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Oh, boy.
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What?
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I can't comment without violating
our agreement
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that I don't criticize your work.
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Then what was "Oh, boy"?
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Great restraint on my part.
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There's nothing wrong
with the science here.
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Perhaps you mean a different
thing than I do
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when you say, "Science."
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Okay, how's that?
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You actually had it right
in the first place
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Once again, you've fallen
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for one of my classic pranks.
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Bazinga!
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Now here's a
peculiar e-mail.
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The president of the
university wants
me to meet him
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at his office tomorrow
morning at 8:00 a.m.
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Why?
It doesn't say.
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It must be an emergency.
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Everyone at the university knows
I eat breakfast at 8:00
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and move my bowels at 8:20.
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Yes, how did we live
before Twitter?
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I guess you'll find out
what it is in the morning.
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That's 14 hours away.
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For the next 840 minutes,
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I'm effectively one
of Heisenberg's particles;
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I know where I am or I know
how fast I'm going,
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but I can't know both.
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Yet how am I supposed
to carry on
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with this huge annoying thing
hovering over my head?
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Yeah, I know the feeling.
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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
* We built the pyramids *
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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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Leonard? Leonard?
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Leonard?
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(sighs)
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Sheldon, it's 2:00
in the morning.
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Why is everybody keep telling me
what time it is?
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Everybody?
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You, the president
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of the university, his wife,
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their sullen teenage daughter.
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That entire family is fascinated
by what time it is
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and whether people know it.
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You went to President Seibert's
house
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in the middle of the night?
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He didn't respond
to my e-mail,
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his phone number
is unlisted.
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Tell me what my
other option was.
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You could have waited
until morning.
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I know, look who I'm talking to.
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Do you remember the grant
proposal I submitted
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to the National
Science Foundation
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to detect slow-moving monopoles
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at the magnetic North Pole?
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(tinkling)
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Hardly a day goes by
when I don't think about it.
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Aw, how nice.
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Well, a space opened up
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at the last minute on the NSF
expedition to the Arctic Circle.
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Wait a minute.
(toilet flushes)
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He offered to send you
to the North Pole?
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Yes.
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In fact, he was quite
enthusiastic.
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He said, "Frankly,
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if I could send you tonight,
I would."
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Okay, well, do you
want to go?
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Of course not.
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I'm a theoretical physicist.
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A career I chose in no small
part because it's indoors,
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but if I'm able to detect
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slow-moving magnetic
monopoles there,
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I will be the scientis
to confirm string theory.
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People will write
books about me.
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Third-graders will create
macaroni-art dioramas
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depicting scenes
from my life.
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Sure, maybe a tableau of me
trying to pummel you to death.
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Sarcasm?
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Maybe.
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I'm on the horns of a dilemma.
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Can you imagine me, Sheldon
Cooper, at the North Pole?
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Easy peasy, I'm doing it
right now.
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I'm not good
with cold, Leonard.
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How often have we had
to leave a movie theater
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because I got a headache
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from drinking
the Icee too fast?
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I can't go.
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Well, then don't go.
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How can you say that?
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The scientific opportunity
of a lifetime
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presents itself and my best
friend says "Don't go."
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All right, then go.
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Listen to you.
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How can I possibly go?
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Sheldon, what are the words
I can say right now
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to end this conversation
and let me go back to sleep?
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Odd, President Seibert posed
the exact same question.
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How was it resolved?
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It wasn't.
His wife set their dogs on me
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and rendered the question moot.
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Just imagine.
If he says yes,
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we'll have an entire
summer without Sheldon.
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We could play outside.
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We could sit on the left side
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of the couch.
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I could use the bathroom
at 8:20.
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Our dreams are very small,
aren't they?
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Good news, gentlemen,
I have tentatively accepted...
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ALL:
Yeah!
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Whoo-hoo!
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...the invitation to join
the Arctic Expedition.
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It's not gonna be
the same without you.
Godspeed.
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Thank you,
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but your sentiments
may be premature.
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Ooh, I don't like
where this is going.
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I would like to propose...
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that the three of
you accompany me.
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To the North Pole?
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Yes.
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Is this just so
we won't touch your stuff
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while you're away?
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I'll admit that
was a concern.
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But the fact is,
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I'll need a support team.
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And the three of you
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are my first choice.
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Really?
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Well, there are others
who might be more qualified,
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but the thought of interviewing
them gave me a stomachache.
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Now, I know I'm proposing
an enormous undertaking,
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so why don't you take a few
moments to discuss it?
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We're not really gonna go
to the North Pole
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with him, are we?
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SHELDON:
I'm still within earshot!
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You may want to wait
for my door to close.
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(door closes)
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We're not really gonna go
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to the North Pole
with him, are we?
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Hang on. Let's talk about it.
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This is a National Science
Foundation expedition.
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I don't know how
we can turn it down.
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Easy. Instead of saying,
"No, we don't want to go
on an NSF expedition,"
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say, "No, we don't
want to spend
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"three months stuck in a
cabin in the Arctic Circle
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with an anal nutbag."
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But if we were part of the team
that confirmed string theory,
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we could drink for free in
any bar in any college town
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with a university that has
a strong science program.
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Howard, this is big science.
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You could be the engineer
who builds the equipment
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that puts us on the cover
of magazines.
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I could also be the engineer
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who builds the crossbow
that kills Sheldon.
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You still might
get on a magazine.
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So you guys are seriously
considering this?
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Yes.
And you think you can
put up with Sheldon?
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Well, I'm a Hindu.
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My religion teaches that
if we suffer in this life
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we are rewarded in the next.
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Three months at the
North Pole with Sheldon,
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and I'm reborn as a well-hung
billionaire with wings!
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Well, gentlemen, have you
reached a decision?
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I'm in.
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Me, too.
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Oh, damn it.
Peer pressure. Fine.
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Excellent.
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Just an FYI,
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as I am the expedition's
team leader,
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protocol dictates that
be phrased, "Fine, sir."
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But don't worry,
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there will be a briefing.
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(imitates gunshot)
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Penny.
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(knocking)
Sheldon.
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Penny.
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(knocking)
Sheldon.
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Penny.
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(knocking)
Sheldon.
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Penny.
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(knocking)
Sheldon.
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Penny!
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(knocking)
Sheldon!
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Penny!
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What do you want?
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I need access to the Cheesecake
Factory's walk-in freezer.
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Now, honey, I already told you,
the hamburger meat is fresh and
stored at a safe temperature.
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No. This is to train for a
three-month expedition to
the magnetic North Pole.
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What?
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I don't know how that sentence
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could possibly confuse you...
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but to elaborate, I'm
going to the Arctic Circle
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with Leonard, Wolowitz
and Koothrappali.
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You're all going?
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Yes.
For three months?
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Yes.
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Excuse me.
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Is that a yes or
a no on the freezer?
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The woman has the
attention span of a gnat.
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PENNY:
Hey, Leonard.
Hey.
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Sheldon says you're going
to the North Pole.
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Yeah. Pretty cool, huh?
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Yeah. I'm just a little
surprised you didn't tell me.
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Oh, well, it all happened
kind of fast.
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And we had to get physicals
and buy thermal underwear
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and study up on, you know,
snow and stuff.
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Sorry, I was gonna tell you.
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Oh, hey, no, you don't
have to apologize.
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There's no reason
you have to tell me.
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I was just...
you know, surprised.
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Yes, yes, you were busy,
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you were surprised,
all very fascinating.
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Now where do we stand
on the freezer?
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Is he serious?
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Actually, it would help.
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All right, I'll see
what I can do.
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So, three months
at the North Pole.
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Wow, that is...
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awesome.
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Yeah.
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I'm sorry, but at what
point do you put this
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"see what you can do"
plan into action?
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Just a warning, Sheldon--
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The freezer locks
from the outside.
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Did she seem upset to you?
No.
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Did she seem upset to you?
No.
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Oh, good, I got it right.
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Are you upset?
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A little bit.
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Two for two.
I'm on fire.
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I mean, I know she's not
my girlfriend or anything,
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but wouldn't you think
she'd feel a little bad
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that I'm going to be gone
for the whole summer?
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That feels like
a bonus question.
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I'm going to stop here
while I'm ahead,
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but I had a great time.
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is to acclimate us
to the use of tools
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in extreme temperatures
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such as we will face
in the Arctic Circle.
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Where are your tools?
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Right here.
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All right, team, open
up your practice kits.
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As the university
did not permit me
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to bring the actual
equipment we'll be using
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to the Cheesecake Factory,
because apparently,
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I'm "ridiculous,"
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I've provided substitutes
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which will exercise
your fine motor skills.
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Leonard, you will
be doing a series
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of complex mathematical problems
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on a vintage Casio model
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1175 calculator
watch I received
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when I won the Earth Science
medal in 3rd grade.
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Treat it with respect.
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Raj, you will be painting
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sideburns and a Van Dyke
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on a six-inch figurine
of Legolas the elf.
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Now, remember,
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a Van Dyke is a goatee
without a mustache.
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Wolowitz, you will be completing
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a series of delicate
surgical procedures
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on the classic children's
game "Operation."
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To begin with, you will
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"remove funny bone for
two hundred dollars."
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For this I went to MIT.
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And begin.
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(groaning)
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I think I swallowed some paint!
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I can't press any of the
buttons with my gloves.
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Oh, son of a bitch!
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Adversity is to be expected.
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Continue.
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(game buzzing)
Oh, boy, am I gonna get sued.
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Okay, I can't do this.
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Me either.
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Gentlemen, use your imagination.
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Innovate.
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Did Han Solo let Luke Skywalker
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freeze to death on the
ice planet of Hoth?
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No.
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He cut open a tauntaun
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and used its internal
body heat to warm him up.
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You heard the man.
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Hold him down
and I'll cut him open.
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00:12:33,130 --> 00:12:36,660
Hang on, I know I don't possess
the tools of leadership,
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00:12:36,730 --> 00:12:38,800
but I don't understand why we
can't assemble the equipment
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inside the hut and
then take it outside.
293
00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:44,930
I hadn't thought of that.
294
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I guess we're done here.
295
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Here, drink slash eat this.
296
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What is it?
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Hot chocolate
with a stick of butter.
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Okay, why?
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Because in the frigid
temperatures in the Arctic,
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we need to consume at least
5,000 calories a day
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just to maintain
our body weight.
302
00:13:10,410 --> 00:13:12,010
Sheldon, you know
I can't eat butter.
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00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,180
I'm lactose intolerant.
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00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:14,550
Way ahead of you, that's an
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"I Can't Believe
It's Not Butter" stick.
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But all the other guys
are going to the North Pole.
307
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I don't care what the
other guys are doing.
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If the other guys jumped
in the Bay of Bengal
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and tried to swim to Sri Lanka,
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would you follow them?
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00:13:27,210 --> 00:13:30,310
If you were standing
behind me nagging, I might.
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Don't talk back
to your mother.
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00:13:32,250 --> 00:13:33,780
This trip is much too
dangerous, Rajesh.
314
00:13:33,850 --> 00:13:35,250
No, it's not.
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00:13:35,310 --> 00:13:37,380
Howard, tell them.
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Doctor and Mrs. Koothrappali,
namaste.
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I understand your concern,
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but if it'll make
you feel any better,
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my mother is fine with me going,
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00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:48,680
and this is a woman
who kept a safety rail
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on my bed until I was 17.
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00:13:51,910 --> 00:13:53,210
So, she has no problem
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00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,750
with her son being
eaten by a walrus?
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00:13:55,810 --> 00:13:57,580
That's very unlikely,
Mrs. Koothrappali.
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00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:58,910
If Raj dies,
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00:13:58,980 --> 00:14:01,880
it'll be from frostbite,
gangrene, acute sunburn
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00:14:01,950 --> 00:14:05,880
or being ripped to shreds
by a 1,500 pound polar bear.
328
00:14:05,950 --> 00:14:07,550
Ma, I'm putting you
on speakerphone
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00:14:07,610 --> 00:14:09,250
with Raj's parents.
330
00:14:09,310 --> 00:14:10,750
Can you tell them
that you're okay
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00:14:10,810 --> 00:14:12,980
with me going to the Arctic?
332
00:14:13,050 --> 00:14:14,210
Arctic?!
333
00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,080
I thought you said Arkansas!
334
00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:19,750
I didn't say that.
335
00:14:19,810 --> 00:14:21,150
You never listen to me!
336
00:14:21,210 --> 00:14:23,250
He doesn't tell me anything!
337
00:14:23,310 --> 00:14:27,450
He lives a secret life
because he's ashamed!
338
00:14:27,510 --> 00:14:29,850
Hey, Leonard, can I talk
to you for a sec?
339
00:14:29,910 --> 00:14:31,710
Sure, but let's
go out here
(Wolowitz's mom ranting)
340
00:14:31,780 --> 00:14:34,680
where there's a little
less yelling and guilt.
341
00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:36,510
What's up?
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00:14:36,580 --> 00:14:39,010
Well, I got you a little
going away present.
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00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,850
Oh, a blanket.
344
00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:42,380
Oh, no, no, no,
not just a blanket.
345
00:14:42,450 --> 00:14:46,310
See, it has sleeves.
346
00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:50,910
Yeah!
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00:14:50,980 --> 00:14:54,450
So, you can, you know,
be all snoodled up
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00:14:54,510 --> 00:14:55,810
while you do
your science stuff.
349
00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,750
Oh, wow, cool.
350
00:14:59,810 --> 00:15:02,180
Oh, I'm gonna miss you.
351
00:15:10,050 --> 00:15:11,910
See you later.
Bye.
352
00:15:16,350 --> 00:15:18,150
MRS. KOOTHRAPALI:
I told you no!
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00:15:18,210 --> 00:15:19,610
Why don't you believe me?
354
00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,510
MRS. WOLOWITZ:
'Cause it doesn't
make sense to me!
355
00:15:22,580 --> 00:15:25,580
How can it be that
in the entire country
of India,
356
00:15:25,650 --> 00:15:28,150
there isn't one
Outback Steakhouse?!
357
00:15:32,410 --> 00:15:35,210
(knocking on door)
358
00:15:36,250 --> 00:15:38,450
Sheldon... Sheldon?
359
00:15:38,510 --> 00:15:40,850
I want a cookie, Meemaw.
360
00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:44,580
Sheldon, it's me.
361
00:15:44,650 --> 00:15:47,150
But Meemaw just made cookies.
362
00:15:47,210 --> 00:15:51,180
Listen, I don't know if
I can go on the expedition.
363
00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:53,680
What?
364
00:15:53,750 --> 00:15:55,480
I don't think I can
go to the North Pole.
365
00:15:55,550 --> 00:15:57,310
Okay, Leonard,
366
00:15:57,380 --> 00:16:00,350
I know you're concerned
about disappointing me
367
00:16:00,410 --> 00:16:02,980
but I want you to take
comfort from the knowledge
368
00:16:03,050 --> 00:16:06,480
that my expectations
of you are very low.
369
00:16:06,550 --> 00:16:09,510
Yeah, that's very comforting.
370
00:16:09,580 --> 00:16:11,410
Comforting is a part
of leadership.
371
00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,610
It's not a part I care for,
but such is my burden.
372
00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,780
Terrific, it's just that
373
00:16:15,850 --> 00:16:18,480
I don't think Penny
wants me to go.
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00:16:18,550 --> 00:16:22,780
Assuming that's a valid reason
not to go, which it isn't,
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00:16:22,850 --> 00:16:24,480
how do you know this?
376
00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:26,010
Did she say it?
377
00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,180
Not exactly.
378
00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:31,210
But she said she was gonna
miss me and she gave me this.
379
00:16:33,610 --> 00:16:35,580
What is it?
380
00:16:35,650 --> 00:16:36,980
It's a blanket with sleeves.
381
00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:40,110
Oh, that's clever.
382
00:16:42,150 --> 00:16:43,810
Let me see if I understand
this correctly.
383
00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,910
Her missing you
is an emotional state
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00:16:46,980 --> 00:16:48,150
you find desirable?
385
00:16:48,210 --> 00:16:50,480
Yes, obviously.
All right.
386
00:16:50,550 --> 00:16:54,380
Well, given that missing you
is predicated on you leaving,
387
00:16:54,450 --> 00:16:57,980
logic dictates you must leave.
388
00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:02,310
Yes, okay, but I'm gonna
be gone for three months.
389
00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:05,410
What if she doesn't miss me that
long and she meets someone else?
390
00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,450
She does have a short
attention span.
391
00:17:09,510 --> 00:17:10,710
So, I can't go.
392
00:17:10,780 --> 00:17:12,980
Leonard, you may be right.
393
00:17:13,050 --> 00:17:14,850
It appears that Penny
secretly wants you
394
00:17:14,910 --> 00:17:18,050
in her life in a very
intimate and carnal fashion.
395
00:17:18,110 --> 00:17:20,210
You really think so?
396
00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,980
Of course not.
397
00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:26,510
Even in my sleep-deprived
state, I've managed to
398
00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:29,780
pull off another one
of my classic pranks.
399
00:17:29,850 --> 00:17:33,180
Bazinga!
400
00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,510
Oh, Leonard, what time is it?
401
00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:43,250
It's 7:00 a.m.
I'm sorry it's early,
402
00:17:43,310 --> 00:17:45,510
but we're leaving soon,
and I needed to talk to you.
403
00:17:45,580 --> 00:17:47,080
Okay.
404
00:17:47,150 --> 00:17:50,750
What did you mean when you
said you're going to miss me?
405
00:17:50,810 --> 00:17:53,910
Um, I don't know.
406
00:17:53,980 --> 00:17:57,480
You'll be gone and I'll notice.
407
00:17:57,550 --> 00:18:01,450
Okay, well, um, what about this?
408
00:18:01,510 --> 00:18:02,850
What does this mean?
409
00:18:02,910 --> 00:18:06,010
Wine, credit card
and late night television
410
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,480
are a bad combination.
411
00:18:09,510 --> 00:18:11,180
All right, fine.
412
00:18:11,250 --> 00:18:13,150
What about that really long hug?
413
00:18:13,210 --> 00:18:14,310
What did that mean?
414
00:18:14,380 --> 00:18:16,810
That wasn't a long hug.
415
00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,910
It was at least
five Mississippis.
416
00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:26,450
A standard hug is
two Mississippis tops.
417
00:18:26,510 --> 00:18:29,480
Leonard, I don't know
what to tell you.
418
00:18:29,550 --> 00:18:30,880
It was just a hug.
419
00:18:30,950 --> 00:18:33,050
Glad we cleared that up.
420
00:18:33,110 --> 00:18:34,610
Yeah.
421
00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:35,480
I guess I'll see you.
422
00:18:35,550 --> 00:18:37,710
Okay, have a safe trip.
423
00:18:37,780 --> 00:18:39,750
Thank you. Bye.
424
00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:40,880
Okay, bye.
425
00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,450
(sighs)
426
00:18:46,451 --> 00:18:49,451
Means I wish you weren't going.
427
00:18:57,750 --> 00:18:59,250
Damn it.
428
00:18:59,310 --> 00:19:00,380
What?
429
00:19:00,450 --> 00:19:03,510
We're out of ice.
430
00:19:03,580 --> 00:19:05,780
All right, men,
we begin initial assembly
431
00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:07,450
and deployment of
the testing equipment
432
00:19:07,510 --> 00:19:10,010
starting tomorrow at 0700 hours,
433
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,580
but until then,
you are all off duty.
434
00:19:12,650 --> 00:19:13,910
I suggest you keep
435
00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:15,710
the shenanigans to a minimum
436
00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:19,050
as medical help is
18 hours away by dogsled.
437
00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:21,010
What are you working on?
438
00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,080
Crossbow.
439
00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,350
Hey, guys, can I
just say something?
440
00:19:27,410 --> 00:19:28,880
How about we take a
moment to think about
441
00:19:28,950 --> 00:19:30,350
where we are right now?
442
00:19:30,410 --> 00:19:31,710
This is literally
443
00:19:31,780 --> 00:19:33,550
the top of the world.
444
00:19:33,610 --> 00:19:36,080
Only a handful of people
in all of human history
445
00:19:36,150 --> 00:19:38,210
will ever see what
we are going to see.
446
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,150
He's right.
447
00:19:40,210 --> 00:19:41,410
Yeah, wow.
448
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,080
It is remarkable.
449
00:19:44,150 --> 00:19:46,680
So, who's up for a movie?
450
00:19:47,650 --> 00:19:49,080
Good idea, what do you think?
451
00:19:49,150 --> 00:19:52,580
Ice Station Zebra or
John Carpenter's The Thing?
452
00:19:52,650 --> 00:19:53,780
I say double feature.
453
00:19:53,850 --> 00:19:55,550
Dinner's ready!
454
00:19:55,610 --> 00:19:57,280
What are we having?
455
00:19:57,350 --> 00:19:59,850
Reconstituted Thai food.
456
00:19:59,910 --> 00:20:01,680
Did you bring the
dehydrated low-sodium
457
00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:03,250
soy sauce?
Check.
458
00:20:03,310 --> 00:20:04,980
Freeze-dried
spicy mustard?
Check.
459
00:20:05,050 --> 00:20:06,780
Flash-frozen brown
rice, not white?
460
00:20:06,850 --> 00:20:10,710
Uh, oh, sorry.
461
00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:12,110
Not to worry.
462
00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:14,580
(laughing):
I hid it.
463
00:20:15,450 --> 00:20:17,780
Bazinga!
464
00:20:21,380 --> 00:20:23,710
You're in my spot.
465
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:33,980
There's no time
for a crossbow.
466
00:20:34,050 --> 00:20:36,050
Find me an icicle.
467
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:10,410
SHELDON:
Three months.
This is gonna be great!