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Uh, One dumpling left.
Who wants it?
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Maybe you should offer it
to the pregnant lady.
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And that would be...
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Me, Sheldon.
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I'm obviously pregnant.
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Well, you never
said it to my face.
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And the last time I assumed
a woman was pregnant,
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it did not go over well.
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Yeah, I'm still mad at you.
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You were drinking water
instead of wine.
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What was I supposed
to think?
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Sheldon's right.
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I would never ask a woman
if she was pregnant,
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unless she tells me
or I see a human being
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wiggling out of her.
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Well, Sheldon,
I'm pregnant.
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Congratulations.
How far along are you?
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About three months.
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Only three?
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Good gravy, how many
babies are in there?
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Okay, let's talk
about something
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that won't infuriate
my pregnant wife.
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I read an interesting fact
about elephants.
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Try again.
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Oh, I've got something.
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I'm being interviewed
on public radio this Friday.
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Oh, cool. How come?
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Uh, the university is trying
to get more funding
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for the physics department,
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so they want me to
go out and talk it up.
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Really? You?
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Well, they picked the right
person for the job.
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Thank you.
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I think he bought it.
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man
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Hi, I'm Ira Flatow,
and this is Science Friday.
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Joining me today
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is my guest physicist,
Dr. Leonard Hofstadter,
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to talk about
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all of the exciting research
they're doing at Cal Tech.
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Thank you for having me.
Whoa...
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Could never get used to
hearing myself in headphones.
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Is that really how I sound?
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It is. It is.
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That is good to know.
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I told him his voice
was annoying.
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He didn't want to listen.
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Hey...
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You're saying it's not?
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Just... hey.
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So, it has been five years
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since the discovery
of the Higgs boson--
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what's the next big thing
gonna be?
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Wow, that's hard to say.
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There's so much going on.
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We've been collecting
tons of data
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that could revolutionize the way
we understand the universe.
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For instance, there's a particle
called a squark,
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which could prove supersymmetry.
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That is interesting.
Have you found it?
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- What, the squark?
- Yes.
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No, no.
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Wouldn't that be exciting?
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But we're also looking
for the selectron,
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the gluino and the neutralino.
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- Well, and have you found that?
- No.
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Another fun sidenote--
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I went to high school with
a girl named Theresa Gluino,
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but it didn't cost $2 billion
to find her.
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She was smoking behind the gym.
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So, what have you found?
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Uh, nothing, actually.
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Should he be saying that?
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Uh, probably not.
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Yeah, this is public radio.
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Doesn't he realize that dozens
of people might hear him?
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But I remain confident.
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We've got the best equipment
and the best minds
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all working on it.
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Okay, sounds like
he's back on track.
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Although, some days
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I'm, like, ugh...
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we've spent so much money.
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Why haven't we found anything?
What are we doing?
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Oh, boy.
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There's Leonard.
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I'll bet he's having
a rough day.
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Let's just try to be supportive.
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Supportive?
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He publicly maligned
the love of my life,
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Lady Physics.
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You might not want to
mention that to Lady Fiancée.
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Hey, guys.
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Hey, how's it going?
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What?
You got something to say?
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I think I just said it.
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P-F-F.
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Pff!
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Look, I-I was just
speaking the truth.
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We're scientists-- isn't that
what we're supposed to do?
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Oh, what would you know
about the truth?
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You thought Phantom Menace
was "not half bad."
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I told you that in confidence!
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Okay, calm down.
Everybody just cool it.
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No, let 'em go.
If we get lucky,
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maybe one of them
will start crying.
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Uh, can we just drop this
and have lunch like adults?
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- Fine.
- Very well.
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- Leonard?
- What?
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Pff!
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You ready for lunch?
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Oh, one second.
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Ooh, someone's got a lot
of fancy new lab equipment.
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I know. The university has been
throwing money at my study.
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With any luck,
there'll be a brain disease
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with my name on it.
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Fingers crossed.
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Which is ironic, because
if you had Fowler's palsy,
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you wouldn't be able
to cross your fingers.
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I'm surprised Sheldon's
not up here playing
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with all your new toys.
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Actually, I haven't
told him about it.
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We've been getting so much
more funding than physics,
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he's been a little sensitive.
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So you're just gonna hide
your success from him?
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I know.
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- Am I terrible?
- No.
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I do that, too.
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How he thought my company
retreat was in Boise?
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It was in Tahiti.
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That's such a relief.
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I mean, part of me was worried
I was being unfair to Sheldon.
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Take that part of yourself
and hide it away.
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Just like I did with
last year's bonus check
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that I "didn't get."
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Ms. Davis, you
wanted to see me?
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Yes, Dr. Hofstadter,
come on in.
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Should I sit or stand?
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I'm not used to being called
into the dean's office.
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Please, sit.
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I have to say
I'm a little nervous.
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You should be.
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Look, I know I screwed up,
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but it was only one interview.
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How much damage
could it have caused?
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Would you like for me
to read you the e-mails
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from donors asking
why are they giving us money
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if physics is a dead end?
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I didn't say it
was a dead end.
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I just said that I was
worried it might be.
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So if I just said
I was worried
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you might not
have a job next week,
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how would you feel?
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Light-headed, and glad
you asked me to sit down.
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Okay, just tell me
what I can do.
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I'm gonna need you
to make a statement
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saying that you misspoke,
and that you're confident
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the physics community is
close to a major breakthrough.
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You want me to lie.
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Look, Dr. Hofstadter,
I'm counting on you.
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I think that you are
the smartest physicist
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at this university.
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Really?
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See? Lies.
They're not that hard.
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- Hi.
- Hello.
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Huh. Looks like
you've been busy.
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Oh, I have.
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Uh, dark matter,
uh, reconciling gravity
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and quantum mechanics.
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Supersymmetry.
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I've figured out the biggest
problems in physics today.
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Wow, you solved them all?
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No, I just, I figured out that
they're the biggest problems.
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Is this about what
Leonard said on the radio?
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Absolutely not.
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And I do not want
to talk about Leonard.
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Can we please just talk
about anything else?
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We could talk about my day.
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Walked right into
that one, didn't I?
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Well, since you sort of asked,
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I actually had a very good day.
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Got some new equipment
for my lab.
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Well, congratulations.
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I got some new equipment, too.
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I got these markers.
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They smell like fruit.
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Which I did not notice
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when I bought them.
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Don't really care for it.
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Here, drink this.
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It might help.
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What if it doesn't?
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Well, that's why
I brought the bottle.
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No one would talk
to me in the halls.
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They just glared at me.
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It's like high school
all over again.
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Oh, I would totally do
high school all over again.
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But that doesn't help you.
No.
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I got called in
to the administration office.
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Ooh, look at my bad boy
getting called to the principal.
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We don't technically
have a principal.
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There's a standing committee
that oversees the budget.
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Ooh, look at my bad boy
answering questions
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nobody asked.
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Hey, come on, look,
you said a few dumb things
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on the radio-- what is
the worst that could happen?
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I may get fired.
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Okay, well, even if you did,
you could find another job.
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Yeah, who wouldn't want
to hire the physicist
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who publicly said
physics is dead?
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Well, I wouldn't put that
under "special skills."
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I can fix it, I just need
to write a retraction
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I don't believe in-- basically
sell out to keep my job.
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Great, I'll leave you to it.
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Hmm.
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Hmm.
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Oy.
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Sheldon, it's me.
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What?
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Look, I know you're mad,
but I have to write a statement
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that says the physics community
is close to a breakthrough,
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and since you actually
believe that,
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I could really use your help.
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Sorry, I can't.
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Come on, don't be like that.
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I can't, because I think
you were right.
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What?
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Look.
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Not all science pans out.
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You know, we've
been hoping
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supersymmetry
was true for decades,
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and finally, we built
the Large Hadron Collider,
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which is supposed to prove it
by finding these new particles,
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and it-it hasn't.
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And maybe
supersymmetry,
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our last big idea,
is simply wrong.
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Well, that sounds awful.
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Now I get why everyone hates me.
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Well, on the bright side,
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after working together
for 15 years,
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you finally get to hear me say,
"You were right."
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Oh, yeah, you did.
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How's it feel?
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Mm, given I might be unemployed,
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bittersweet.
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Read it back to me?
Oh, hang on.
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"Yes, one might question
the $20 billion
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"to build and run
the Large Hadron Collider,
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but on the other hand..."
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Okay. Um...
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00:11:11,117 --> 00:11:13,918
Oh, oh! "On the other hand,
contrary to predictions,
261
00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,555
"the collider didn't create
a small black hole
262
00:11:17,557 --> 00:11:19,623
"that devoured the Earth
and life as we know it.
263
00:11:19,625 --> 00:11:23,127
So, s-- money well spent."
264
00:11:24,964 --> 00:11:26,764
This is depressing.
265
00:11:26,766 --> 00:11:28,733
Do you have any alcohol
around here?
266
00:11:28,735 --> 00:11:30,901
Uh, not surprisingly,
when Penny moved out,
267
00:11:30,903 --> 00:11:33,170
she took every last drop. Um...
268
00:11:33,172 --> 00:11:36,407
Oh, but I do have several
bottles of Romulan ale
269
00:11:36,409 --> 00:11:39,677
that I bought at Comic-Con.
270
00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,447
Isn't that just vodka
with blue dye in it?
271
00:11:43,449 --> 00:11:45,416
You-- first, physics,
now Romulan ale.
272
00:11:45,418 --> 00:11:47,685
What else would you like
to defecate on?
273
00:11:49,255 --> 00:11:50,955
Hey. I thought you
were coming right back.
274
00:11:50,957 --> 00:11:52,056
I was,
275
00:11:52,058 --> 00:11:53,691
but we're both depressed,
and decided
276
00:11:53,693 --> 00:11:55,226
to drown our sorrows.
277
00:11:56,329 --> 00:11:57,995
In mouthwash?
278
00:11:59,665 --> 00:12:03,234
Man, that is so summer camp.
279
00:12:03,236 --> 00:12:06,303
I-It's Romulan ale,
from Star Trek.
280
00:12:06,305 --> 00:12:08,172
It was briefly legalized
during the alliance
281
00:12:08,174 --> 00:12:10,174
between the Romulan Empire
and the Federation
282
00:12:10,176 --> 00:12:12,043
at the time of the Dominion War.
283
00:12:12,045 --> 00:12:14,845
Aw, now I'm depressed.
284
00:12:17,116 --> 00:12:19,984
The more I told him about
my lab, the pissier he got.
285
00:12:19,986 --> 00:12:21,519
You know what
he said to me?
286
00:12:21,521 --> 00:12:23,287
He said, "I hope
all your correlations
287
00:12:23,289 --> 00:12:26,791
turn out to be specious."
288
00:12:26,793 --> 00:12:28,959
He said that to your face?
289
00:12:28,961 --> 00:12:30,461
What a dick.
290
00:12:33,599 --> 00:12:35,566
You know,
you're a successful woman.
291
00:12:35,568 --> 00:12:37,568
You should be able to brag
about your accomplishments
292
00:12:37,570 --> 00:12:38,702
once in a while.
293
00:12:38,704 --> 00:12:40,171
Well, so should you.
294
00:12:40,173 --> 00:12:42,173
I mean, the guys
are never shy about bragging.
295
00:12:42,175 --> 00:12:44,141
Tell me about it.
Howie texts me
296
00:12:44,143 --> 00:12:47,411
every time his dog levels up
in Warcraft.
297
00:12:47,413 --> 00:12:49,380
Has he ever called you
298
00:12:49,382 --> 00:12:51,549
to tell you he found three
peanuts in one shell?
299
00:12:51,551 --> 00:12:54,318
'Cause Sheldon has.
300
00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,654
We should be able
to do that, too.
301
00:12:56,656 --> 00:12:59,223
I guess we can
brag to each other.
302
00:12:59,225 --> 00:13:00,991
That's a great idea.
303
00:13:00,993 --> 00:13:03,561
Damn right it is;
I came up with it.
304
00:13:06,065 --> 00:13:07,998
That felt good.
305
00:13:11,204 --> 00:13:13,304
You know, there's so much money
in pharmaceuticals,
306
00:13:13,306 --> 00:13:15,473
we don't even wash out
our test tubes.
307
00:13:15,475 --> 00:13:18,676
We just throw them out
and get new ones.
308
00:13:18,678 --> 00:13:22,913
I just got a brand-new,
state of the art fMRI machine.
309
00:13:22,915 --> 00:13:24,415
Whoa. Those things
are so expensive.
310
00:13:24,417 --> 00:13:25,716
I know.
311
00:13:25,718 --> 00:13:29,053
Sometimes, I just lie down
in there and take a nap.
312
00:13:29,055 --> 00:13:30,855
Oh.
313
00:13:30,857 --> 00:13:34,525
It's like a million
dollar bunk bed.
314
00:13:34,527 --> 00:13:36,961
At the office,
I have two assistants.
315
00:13:36,963 --> 00:13:38,095
I don't even
know their names,
316
00:13:38,097 --> 00:13:41,098
I just call them
Thing One and Thing Two.
317
00:13:42,268 --> 00:13:44,335
That's great. I-I
don't have assistants.
318
00:13:44,337 --> 00:13:46,337
Oh. I guess that's one of
the benefits
319
00:13:46,339 --> 00:13:48,239
of being in the private sector.
320
00:13:48,241 --> 00:13:50,407
That and all the money I make.
321
00:13:50,409 --> 00:13:53,210
Yeah, you've got that.
322
00:13:53,212 --> 00:13:54,645
I've got my integrity.
323
00:13:54,647 --> 00:13:57,681
Hard to say which is better
without making you feel bad.
324
00:14:00,453 --> 00:14:02,186
Okay. So you guys are upset
325
00:14:02,188 --> 00:14:05,356
because the collider thing
disproved your theories?
326
00:14:05,358 --> 00:14:07,024
I-It's worse than that.
327
00:14:07,026 --> 00:14:09,160
It hasn't found anything
in years, so we don't know
328
00:14:09,162 --> 00:14:10,694
if we're right,
we don't know if we're wrong.
329
00:14:10,696 --> 00:14:12,396
We don't know where to go next.
330
00:14:12,398 --> 00:14:17,635
All I know is it looks like
I tongue-kissed Avatar.
331
00:14:17,637 --> 00:14:18,836
Come on.
332
00:14:18,838 --> 00:14:20,371
You guys are physicists.
333
00:14:20,373 --> 00:14:22,506
Okay? You're always
gonna be physicists.
334
00:14:22,508 --> 00:14:25,209
And sure, sometimes,
the physics is hard,
335
00:14:25,211 --> 00:14:29,647
but isn't that
what makes it boring?
336
00:14:30,850 --> 00:14:32,183
- Hey.
- We're here.
337
00:14:32,185 --> 00:14:33,384
What's going on?
338
00:14:33,386 --> 00:14:35,920
Okay. As far as I can see,
science is dead,
339
00:14:35,922 --> 00:14:37,221
'cause Leonard killed it.
340
00:14:37,223 --> 00:14:38,389
And, uh,
341
00:14:38,391 --> 00:14:39,823
I don't know
who the Romulans are,
342
00:14:39,825 --> 00:14:42,193
but those guys
know how to party.
343
00:14:42,195 --> 00:14:44,094
So, what do you
want us to do?
344
00:14:44,096 --> 00:14:45,896
I don't know. You're scientists;
cheer them up.
345
00:14:45,898 --> 00:14:47,364
"Cheer them up"?
346
00:14:47,366 --> 00:14:49,700
Do you even know
what a scientist is?
347
00:14:50,937 --> 00:14:52,836
No, we don't need
to be cheered up.
348
00:14:52,838 --> 00:14:55,639
It just turns out that physics
is exactly like Lost.
349
00:14:55,641 --> 00:14:59,877
Started out great, and turns out
just a big old waste of time.
350
00:14:59,879 --> 00:15:02,012
Boo-hoo. You know
what you sound like?
351
00:15:02,014 --> 00:15:03,147
Babies.
352
00:15:03,149 --> 00:15:05,349
Two whiny babies.
353
00:15:05,351 --> 00:15:06,550
And there's nothing
worse than being stuck
354
00:15:06,552 --> 00:15:10,221
with two whiny babies!
355
00:15:10,223 --> 00:15:12,890
Oh.
356
00:15:24,036 --> 00:15:27,304
Oh, my God, I'm gonna
have two babies.
357
00:15:27,306 --> 00:15:28,806
No, no, no, no.
Babies are great.
358
00:15:28,808 --> 00:15:30,407
You're lucky to
have two babies.
359
00:15:30,409 --> 00:15:31,875
I mean, look at me,
uh, I'm all alone.
360
00:15:31,877 --> 00:15:33,377
I'm never gonna have babies,
361
00:15:33,379 --> 00:15:37,748
'cause you can't make a baby
watching Netflix with your dog.
362
00:15:42,655 --> 00:15:45,322
Thanks for coming.
363
00:15:47,593 --> 00:15:49,460
I may not make as
much money as you,
364
00:15:49,462 --> 00:15:50,995
but at least I know that
I'm actually doing something
365
00:15:50,997 --> 00:15:52,963
that makes people's
lives better.
366
00:15:52,965 --> 00:15:55,733
Hey, my work makes
people's lives better.
367
00:15:55,735 --> 00:15:58,502
Especially if you have
moderate to severe eczema
368
00:15:58,504 --> 00:16:00,971
and don't mind
if you lose teeth.
369
00:16:00,973 --> 00:16:03,173
You're right.
370
00:16:03,175 --> 00:16:05,009
We both do important work.
371
00:16:05,011 --> 00:16:06,877
I'm trying to map the
structures of the brain,
372
00:16:06,879 --> 00:16:08,212
and you're trying
to convince people
373
00:16:08,214 --> 00:16:11,448
that itchy hair
is a real thing.
374
00:16:11,450 --> 00:16:13,417
It is a real thing.
375
00:16:13,419 --> 00:16:18,522
It happens to be a side effect
of our cholesterol drug.
376
00:16:18,524 --> 00:16:20,624
I'm just saying
that my research
377
00:16:20,626 --> 00:16:23,661
may actually change
the world forever.
378
00:16:23,663 --> 00:16:25,029
I hope it does.
379
00:16:25,031 --> 00:16:27,197
'Cause I'm gonna see
that world from a yacht so big,
380
00:16:27,199 --> 00:16:30,434
you can land
a helicopter on it.
381
00:16:35,841 --> 00:16:38,042
Physics is all
we're cut out for.
382
00:16:38,044 --> 00:16:41,912
I mean, if we weren't
physicists, w-what would we be?
383
00:16:41,914 --> 00:16:44,515
I don't know. Popular?
384
00:16:44,517 --> 00:16:46,417
Mm-hmm.
385
00:16:46,419 --> 00:16:49,553
It's fine. I don't need
to be a theoretical physicist.
386
00:16:49,555 --> 00:16:52,122
There's lots of things
I could use this brain for.
387
00:16:52,124 --> 00:16:56,060
I could be an accountant
for the mob.
388
00:16:57,229 --> 00:17:01,131
I could guess
people's weight at the fair.
389
00:17:01,133 --> 00:17:03,534
Okay. This is getting silly.
390
00:17:03,536 --> 00:17:05,002
Is it?
391
00:17:05,004 --> 00:17:06,503
180.
392
00:17:09,175 --> 00:17:10,741
Okay.
393
00:17:10,743 --> 00:17:11,909
That is enough.
394
00:17:11,911 --> 00:17:13,577
Your lives are not wasted.
395
00:17:13,579 --> 00:17:15,779
Your careers are not
at a dead end.
396
00:17:15,781 --> 00:17:17,147
You just hit a
rough patch.
397
00:17:17,149 --> 00:17:18,716
Instead of feeling sorry
for yourselves,
398
00:17:18,718 --> 00:17:20,451
you need to get up
and get inspired.
399
00:17:20,453 --> 00:17:21,685
How?
400
00:17:21,687 --> 00:17:23,253
I don't know.
You know, when I'm feeling down,
401
00:17:23,255 --> 00:17:27,591
I go for a run, which is exactly
why I'm not 180 pounds, genius!
402
00:17:29,462 --> 00:17:31,395
I know where we need to go.
403
00:17:31,397 --> 00:17:32,730
Mm. Are we running there?
Because watching
404
00:17:32,732 --> 00:17:36,100
drunk Sheldon run would be
the highlight of my life.
405
00:17:36,102 --> 00:17:37,634
We're going to see
406
00:17:37,636 --> 00:17:38,869
Richard Feynman.
407
00:17:38,871 --> 00:17:41,605
Penny, Richard Feynman
is an iconic phys...
408
00:17:41,607 --> 00:17:43,407
I know who he is.
Leonard dressed as him
409
00:17:43,409 --> 00:17:45,209
for Halloween last year.
410
00:17:48,447 --> 00:17:51,882
I had no idea
Richard Feynman was dead.
411
00:17:51,884 --> 00:17:55,352
Yep. Most people don't know
he's actually buried right here
412
00:17:55,354 --> 00:17:57,054
in Altadena.
413
00:17:57,056 --> 00:18:01,125
I'm sure they keep a lid on that
to avoid traffic jams.
414
00:18:02,395 --> 00:18:03,627
Well.
415
00:18:03,629 --> 00:18:05,262
Here he is.
416
00:18:05,264 --> 00:18:07,598
Oh, wow.
He's buried with his wife.
417
00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,333
We get it. A lady loved you.
418
00:18:09,335 --> 00:18:11,769
Quit bragging.
419
00:18:11,771 --> 00:18:14,638
Feynman was so cool.
420
00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,040
When I was a kid, I'd
put on some headphones
421
00:18:17,042 --> 00:18:20,144
and crank up one of
his lectures and just...
422
00:18:20,146 --> 00:18:22,513
jam out to knowledge.
423
00:18:24,216 --> 00:18:25,516
This guy knew how to live.
424
00:18:25,518 --> 00:18:28,085
He taught himself
musical instruments.
425
00:18:28,087 --> 00:18:29,887
He studied Portuguese.
426
00:18:29,889 --> 00:18:32,055
Just to give a speech
in Brazil.
427
00:18:32,057 --> 00:18:35,959
The only part of me that's been
to Brazil is my bikini line.
428
00:18:35,961 --> 00:18:37,995
Okay.
429
00:18:39,999 --> 00:18:41,799
He did so much.
430
00:18:41,801 --> 00:18:45,102
And here we are, stuck
and letting him down.
431
00:18:45,104 --> 00:18:48,372
You know, Feynman used to
say he didn't do physics
432
00:18:48,374 --> 00:18:53,076
for the glory or the awards,
but just for the fun of it.
433
00:18:53,078 --> 00:18:55,879
He was right.
434
00:18:55,881 --> 00:18:59,683
Physics is only dead when we
stop being excited about it.
435
00:19:00,853 --> 00:19:03,987
Even beyond the grave,
he's imparting wisdom.
436
00:19:03,989 --> 00:19:07,124
Um, I'm the one
who remembered it.
437
00:19:08,127 --> 00:19:09,560
Give me the bottle.
438
00:19:09,562 --> 00:19:11,495
I mean, it might be
a little corny, but I say
439
00:19:11,497 --> 00:19:14,331
we pour one out
for all the science homies
440
00:19:14,333 --> 00:19:15,899
who came before us.
441
00:19:15,901 --> 00:19:17,668
I love that.
442
00:19:18,904 --> 00:19:20,304
Mm-hmm.
443
00:19:22,575 --> 00:19:24,842
Here comes some more.
444
00:19:29,315 --> 00:19:31,648
Ah, we got to see him run.
445
00:19:40,622 --> 00:19:43,122
Oh, hi, you wanted to see me?
446
00:19:43,124 --> 00:19:45,291
Yes. I wanted to talk to you
about the e-mail
447
00:19:45,293 --> 00:19:46,592
you sent me last night.
448
00:19:46,594 --> 00:19:49,729
I sent you an e-mail?
449
00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:52,865
You bet you did.
450
00:19:52,867 --> 00:19:54,901
"Hello.
451
00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:58,738
Shalom and aloha from the grave
of Richard Feynman."
452
00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:01,340
Oh, it's coming back to me.
453
00:20:01,342 --> 00:20:03,910
"Please accept
the following retraction:
454
00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:06,045
"I know I said physics is dead,
455
00:20:06,047 --> 00:20:07,914
"but it is the opposite of dead.
456
00:20:07,916 --> 00:20:09,081
"If anything,
457
00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:11,784
"it is undead, like a zombie.
458
00:20:11,786 --> 00:20:13,953
"Speaking of which,
459
00:20:13,955 --> 00:20:15,988
"if Richard Feynman
came back as a zombie,
460
00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:19,725
I would totally
let him bite me."
461
00:20:20,595 --> 00:20:22,595
Any chance that's the end?
462
00:20:23,431 --> 00:20:25,598
"I got bit by a squirrel once.
463
00:20:26,701 --> 00:20:28,835
"I had to get rabies shots.
464
00:20:28,837 --> 00:20:30,636
"I cried so much,
465
00:20:30,638 --> 00:20:32,972
"my mother said
'don't be a baby.'
466
00:20:32,974 --> 00:20:34,607
"In conclusion,
467
00:20:34,609 --> 00:20:35,708
"physics is great.
468
00:20:35,710 --> 00:20:37,710
"Squirrels suck, and someday,
469
00:20:37,712 --> 00:20:41,514
"I'm gonna put my mom
in a cheap nursing home.
470
00:20:41,516 --> 00:20:43,483
"Yours truly,
471
00:20:43,485 --> 00:20:46,819
XOXO, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter."
472
00:20:46,821 --> 00:20:48,054
I-I can explain. I...
473
00:20:48,056 --> 00:20:48,888
"P.S.
474
00:20:48,890 --> 00:20:51,924
"Can you come
pick us up?
475
00:20:51,926 --> 00:20:53,726
"The Uber driver
won't open the door
476
00:20:53,728 --> 00:20:57,663
because Sheldon is covered
in blue vomit."
477
00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:07,025
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
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