as a discovery.
1013
But I took the picture.
1014
Because I told you to.
1015
Like, if a monkey took the picture, it'd discover the comet.
1016
Excuse me?
1017
He didn't mean monkey.
1018
Get the hell out of my apartment!
1019
She didn't mean that.
1020
Actually, I think she did.
1021
You should go.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Jaw Dropping BETRAYALS! - The Big Bang Theory”. This video has 1021 sentences and 6551 words to shadow. The speech runs for 50:34. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 230 of its 1021 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| comic noun | /ˈkɑmɪk/ | A comedian. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| comet noun | /ˈkɒmɪt/ | A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to… |
| rover noun | /ˈɹoʊvɚ/ | One who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer. |
| attract verb | /əˈtɹækt/ | To pull toward without touching. |
| butt noun | /bʌt/ | Body; self. |
| forgive verb | /fɚˈɡɪv/ | To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against. |
| reception noun | /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/ | The act of receiving. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| poverty noun | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | The quality or state of being poor; lack of money |
| discovery noun | /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ | Something discovered. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| naked adjective | /ˈneɪkɪd/ | Bare, not covered by clothing. |
| experiment noun | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of… |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| pass off verb | To happen. | |
| back off verb | To move backwards away from something. | |
| break up verb | To break or separate into pieces. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why don't we do it your way, then?
- Could I have everyone's attention, please?
- I'm sorry, is that politically incorrect?
- You're not even gonna be there to support him?
- Telephone wires can't electrocute you, can they?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if we were in India, this would be · If I were you, I'd be · if you touch her, she'll break |
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | has been passing · I've been looking |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have changed · have done · Have you seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was mocked · was said · be done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 236 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: wrath /ɹæθ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/
- Long words — get the stress right: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/, alcoholic /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, planetary /ˈplænɪˌtɛəri/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like comic, monkey, comet.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.