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So, tell me about your day--
how's it going

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with the particle detector?

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Wow! You remember that?

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Yeah, I listen
to what you say.

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You're building
a particle detector

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using superfluid helium.

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You know, when you
talk like that,

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I want to take you
right here on this table.

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And you know
from past experience

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this table cannot support
both our weight.

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So, how's
the detector going?

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Well, it's tricky working
with superfluids.

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Whatever container
you put them in,

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they kind of
creep up the sides

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and crawl out
all on their own.

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Kind of like
Sheldon's ant farm.

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Exactly, except you don't have
a lunatic running around,

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yelling, "I fed you sugar water,
why are you biting me?!"

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Come on, this is boring-- you
really want to talk about this?

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No, I do.

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I-I didn't write
"superfluid helium"

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on this napkin for nothing.

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Okay, well...

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This is cool.

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Uh, there's a thing called
"superfluid vacuum theory,"

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where empty space is
imagined as a superfluid

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with all of
its qualities--

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viscosity, density,
surface tension...

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Hey, if you're pausing
for dramatic effect,

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I'd keep it moving.

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No, no.

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People don't talk
about surface tension.

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If you imagine our
three-space as the surface

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of an N-dimensional
superfluid bubble...

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This... is exciting.

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This is really exciting.

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I have to go
find Sheldon.

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Okay, well,
if you find him,

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use the kitchen island--

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that coffee table will not
support both of you.

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Which means a spherical
multidimensional superfluid

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shows the same negative-energy
density as space-time.

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So what do you think? What do
you think? So what do you think?

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Hmm...

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What? Is it wrong?

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Have you seen it somewhere else?

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Hmm...

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I know this isn't my area,

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and I could never
do the math like you can,

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but could this be something...?

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Well...

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(sighs)

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(stammers)

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You could have set Newton's
gravitational constant to one.

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And, ugh, the whole thing reeks
of blueberry.

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You know I can't stand
these scented markers.

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No one told you to taste them.

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Come on, is-is this
good or not?

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(sighs deeply)

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It's good.

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Really?
I like it.

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I think you're on to something.

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You do? You're not
messing with me?

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Not at all.

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In fact,
I have got something

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for just such
an occasion.

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I was starting to think

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I might never get a chance
to give it to you.

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Good job.

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You're giving me a sticker?

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Not just a sticker.

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That is a sticker of a kitty
saying, "Me-wow!"

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I'm not a preschooler.

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(stammers)
Fine, I'll take it back.

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I earned this!
Back off!

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♪ Our whole universe
was in a hot, dense state ♪

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♪ Then nearly 14 billion years
ago expansion started... Wait! ♪

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♪ The Earth began to cool ♪

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♪ The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools ♪

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♪ We built the Wall ♪
♪<i> We built the pyramids</i> ♪

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♪ Math, Science, History,
unraveling the mystery ♪

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♪ That all started
with a big bang ♪

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♪<i> Bang!</i> ♪

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You're still awake?

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For a man whose
last observation was

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our universe may be the surface

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of a multidimensional
supercooled liquid,

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"you're still awake" seems
like quite the sophomore slump.

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You worked out
all the math.

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Oh, I did more
than work out all the math.

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I wrote a paper.

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You wrote a paper
on my idea?

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I wrote a paper
on<i> our</i> idea.

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When did my idea
become our idea?

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When I mixed it with
Sheldony goodness

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and cooked it in the
Easy-Bake Oven of my mind.

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This is good.

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Our idea is really good.

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Well, the lightbulb in this
oven is ridiculously bright.

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You know, if no one's
thought of this, yet,

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this could be a big deal.

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Only way we'll
know for sure is

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if we post it online to
the pre-print server.

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I have it ready to go, but I
wasn't gonna do it without you.

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Wow, it's all
happening so fast.

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Should we just sleep on it?

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We could, but we
always run the risk

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of someone else beating
us to the punch.

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You're sure it's good?

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My name is right on
there with yours.

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That is a surefire
mark of quality.

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That might as well say
"Directed by Joss Whedon."

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Okay, partner, let's do it.

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Come on.

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Click the
mouse with me.

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One...

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two...

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three...

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BOTH:
Click.

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Well, we did it.

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Yes, we did,
my friend.

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Is your tongue blue?

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I don't want to
talk about it.

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Okay, movie night--
what do you want to watch?

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Whatever happened
to that ape movie you were in?

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Oh, God.

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Probably nothing.

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I think I saw the director
twirling a sign

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outside the Verizon store.

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Search for it.

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PENNY:
Wha... no.

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No! Why?

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'Cause it would be
fun to watch.

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It would be humiliating.

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Well, now we have
two reasons.

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They have it.

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Please,
can we watch it?

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(sighs)
Please?

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Fine, but I'm telling you--
it's terrible.

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Have you even seen it?
No.

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Well, maybe it turned out
better than you think.

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MAN: Bananas,
get your fresh bananas.

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(laughing):
It really didn't.

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Sheldon, this is
superfluid helium.

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Put this in
your mouth,

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your tongue will
freeze and break off.

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Does it smell like blueberries?

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No.

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Then we're probably okay.

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Hey, your paper
got mentioned

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on the<i> Quantum Diaries </i>
physics blog.

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(gasps)
Really?

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Wh-What'd they say?

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Uh, it's basically
a summary of the theory,

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but there's a bunch of positive
comments on the message board.

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Let me see,
let me see.

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One calls it "insightful
and innovative."

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We're insightful
and innovative.

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Ooh, nice to meet you,
Mr. Insightful.

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Oh, the pleasure is mine,
Mr. Innovative.

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Uh, another one says,
"The concept shows

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some real out-of-the-box
thinking."

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Do you hear that,
Mr. Out-Of-The?

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I do, indeed,
Mr. Box-Thinking.

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How are you today,

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Mr. Can-You-Believe-
These-Jack-Asses?

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Just dandy, Mr....

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I-Wish-I-Was-
Better-At-Improv.

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Read another one.
Okay, okay. Uh...

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"The analogy
between space-time

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and a supercooled fluid is
either meaningless or... false."

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"I wish this blog would
devote itself to real science

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"instead of wasting
our time with crackpot,

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wannabe theoreticians
in a rush to publish."

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Who wrote that?

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It's anonymous,

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and user name
"General Relativity."

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Well... I'm responding to it.

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Uh, don't lower yourself
to their level.

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Look, I am simply

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going to defend our work,
scientist to scientist.

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And failing that,

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suggest that his mother enjoys
a string

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of both human
and non-human lovers.

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Sheldon, my name's
on that paper, too.

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There's no upside to doing this.

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He just left another comment.

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What does it say?

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"Upon review, I've
changed my mind about

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"the Cooper-Hofstadter
hypothesis

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"that space-time is like
a superfluid. In fact,

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"it's inspired me to come up
with my own theory.

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"Maybe space-time is like
two clowns

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"with their heads in a bucket,

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much like Cooper
and Hofstadter."

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Can I respond now?

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Do it.

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You mess with the bull,
you get the horns.

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00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:11,256
I'm about to show this guy
just how horny I can be.

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Somebody else do it.

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PENNY (on TV):
Doctor, please help me.

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I think I might be turning
into a killer gorilla.

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DOCTOR:
Why do you think you're turning
into a killer gorilla

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and not just a regular gorilla?

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PENNY:
Because regular gorillas
are vegetarians,

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and I just bit the fingers
off your receptionist!

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Okay, we've seen
plenty.
No!

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Give me the remote.

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Careful. She'll bite
your fingers off.

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Okay, well, I've been
poking around the internet,

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and I think I found something
we'll enjoy watching even more.

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What is it?

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Oh, just a video

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of Bernadette
in a beauty pageant.

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What?!

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Okay, I learned my lesson.

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Making fun of people is wrong!

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I haven't learned
my lesson.

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Play it! Play it!

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Hi. I'm Bernadette Maryann
Rostenkowski

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from Yorba Linda, California.

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(laughing): You look like
a talking cupcake!

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And you should pick me

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for Miss California Quiznos
1999, because I want to...

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(rhythmically):
Tell you what I want,
what I really really want

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I'll tell you what I want,
what I really really want

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I wanna, I wanna,
I wanna, I wanna

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Really, really, really be
Miss California Quiznos 1999!

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Play it again!
Play it again!

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KOOTHRAPPALI:
Did he respond yet?

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Hmm. No, not yet.

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Well,

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maybe we shouldn't have sunk
to his level.

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It wasn't that bad.

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Read it back one more time.

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"My good sir, we are neither
crackpots nor wannabes.

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"In fact, we are
experts in our fields.

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"And while you hide
behind your anonymity,

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"we stand behind our paper.

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And later tonight, your mother."

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00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:20,452
And you don't think
that's too rough?

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We're just<i> standing</i> behind her.

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00:10:23,090 --> 00:10:26,057
It's not like we're gonna say
"boo" and scare her.

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00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:31,663
How could you not tell us
you were in beauty pageants?

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'Cause it's
embarrassing.

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(laughing):
It is; it truly is.

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Yeah, well...

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00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:41,339
Amy writes<i> Little House</i>
<i> on the Prairie</i> fan fiction

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00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:43,742
about herself
and posts it on the Internet.

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00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,313
No!

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00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:51,683
Why? What did I do?!

254
00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:53,952
Sorry, I had to get
the spotlight off me,

255
00:10:53,954 --> 00:10:56,688
and tearing down other women
is part of my pageant training.

256
00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:59,324
Okay. We are
reading that right now.

257
00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:00,492
No, please don't.

258
00:11:00,494 --> 00:11:02,627
We got embarrassed
tonight. Come on.

259
00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:03,928
But it's personal.

260
00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,530
Why? Is it about you
and Sheldon?

261
00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:07,198
(chuckles):
No.

262
00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:10,135
Oh, my God, it's
about her and Sheldon.

263
00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:11,803
It's not about me and Sheldon.

264
00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:15,807
It's about a young woman
in the 1800s named Amelia...

265
00:11:15,809 --> 00:11:18,176
and the time-traveling physicist
named Cooper

266
00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:20,145
she falls in love with.

267
00:11:20,147 --> 00:11:22,180
Please show us?
Please?

268
00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:24,382
No.
You know I'm gonna read it
either way.

269
00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:26,151
AMY (scoffs):
Good luck finding it.

270
00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:29,320
Amelia and...

271
00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:31,156
the time-trav...

272
00:11:31,158 --> 00:11:33,658
Found it!
(chuckles)

273
00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:35,727
"It was just past dawn
on the prairie,

274
00:11:35,729 --> 00:11:37,162
"and like every morning,

275
00:11:37,164 --> 00:11:39,164
"Amelia prepared
to do her chores.

276
00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:42,000
Except something about
<i> this</i> morning felt different."

277
00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:43,401
Why?

278
00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:48,239
<i> Why</i> did it
feel different?

279
00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:52,577
"Maybe it was the first whisper
of winter in the air,

280
00:11:52,579 --> 00:11:55,080
"or maybe it was
the unconscious handsome man

281
00:11:55,082 --> 00:11:57,182
"with porcelain skin
and curious clothing

282
00:11:57,184 --> 00:11:59,851
"she was about to discover
lying in the field.

283
00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:01,352
"A man who would
open her mind

284
00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,021
"to new possibilities

285
00:12:03,023 --> 00:12:05,924
and her body to new feelings."

286
00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:15,500
You know, there was a time when
I was alone and had no friends.

287
00:12:15,502 --> 00:12:17,669
I'm starting to miss that.

288
00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:22,006
He still hasn't responded.

289
00:12:22,008 --> 00:12:23,708
What's taking him so long?

290
00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:25,710
Do you really<i> want </i>
him to write back?

291
00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:27,946
Yeah, I do.
No matter how he responds,

292
00:12:27,948 --> 00:12:32,117
I am going to destroy him
with a picture of a bored cat

293
00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:34,819
saying, "Oh,<i> really?"</i>

294
00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:41,092
Me-wow.

295
00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:44,362
What are you doing?

296
00:12:44,364 --> 00:12:47,232
I've, uh, created some
other user accounts

297
00:12:47,234 --> 00:12:50,068
so I can post positive
comments about their paper.

298
00:12:50,070 --> 00:12:53,104
"This wee li'l bairn
of a theory

299
00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,206
nearly blew my kilt off"?

300
00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:58,243
No. You have to read it
how Dr. Angus McDoogal

301
00:12:58,245 --> 00:13:00,945
of the University
of Edinburgh would.

302
00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:03,148
(Scottish accent):
"This wee li'l bairn of a theory

303
00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:05,483
nearly blew me kilt off."

304
00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,487
(gasps)
He wrote back!

305
00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:13,424
"Cooper and Hofstadter resorting
to juvenile attempts at humor

306
00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:16,795
"is proof they have nothing to
back up their ridiculous paper.

307
00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:18,296
"It should come
as no surprise

308
00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:22,133
"given they work at Cal Tech,
essentially a technical school,

309
00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:25,804
where even the physicists
are basically engineers."

310
00:13:25,806 --> 00:13:27,872
(gasps)
"Engineers"!

311
00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:32,477
Do you know
how insulting that is?

312
00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:34,279
Yes.

313
00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:37,148
Guys, this person's
just going out of their way

314
00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:39,117
to get a rise out of you.

315
00:13:39,119 --> 00:13:41,319
Yeah, but it's
still so aggravating.
Yeah, well,

316
00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:43,288
all the other comments
said really nice things.

317
00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:44,923
Focus on those.
Yeah.

318
00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:47,125
Dr. Dmitri Plancovik

319
00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:49,127
of Moscow
University said,

320
00:13:49,129 --> 00:13:51,129
(Russian accent):
"Dis paper great.

321
00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:53,898
I love it more
than 'wodka.'"

322
00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:57,769
See? Better
with the accent.

323
00:13:57,771 --> 00:13:59,137
SHELDON:
And...

324
00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:00,205
send.

325
00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:01,806
What did you write?

326
00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:03,341
I'm done hiding from bullies.

327
00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:05,276
I'm taking this
into the real world.

328
00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:07,178
What does that mean?
I told him we'll meet him

329
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:09,214
face-to-face anytime, anywhere.

330
00:14:09,216 --> 00:14:11,349
Are you crazy?
You don't know who
this person is.

331
00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:12,183
Delete that!
Come on, Sheldon!

332
00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:13,318
Oh, okay,

333
00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,553
okay, calm down.

334
00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:19,157
(gasps)
It's him!

335
00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,359
He's trying to video chat.

336
00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:28,833
Perhaps I shouldn't have
taken this into the real world.

337
00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:30,768
Oh,<i> really?</i>

338
00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,573
PENNY: "'Time travel?
I don't understand,'

339
00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,675
"said Amelia.
Cooper stared at her.

340
00:14:37,677 --> 00:14:41,679
'Which word don't you
understand, time or travel?'"

341
00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:45,316
Wow, even in your fantasies
Sheldon's kind of exhausting.

342
00:14:46,486 --> 00:14:48,586
He's like that
in the beginning,

343
00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,088
so she can change him.

344
00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,422
It's called good writing.

345
00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:54,592
And wishful thinking.

346
00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:56,227
"It stung Amelia

347
00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,162
"when he spoke to her this way.

348
00:14:58,164 --> 00:14:59,364
"In her little
one-room schoolhouse,

349
00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:01,399
"she was always
the smartest student,

350
00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:03,001
"regularly besting the boys
in her class,

351
00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:05,203
"but this was no boy
in front of her--

352
00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:06,237
"this was a man.

353
00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:08,373
Here we go.

354
00:15:08,375 --> 00:15:09,874
"Cooper told Amelia

355
00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:11,409
"about all the strange
and incredible things

356
00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:13,011
"the future would hold,
like computers

357
00:15:13,013 --> 00:15:14,512
"and living past 30.

358
00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:16,581
"He asked her
if she had any questions.

359
00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:18,383
"All she longed to ask was

360
00:15:18,385 --> 00:15:20,451
"if his heart was beating
as fast as hers,

361
00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:21,719
"but she was too afraid

362
00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:23,121
to hear the answer."

363
00:15:23,123 --> 00:15:24,522
Oh, Amelia.

364
00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:26,457
"So instead she asked if,
in the future,

365
00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:29,994
Montana ever became a state."

366
00:15:33,033 --> 00:15:37,001
In the 1800s
that was considered flirting.

367
00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:41,539
I'm so sick of people
being mean on the Internet.

368
00:15:41,541 --> 00:15:44,242
Well, I think the anonymity
makes everyone feel like

369
00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:47,045
they can say things
they'd never say to your face.

370
00:15:47,047 --> 00:15:48,713
Interesting.

371
00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:50,882
I can't think of a single thing

372
00:15:50,884 --> 00:15:53,551
I wouldn't say
to someone's face.

373
00:15:53,553 --> 00:15:57,021
Never noticed that about you.

374
00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:01,492
You know what? A-At least
you guys<i> did</i> something.

375
00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:03,594
You know, you-you had a theory,

376
00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:05,096
you wrote a paper,

377
00:16:05,098 --> 00:16:07,065
you made
an actual contribution.

378
00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:10,468
All guys like this do is just
stand on other people's work.

379
00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:14,072
He's right.

380
00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:17,442
I say we call this person back.

381
00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,677
We've got no reason to hide.

382
00:16:21,348 --> 00:16:23,448
All right, do it.
Call him.

383
00:16:23,450 --> 00:16:26,150
Let's find out what this loser's
ever accomplished.

384
00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:31,823
Click it with me.

385
00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:34,525
One, two, three...

386
00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:36,027
Click.
click.

387
00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:40,465
(mechanized voice):
Well, hello there.

388
00:16:40,467 --> 00:16:43,267
Professor Hawking?

389
00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:46,871
Oh, brother, you should see
the look on your faces.

390
00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:51,342
You really
didn't like our paper?

391
00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,945
I like your paper very much.

392
00:16:53,947 --> 00:16:56,347
The premise is intriguing.

393
00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:59,717
Then why are you
attacking us?

394
00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:02,353
If you were sitting in a chair
for 40 years,

395
00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,455
you'd get bored, too.

396
00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:07,558
Anyway,

397
00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,060
got to go.

398
00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:12,864
I promised to help the neighbor
kid with his math homework.

399
00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:15,600
Ciao.

400
00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:21,339
Stephen Hawking
liked our paper.

401
00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:25,543
Said the premise
is intriguing.

402
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,478
Good to see you again,

403
00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,448
Mr. Stephen-Hawking-
Liked-Our-Paper.

404
00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:36,187
And you as well,
Mr. Our-Premise-
Is-Intriguing.

405
00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,824
How do you do, Mr. I'll-
Admit-That's-Pretty-Cool?

406
00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,429
Yeah, you keep
setting me up for failure.

407
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:48,399
"With a heavy heart,

408
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,568
"Amelia stood before
the newly repaired time machine.

409
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:53,538
She regretted giving Cooper
the part he needed."

410
00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:56,741
Because<i> she</i> wanted
<i> him</i> to give<i> her</i> the
part<i> she</i> needed.

411
00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,211
Okay, that's enough.
What?

412
00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:02,847
No! I really want to know
what happens-- and Bernadette

413
00:18:02,849 --> 00:18:05,583
really, really, really wants
to know what happens.

414
00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,187
You're just making fun of me.

415
00:18:09,189 --> 00:18:10,788
I was just kidding.
I'm sorry.

416
00:18:10,790 --> 00:18:12,590
And the story's
really good!

417
00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,358
No, it is!
Does he stay?

418
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:18,129
Do they kiss?
Does she find out about Montana?

419
00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,198
Please?

420
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,532
Fine.

421
00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:26,304
"As Cooper prepared to depart,

422
00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:28,873
"tears filled Amelia's eyes.

423
00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:32,443
"He took her hand in his
and said, 'I can't stay,

424
00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:34,545
"but I will never forget you.'

425
00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:37,582
"He brushed his fingers
against her cheek,

426
00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:40,384
"then quickly stepped
into the machine.

427
00:18:40,386 --> 00:18:42,620
"'Please don't go,'
she whispered.

428
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,622
"But it was too late.

429
00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:46,624
"The engine hummed to life.

430
00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,626
But they didn't even kiss.

431
00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:50,428
AMY:
"She turned away,

432
00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:52,063
"wiping her eyes.

433
00:18:52,065 --> 00:18:53,598
"She couldn't bear to watch

434
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,901
"her one chance at true love
disappear forever.

435
00:18:56,903 --> 00:19:00,338
"Then... she felt a strong
hand on her shoulder

436
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,439
"spin her around.

437
00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:02,907
"It was Cooper.

438
00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:06,511
(whispers):
Yes!

439
00:19:06,513 --> 00:19:08,913
"'What about the future?'
asked Amelia.

440
00:19:08,915 --> 00:19:13,084
"He looked deeply into her eyes
and whispered,

441
00:19:13,086 --> 00:19:15,486
"'There is no future
without you.'

442
00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:17,688
"He pulled her in close.

443
00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:20,658
"She began to
tremble all over.

444
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,860
She felt his warm breath..."

445
00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:24,495
You will not believe
what Stephen Hawking just said.

446
00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,330
PENNY: Get out!
BERNADETTE:
Not now!

447
00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:40,945
Is the water warm enough?

448
00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:44,715
Given the fact that you took
the time to build a wood fire,

449
00:19:44,717 --> 00:19:47,151
draw the water from
the well and heat it,

450
00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:48,886
it would be rude
to complain.

451
00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:54,525
But since you asked,
it's a little nippy.

452
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,627
I can fix that.

453
00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:06,170
I couldn't help but notice
your unusual undergarments.

454
00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:08,372
They're not undergarments.

455
00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:10,208
They're Underoos.

456
00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,212
Where I come from,
they're known as

457
00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,781
"underwear that's fun to wear."

458
00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:21,552
And what's the significance
of the spider?

459
00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:24,155
Oh, that represents
Spider-Man.

460
00:20:24,157 --> 00:20:27,225
He does whatever
a spider can.

461
00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:32,563
There's a lot of rhyming
in the future, isn't there?

462
00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,065
LEONARD:
<i> You're right.</i>

463
00:20:34,067 --> 00:20:36,567
This is even weirder
than I thought.

464
00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,703
You want me to
stop reading?

465
00:20:38,705 --> 00:20:40,071
Are you kidding?
No, no.

466
00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:44,642
"As he stood for
Amelia to dry him..."

467
00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:51,782
So, tell me, Cooper...

468
00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:56,754
are the ways of physical love
different in the future?

469
00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:59,824
Yeah, okay, I'm good.