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ADULT SHELDON: Some people have said I'm overly sensitive.

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[screaming]

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What now?

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Missy gave me cinnamon gum!

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Sure, sure.

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ADULT SHELDON:
And by some people,
I mean everyone.

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[panting]

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While I may not be
X-Men material...

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[sniffing]

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...I have always possessed
unusually heightened senses.

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Ew.

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Georgie, put your
shoes back on!

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He can't smell this.

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Yes, I can!

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ADULT SHELDON: I also had
extraordinary hearing.

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During dinner, I could tune out the cacophony of chewing,

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slurping,

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chewing, cutlery scraping
against plates,

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chewing,

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and my father's heavy breathing

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as he wrestled
with a ketchup bottle.

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[George Sr. breathing heavily]

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But tonight, there was
one sound I couldn't tune out.

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[high-pitched buzzing]

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[slurping]

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Why aren't you
eating, Sheldon?

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[buzzing continues]How can I
with that horrible noise?

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What noise?

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That irritating,
high-pitched buzz.

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I don't hear nothin'.

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Me, neither.

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[buzzing continues]How can you not?

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MISSY:
Wait.

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I think I hear it.

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You do?
Yeah.

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It's coming out of your face.

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[buzzing continues]

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I guess I hear a little hum.

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Refrigerators make
noise, Sheldon.

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This is new. It's never
made this sound before.

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We should call a repairman.

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I'm not spending money
on a fridge that's workin'.

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Then think of it as spending
money on my mental stability.

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Ignore it, Sheldon.

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ADULT SHELDON:
Ignoring things that irritate
me isn't my strong suit.

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[buzzing continues]

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Obsessively fixating on them--

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now that's what gets me
out of bed in the morning.

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♪ Nobody else
is stronger than I am ♪

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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain

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♪ I bet I could be your hero

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♪ I am a mighty little man

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♪ I am a mighty little man.♪

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[refrigerator buzzing]

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[Sheldon humming]

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What are you doing?

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The sound from the refrigerator.

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It's right between D
and D-sharp.

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Ugh! It's making my skin crawl.

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What if I hold a pillow
over your face

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for, like, a really long time?

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No, that's dangerous.

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Do you know if we have earplugs?

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If we did, I'd
be wearing them.

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Go to sleep.

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[sighs]
I can't.

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Put your fingers in your ears.

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And risk driving wax back
into my inner ear canal?

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No, thank you.

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[sighs]

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[humming]

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Oh.

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[continues humming note]

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Good morning.
[yells]

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[chuckles]:
Are you trying to kill me?

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No, I think
you're great.

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Then why are you
in my bed?

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I couldn't sleep.

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Our refrigerator is
making a weird noise.

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But so was one
of your nostrils,

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so don't expect
me back tonight.

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Go home before
I call the police.

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You wouldn't call the
police on your Moonpie.

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Then I'll call your mother.

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That you would do.

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And leave my extra key behind.

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Aw.

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Aw.

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[indistinct chatter]

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Do you know anything about
surviving psychological torture?

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Because my family
escaped communist Vietnam,

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we have to know about torture?

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That was my thought.

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Well, you're in luck.

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What do you want to know?

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I'm being tormented by a sound
coming from our refrigerator,

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and I don't know how
to deal with it.

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When my uncle was
in a reeducation camp,

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he would imagine
disemboweling his torturers

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with a bamboo spike.

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Maybe I'll just get a book
on refrigerator repair instead.

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Okay.

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New subject.

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Jessica Gieger
wears a black bra.

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I saw it through the
sleeve of her shirt.

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Not beige, not pink.

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Black.

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So mysterious.

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What are you doing?I'm going

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to take apart
the refrigerator

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and figure out what's
making that noise.

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That is a really good idea.

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Usually you're not
supportive of my efforts.

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I'm more mature now.

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[Missy giggles]

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Hi, Mom.

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What did you do?!

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Good news. I found out
what part was making that noise.

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You have to put
this back together!

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Now we're getting
to the bad news.

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What made you think
you could fix this?

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I'm smart...
and I had a book.

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Do you stillthink
you're smart?

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Yes.

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I told him not to do it.
He wouldn't listen.

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$200?!

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It'll be okay.
We'll find the money.

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[scoffs]

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Wait. The old fridge
in the garage![inhales sharply]

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What's it...? What was...?
What's that?

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[inhales sharply]

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Well, I kind of donated
that fridge to the church.

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You know, for the needy.

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Are you kidding me?

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I see tense moments like this
more than you think. [laughs]

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I'll just give you guys
some space.

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You know how much it's gonna
cost to fix that fridge?

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$200. I have
really good hearing.

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Do you have any idea how hard
I work for the money we get?

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I'm sorry.

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I don't care how long it takes.

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You're gonna pay me back
every cent of this.

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Yes, sir.

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I am very disappointed in you.

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[quivering breath]

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You know if you cry,
I can't enjoy your pain.

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[crying]

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[crying loudly]

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♪

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Mom,

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since Sheldon cost you
all that money,

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who's your new favorite--
me or Georgie?

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You know I don't
have favorites.

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Yeah, right.

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Okay, whoever takes the trash
out first is my favorite.

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She thinks we're stupid.

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Dad, I'm pleased
to tell you

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I've got a job to
pay back my debt.

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Is that so?

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I'm going to be a paperboy.

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[chuckles]:
Well, that's great.

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I'm proud of ya.

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How do you plan
on delivering these papers?

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Bicycle.
You don't know how
to ride a bicycle.

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There's nothing I can't learn.

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A week ago, I didn't know how
to take apart a refrigerator.

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[quietly]:
He can't deliver newspapers.

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Why not?It's too dangerous.

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I think you're being
a little overprotective.

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You expect him
to go riding around at 5:00 a.m.

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with cars and dogs
and who knows what else?

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I did it when I was
his age. So did Georgie.

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You're gonna teach your brother
how to do this.

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What if I don't want to?

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You're doing it anyway.

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Hey, nobody asked
your opinion.

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I knew the answer.
I got excited.

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[sighs]

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[insects chirping]

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Georgie?

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Georgie?

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What?

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I'm ready to scrub the moral
stain off my character.

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I hate everything about you.

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SHELDON:
When does the truck
bring the papers?

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When it does.

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That's a tautology.

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What?A tautology.

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A statement that's true,
but uninformative.

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Hey, you're supposed
to be the one teaching me.

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That's funny.

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[vehicle approaching]

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Oh, there it is!

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Over here! Over here!

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This is exciting.

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It's somethin'.

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Thank you!
Have a great day!

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Now what?

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Take 'em into the
garage and fold 'em.

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Oh, boy.

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[grunting]

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GEORGE JR.: Fold 'em like this,
then rubber band.

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But you didn't fold it
into even thirds.

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Nobody cares.
I care.

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Then do whatever you want.

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Wake me up when you're done.

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ADULT SHELDON:
Over the next 17 minutes,

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I used physics, geometry
and old-fashioned hard work

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to create the perfect
newspaper-folding system.

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I'm done.

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Great. Let's
load up the wagon.

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No, I'm done with this one;
I still have 39 more to go.

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[sighs]
He's gonna be fine.

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You don't have to tell me that.

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I know he's gonna be fine.

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[groans]
If you believe that,

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why aren't you in bed right now?

218
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Because this is the same boy
who couldn't find his way out

219
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of that sleeping bag.

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00:10:04,038 --> 00:10:06,170
[sighs]
He made his way out.

221
00:10:06,214 --> 00:10:09,086
Just took him five
or ten minutes.

222
00:10:09,130 --> 00:10:11,349
I know you're
worried, but...

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he needs to experience
the world a little bit.

224
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Why not let him do it
when most of it's asleep?

225
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I suppose you're right.

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[grunts]
You coming back to bed?

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Are you crazy?

228
00:10:27,670 --> 00:10:29,585
That's my little boy
out there in the dark.

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00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:33,415
Mm, but your big boy's
right here under the covers.

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Ugh.

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There is a nicer way
to say that.

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All right, you got
your list of addresses?

233
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Right here.'Kay. All you
got to do

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is go up to each house
and throw the newspaper

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at their front door.

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Got it.

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All right,
I'm going back to bed.

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Thank you, Georgie.

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You've been a wonderful teacher,

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and I'm very appreciative
that you took the ti--

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Ah! My hands are black!

242
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Why are my hands black?Relax.

243
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It's just the ink
from the papers.

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00:11:02,531 --> 00:11:04,141
Why wasn't I warned of this?!

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[water running]

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Out, damned spot.

247
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That's from Shakespeare!

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00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:12,715
["Slow Ride" by Foghat playing]

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♪ Oh

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♪ Slow ride

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♪ Take it easy

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♪ Slow ride

253
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♪ Take it easy

254
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♪ Slow ride

255
00:11:37,348 --> 00:11:39,829
♪ Take it easy

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Aw.

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♪

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Hey, Sheldon.

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00:11:45,574 --> 00:11:46,575
Hello, Billy.

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Are you our new paperboy?

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Yes, I'm joining
the work-a-day world.

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I work, too!
I take care of our chickens.

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Don't get the wrong idea.

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00:11:54,191 --> 00:11:56,759
When I grow up, I plan on being
a theoretical physicist.

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Cool.

266
00:11:58,239 --> 00:11:59,849
I'm sticking with chickens.

267
00:11:59,893 --> 00:12:01,329
All righty then.
Have a nice day.

268
00:12:01,372 --> 00:12:02,634
You, too.

269
00:12:02,678 --> 00:12:06,116
Oh, cool, it's Monday.

270
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♪ Hold me

271
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♪ Roll me

272
00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:10,947
♪ Slow ridin' woman

273
00:12:10,991 --> 00:12:12,296
♪ You're so fine

274
00:12:12,340 --> 00:12:14,124
How's he doing?

275
00:12:14,168 --> 00:12:16,866
Been out here 20 minutes.
This is his second house.

276
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♪

277
00:12:18,346 --> 00:12:19,347
[Meemaw chuckles]

278
00:12:19,390 --> 00:12:22,480
He throws like you.
[chuckles]

279
00:12:22,524 --> 00:12:23,960
♪ Slow ride

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ADULT SHELDON:
To say this first day

281
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was challenging
would be an understatement.

282
00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:29,574
To say the rest of the week
got better from there would be

283
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the kind of lie
that sets pants on fire.

284
00:12:30,837 --> 00:12:32,752
♪ Slow ride

285
00:12:33,970 --> 00:12:36,494
♪ Take it easy

286
00:12:37,887 --> 00:12:40,585
♪ Slow down

287
00:12:40,629 --> 00:12:41,804
[barking]

288
00:12:41,848 --> 00:12:42,805
[screams]

289
00:12:42,849 --> 00:12:44,938
♪ Got to get your lovin'

290
00:12:44,981 --> 00:12:47,810
[caws]
[screams]

291
00:12:47,854 --> 00:12:49,116
♪ Hold me [caws]

292
00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:51,335
[thunder rumbles, wind blowing]♪ Roll me

293
00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:53,685
♪ Slow ridin' woman

294
00:12:53,729 --> 00:12:54,991
♪ You're so fine Ah!

295
00:12:55,035 --> 00:12:56,601
Oh, no! Oh, my! Oh!

296
00:12:56,645 --> 00:12:58,995
Oh, no! Oh, dear!
Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

297
00:12:59,039 --> 00:13:01,693
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Ah! Ah!

298
00:13:01,737 --> 00:13:03,695
[thunder rumbling]

299
00:13:03,739 --> 00:13:05,045
♪ Slow ride

300
00:13:07,003 --> 00:13:09,571
Oh, dear.♪ Easy

301
00:13:09,614 --> 00:13:11,660
Oh, dear.

302
00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:14,228
[shouting]

303
00:13:14,271 --> 00:13:15,707
Oh, dear!

304
00:13:15,751 --> 00:13:17,535
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

305
00:13:17,579 --> 00:13:19,276
Oh, dear, oh, dear.
Oh, dear, oh, dear.

306
00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,017
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

307
00:13:21,061 --> 00:13:22,976
♪ Slow ride Fun fact,

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00:13:23,019 --> 00:13:26,544
the larger Sunday paper
required a second bundle.

309
00:13:26,588 --> 00:13:27,850
[grunts]

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00:13:27,894 --> 00:13:29,025
Oh, dear.♪ Slow ride.

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00:13:37,686 --> 00:13:40,123
ADULT SHELDON: After a week
of tangling with animals,

312
00:13:40,167 --> 00:13:42,038
Mother Nature,
and a delivery man

313
00:13:42,082 --> 00:13:43,953
with a good arm
and a bad attitude,

314
00:13:43,997 --> 00:13:46,738
it was time to reap
the benefits of my hard work.

315
00:13:46,782 --> 00:13:47,870
[knocking]

316
00:13:47,914 --> 00:13:49,176
Collecting!

317
00:13:49,219 --> 00:13:50,960
Collecting!

318
00:13:52,309 --> 00:13:54,877
Hey, Sheldon.Hello, Mrs. Sparks.

319
00:13:54,921 --> 00:13:57,924
I'm here to collect
for this week's paper delivery.

320
00:13:57,967 --> 00:14:00,100
Right. Hang on.

321
00:14:00,143 --> 00:14:03,103
Also, I'm given to understand
that tipping is customary,

322
00:14:03,146 --> 00:14:06,106
so feel free
to express your appreciation.

323
00:14:06,149 --> 00:14:07,847
Here you go.

324
00:14:10,893 --> 00:14:12,329
You tipped me a dime?

325
00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:13,896
Is there a problem?

326
00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:17,160
No, it just doesn't seem
like very much.

327
00:14:17,204 --> 00:14:19,162
You were late every day.

328
00:14:19,206 --> 00:14:20,685
Well, I had to brave
the elements.

329
00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:21,948
I saw you.

330
00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:24,559
"Brave" isn't the word
that I would use.

331
00:14:24,602 --> 00:14:25,603
[cackles]

332
00:14:25,647 --> 00:14:28,084
[chuckles]

333
00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:32,001
Hey, Sheldon.

334
00:14:32,045 --> 00:14:33,481
You look sad.

335
00:14:33,524 --> 00:14:35,831
I am.

336
00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:38,181
Want an egg?

337
00:14:41,445 --> 00:14:43,186
[alarm beeping]

338
00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:44,884
[groans]

339
00:14:46,668 --> 00:14:47,843
Sheldon?

340
00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:49,323
What?

341
00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:50,977
You suck.

342
00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:53,066
I'm sorry,
but I have a job to do.

343
00:14:53,109 --> 00:14:55,764
How much longer
till you pay Dad back?

344
00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:58,549
At this rate, six months.

345
00:14:59,550 --> 00:15:02,249
You suck.

346
00:15:02,292 --> 00:15:03,511
MacELROY:
Make sure your parents

347
00:15:03,554 --> 00:15:06,514
sign these.
I'll need 'em back by Friday.

348
00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:08,211
Mr. Cooper,
you're late.

349
00:15:08,255 --> 00:15:09,343
I know I'm late.

350
00:15:09,386 --> 00:15:11,084
My training wheels broke.

351
00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:12,259
Training wheels?

352
00:15:12,302 --> 00:15:13,434
Yes, Derek!

353
00:15:13,477 --> 00:15:14,957
I have training wheels
like a child!

354
00:15:15,001 --> 00:15:16,785
I also have a job
like an adult.

355
00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:18,656
I'm a very complicated person!

356
00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:20,615
Sure. Let's go with complicated.

357
00:15:20,658 --> 00:15:22,878
Okay. Permission slips.

358
00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,838
What's in the mug?

359
00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:28,188
It's a coffee mug, Tam.

360
00:15:28,231 --> 00:15:29,754
What do you think is in it?

361
00:15:29,798 --> 00:15:30,799
Could be soup.

362
00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:32,148
[whispers]:
It's coffee.

363
00:15:32,192 --> 00:15:33,410
Where'd you get it?

364
00:15:33,454 --> 00:15:34,759
The teachers' lounge.
And before you ask,

365
00:15:34,803 --> 00:15:37,675
no, I'm not the world's
greatest grandpa.

366
00:15:37,719 --> 00:15:39,329
Since when do you drink coffee?

367
00:15:39,373 --> 00:15:41,505
I don't,
but this job is killing me.

368
00:15:41,549 --> 00:15:43,072
You wouldn't understand.

369
00:15:43,116 --> 00:15:45,335
[sips, coughs]

370
00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:46,946
You realize I have a job.

371
00:15:46,989 --> 00:15:48,860
At your parents'
convenience store?

372
00:15:48,904 --> 00:15:50,297
That doesn't count.

373
00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:51,602
Why not?

374
00:15:51,646 --> 00:15:52,952
You get to sit
at a cash register

375
00:15:52,995 --> 00:15:54,518
and have the fun of doing math.

376
00:15:54,562 --> 00:15:56,956
Actually,
the cash register tells you

377
00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,261
how much change to give.

378
00:15:58,305 --> 00:16:01,612
Oh. That's too bad.

379
00:16:01,656 --> 00:16:02,570
[sips]

380
00:16:02,613 --> 00:16:04,311
[coughs]

381
00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:08,228
Oh, I hear they're opening
an Olive Garden

382
00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:11,013
where the old Sizzler
used to be.On Hampton Road?

383
00:16:11,057 --> 00:16:12,449
Yeah.GEORGE SR.: I don't
think that was a Sizzler.

384
00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:14,060
That was a Chi-Chi's.

385
00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:15,670
No, the Chi-Chi's is on Bedford,

386
00:16:15,713 --> 00:16:17,541
across from
the Payless Shoes.

387
00:16:17,585 --> 00:16:19,804
She's right. Because,
one time, we got shoes

388
00:16:19,848 --> 00:16:21,371
and then we got Chi-Chi's.

389
00:16:21,415 --> 00:16:22,894
That was a good day.

390
00:16:22,938 --> 00:16:24,896
GEORGE SR.: Huh. I guess
that was a Sizzler.

391
00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,724
I'm sorry they closed that.

392
00:16:26,768 --> 00:16:28,596
Oh, there's still the
other one on Route 40.

393
00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:29,989
Who cares?!

394
00:16:33,731 --> 00:16:34,906
You have a problem?

395
00:16:34,950 --> 00:16:36,212
Yes, I do.
I've had a long day.

396
00:16:36,256 --> 00:16:37,648
Is it too much to ask
for a dinner

397
00:16:37,692 --> 00:16:39,346
with a little peace and quiet?

398
00:16:39,389 --> 00:16:40,956
Sheldon, you
do not talk

399
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,566
to your father like that.

400
00:16:42,610 --> 00:16:45,743
Fine. I'd rather not speak
to any of you.

401
00:16:45,787 --> 00:16:47,310
[grunts]

402
00:16:47,354 --> 00:16:49,486
Maybe I better go talk to him.

403
00:16:49,530 --> 00:16:50,705
No, I got this.George,

404
00:16:50,748 --> 00:16:52,141
maybe you should
calm down first.

405
00:16:52,185 --> 00:16:53,838
I got this.

406
00:17:00,541 --> 00:17:02,456
You want to
explain yourself?

407
00:17:02,499 --> 00:17:03,761
I'd rather just go to bed,

408
00:17:03,805 --> 00:17:06,199
since I have to be up
in a few hours anyway.

409
00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:09,115
Look, I understand you're tired,
but that is no reason for you...

410
00:17:09,158 --> 00:17:11,334
I'm not just tired.
I'm exhausted.

411
00:17:11,378 --> 00:17:12,553
Everything hurts.

412
00:17:12,596 --> 00:17:13,597
I get up in the morning

413
00:17:13,641 --> 00:17:15,860
to do this job
I don't even like.

414
00:17:15,904 --> 00:17:17,514
And I'm doing it
just for the money,

415
00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:19,560
and it's not even
a lot of money.

416
00:17:19,603 --> 00:17:21,953
I keep trying harder
and harder,

417
00:17:21,997 --> 00:17:24,043
and it doesn't
even make a difference.

418
00:17:24,086 --> 00:17:25,609
So if you're going
to yell at me or punish me,

419
00:17:25,653 --> 00:17:28,351
let's just get it over with.

420
00:17:28,395 --> 00:17:29,787
[sighs]

421
00:17:33,965 --> 00:17:35,576
I'm not gonna punish you.

422
00:17:35,619 --> 00:17:37,795
Why not? I deserve it.

423
00:17:39,797 --> 00:17:42,844
Let me tell you about myday.

424
00:17:42,887 --> 00:17:44,759
I got yelled at
by the principal

425
00:17:44,802 --> 00:17:47,109
for benching a linebacker
who's flunking English.

426
00:17:47,153 --> 00:17:49,851
Then I got yelled at even
more by the kid's parents.

427
00:17:49,894 --> 00:17:52,680
Then I had to break up
a fight in the locker room.

428
00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:54,682
Got elbowed in the neck.

429
00:17:54,725 --> 00:17:55,639
That's a rough day.

430
00:17:55,683 --> 00:17:57,728
That was all
before 10:00 a.m.

431
00:17:59,252 --> 00:18:01,732
So I get what you're
going through.

432
00:18:01,776 --> 00:18:05,127
But you'll notice, I didn't come
home and take it out on you.

433
00:18:06,172 --> 00:18:08,913
No, you didn't.

434
00:18:08,957 --> 00:18:10,741
I want you to get
back in there,

435
00:18:10,785 --> 00:18:13,614
apologize to everyone,
and finish your dinner.

436
00:18:13,657 --> 00:18:15,485
Yes, sir.

437
00:18:18,314 --> 00:18:21,143
ADULT SHELDON: My father's
wisdom touched me deeply.

438
00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:22,710
Which is why, to this day,

439
00:18:22,753 --> 00:18:24,451
no matter
what I'm going through,

440
00:18:24,494 --> 00:18:26,714
I am never irritating
or abusive

441
00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:29,804
to any of my friends
or loved ones.

442
00:18:29,847 --> 00:18:30,805
Ask them. They'll tell you.

443
00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:40,945
ADULT SHELDON:
For the next several months,

444
00:18:40,989 --> 00:18:43,078
I continued working
my paper route

445
00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,255
until I paid my father back.

446
00:18:46,299 --> 00:18:48,866
[thunder rumbling]

447
00:18:48,910 --> 00:18:51,739
And by "working,"
I mean "delegating."

448
00:18:55,612 --> 00:18:58,615
I have no idea where I am.

449
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