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Have you guys heard
about this research team
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that's trying to transgenically
manipulate chicken DNA
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to create some sort
of chicken dinosaur?
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Oh, I think that
sounds wonderful.
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What? You're afraid
of both dinosaurs and chickens.
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Yes, but tell me
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a dinosaur
chicken salad sandwich
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wouldn't hit the Mesozoic spot.
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Hey, guys.
Hey.
Hello.
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We still on for
tomorrow night?
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Yeah. I'm excited
to finally meet your girlfriend.
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Yeah, oh, and
speaking of which.
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According to a recent study
out of Oxford University,
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when someone takes on
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a new romantic
partner,
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that person loses one
or two close friends.
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Since when do you read
social science?
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I go to the bathroom
like everybody else.
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Why would I lose friends
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just because I
started dating someone?
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Yeah, you didn't lose anyone
when you met Amy.
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Yeah, well, no, the study
refers to romantic partners.
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Not the way I would
categorize the two of us.
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You guys kiss and hold hands.
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I've seen him do it.
It's not romantic.
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Look, I'm not the kind of guy
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who drops his friends just
because he's in a relationship.
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What happens
if she doesn't like us?
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Well, hey,
you're my dear friends.
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You'll get a Christmas card
for a couple of years,
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and then you're dead to me.
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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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♪ Bang! ♪
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So, Howard, is Stuart still
living with your mom?
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I don't want
to talk about it.
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But he's going to.
My mom got him cable!
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In my whole life,
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growing up
in that house-- no cable.
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Do you know how many HBOs
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that leech had my mother
get him? Seven.
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Seven HBOs. Seven!
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Long story short,
they have seven HBOs.
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(knocking)
Hey, guys.
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Hey.
Hello.
Hey.
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Emily, you know
almost everybody here.
Hi.
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This is Leonard,
this is Penny.
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Oh, it's so nice
to meet you.
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Nice to finally
meet you, too.
Hi.
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Hello.
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Well, Raj,
you were not lying about her.
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I told you
she exists.
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Hey, I hear you're
a dermatologist.
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Uh, yeah, I'm a resident
at Huntington Hospital.
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Oh, I like their
emergency room.
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Yeah, even if it turns out
you don't have Dengue fever,
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they still let you
take a lollipop.
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You know, Penny
just started training
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to be a pharmaceutical
sales rep.
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Maybe she can practice
on you some time.
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Oh, it would be great
to practice on a real doctor.
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Yeah. I'm sure that'd be fine.
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I have some odd
freckles on my buttocks.
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Can I make an appointment
for you to look at them?
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Um... okay, I guess.
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I'm with him three
years, nothing.
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She's with two minutes, and
he's taking his pants off.
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Last night was fun.
What did you think of Emily?
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I don't know.
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I kind of got the sense
she didn't like me.
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Did she say she didn't like you?
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Of course not. No one ever says
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they don't like you
straight to your face.
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We have led different lives.
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You guys just met.
Why would she feel that way?
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It's just this
vibe I got.
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I'm sure you're worried
about nothing.
Yeah.
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You're probably right.
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I used to think
my high school P.E. teacher
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didn't like me,
but it turned out,
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she liked me a little too much.
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Really?
Yeah.
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It was fine.
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We went to a Melissa Etheridge
concert, I got an A,
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it all worked out.
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When you go to Emily's office to
practice, you'll see. It's fine.
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Yeah, I hope you're right.
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You really went your entire life
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without anyone saying
"I hate you" to your face?
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Yeah.
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I'd say it now,
but look at those cheekbones.
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(rock music playing)
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I miss
Stuart's place.
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All this loud music
and exposed brick.
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What, is this
a comic book store,
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or a rave at the third
little pig's house?
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Yup, I wish
Stuart would reopen.
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I hate this place, too.
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Okay, him I believe
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because he's an 80-year-old man
in a 15-year-old's T-shirt.
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But you're just upset
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about Stuart and your mom
and all their HBOs.
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Yes, I am. You know, I can't
even watch Game of Thrones now
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without thinking
of mother saying,
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"Stuart, which one is Thrones?"
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You know, he might not reopen.
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He didn't get a lot of money
from the insurance company.
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Oh, boy, if there is one thing
that gets my goat,
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it's those dad-gum
insurance companies.
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Why? Because they won't
get off your lawn?
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Oh, is Stuart trying to get a
loan, or-or find investors?
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All I know is,
he's got my mother
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buying four-ply toilet paper.
I mean, four-ply.
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If his butt is so delicate,
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why doesn't he just use
an angora rabbit?
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For starters,
they shed and bite.
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LEONARD:
Hey,
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here's a thought.
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Why don't we put up the rest
of the money that Stuart needs?
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So, we'd be, like, owners
of a comic book store?
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(all chuckling)
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It's kind of a
dream come true.
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That does sound fun.
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Ooh, maybe we could come up
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with a business plan
to compete with this place.
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I'll give you a plan right now.
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Step one:
open comic book store.
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Step two: start rumor
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this comic book store
gives you genital warts.
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Step three: buy a big bag
to put the money in.
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It's not that bad.
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Hey.
Hi.
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Thank you so much for letting me
practice my sales pitch on you.
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I really appreciate it.
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Sure.
Um, I brought coffee.
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I wasn't sure what you like,
so I got
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a regular, a cappuccino
and a Chai tea.
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Since you like Raj, I thought
you might be into that.
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Thanks. If we could get started.
I'm a little busy.
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Oh, yeah, sure. Let me
just get out my materials.
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Leonard gave me this briefcase.
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He used to carry it
around in high school.
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You can still see the dent
where they whacked him with it.
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(clears throat)
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Okay, I would like
to talk to you
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about our new
birth control pill, Femevra.
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Great.
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So, Femevra's
triphasic design
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provides balanced
hormonal exposure.
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All right.
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It has also been shown to cause
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significantly fewer side effects
than other oral contraceptives.
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Although it can cause acne,
which, if you ask me, kind of
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increases its effectiveness
as a contraceptive.
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Funny.
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Okay, I'm sorry. Did we get off
on the wrong foot?
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Because since the other
night, I kind of feel like
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you might have a problem
with me.
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No, it's fine.
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Are you sure,
because it doesn't seem fine?
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(sighs)
Okay.
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If you really want
to talk about this,
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I do have a problem.
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Oh, my God.
Tell me-- what did I do?
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Look, it's nothing. It's just...
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Raj told me that a while ago,
you two hooked up.
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What?! Oh, why
would he say that?
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Did it not happen?
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Well, I wouldn't exactly
call it a hook-up.
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Did you kiss?
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Yeah.
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Were you naked?
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Yeah.
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So, it was a hook-up.
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No.
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Yeah.
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So, what are some ways we
could set our comic book store
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apart from the
competition?
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Oh, kids buy comic books.
It would be great
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to figure out a way
to get more kids in the store.
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You know, when I was a
kid, I loved going there,
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but I could
never get a ride.
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Ooh, what if we got a van and
drove around and picked kids up?
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Nice.
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You mean,
like at parks and schools?
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Toy stores,
puppet shows.
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Hold on. So, your idea is
to get a van
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and cruise the streets looking
for kids to pick up?
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Yes.
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And are you gonna use candy
to lure them in?
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We are now!
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You told Emily
we hooked up?!
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Um, well, in my defense,
I tell everybody.
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Why would you say that?!
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We were having a conversation
about past lovers.
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We weren't lovers! Come on.
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Everyone knows
we didn't sleep together.
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We got drunk
and fooled around.
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Why couldn't you just
leave me out of it?
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Well, we were being honest.
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You would leave me
out of the conversation
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with the next guy
if you dump Leonard?
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Why say it?
Yes!
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Well, I would never
leave you off my list,
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and not just
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because, without you,
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we're playing fast and loose
with the word "list."
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Well, good job.
Now she hates me.
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Oh.
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Great.
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On the bright side,
that Oxford study was right.
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One friend down.
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I wonder who you're going
to lose next.
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You, okay? It's you.
You're-you're next!
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No. You're crazy about me.
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I don't know what Emily's
so upset about anyway.
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Even if I had slept with him,
so what? Everyone has a past.
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(clears throat)
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Almost everyone has a past.
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Come on, look
how pretty you are.
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I'm sure this isn't
the first girl to hate you.
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It's not.
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And I'm sure
you can turn it around.
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How? You can't force someone
to like you.
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AMY:
What if you just
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hang around and act
like her friend
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until you wear her down?
I mean, next thing you know,
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you're in her home,
you're eating her food,
drinking her wine.
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No, that won't work.
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You're right. Cheers.
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Oh, I know.
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Why don't you use
your sales training
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to go back down there
and sell yourself?
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What?
Yeah.
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But instead of selling a drug,
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you'd be selling Penny--
it's cute.
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It's stupid.
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Well, maybe people
would like you more
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if you didn't crap
all over their ideas.
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I'm gonna go with
Penny on this one.
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Then again, why wouldn't I?
I mean, we go way back.
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Oh, my God.
I didn't used to like you.
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Shh. Amy's here now.
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You know, the more
I think about it,
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the more intrigued I am
about having our own store.
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We'll get to see
all the new stuff
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before it hits the shelves.
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And we'll get to have
fun interactions
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with our customers.
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"This isn't a library--
buy it or get out."
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You say things like that
all the time.
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00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:05,296
Yes, but as a store owner,
I'll finally have
a good comeback
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to, "You don't work here--
shut up."
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00:11:08,969 --> 00:11:11,336
Uh, do you know how Penny
told Raj he should have
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left her off his list?
Yeah.
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Well, do you think when she
and I had that conversation,
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she left people off her list?
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I'm sure she did.
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Why?
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Because if she hadn't,
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she'd still be wading
through the list.
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Will you stay out of this?
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(chuckles) If only Penny
had said that once in a while.
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Hey, what difference
does it make?
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You're the one
she wants to marry.
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That's true.
Yeah, and I'm not sure
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that complete honesty
is always the best thing
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for a relationship.
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00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:45,370
Yeah, he's right.
Once, in a moment of candor,
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I told Amy
that her hair reminded me
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of a duck caught
in an oil spill. Well...
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she stormed out.
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Which was sad, because
we were playing Scrabble,
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and I had all the letters
to spell "persimmon."
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00:12:03,557 --> 00:12:05,924
Why are you even part
of this conversation?
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00:12:05,926 --> 00:12:07,792
You don't know
anything about women.
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00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:10,462
I know that if I had
a wife or a fiancée,
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I'd ask her first
before I invested money
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in a comic book store.
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00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:16,034
(sighs)
He's right.
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Yeah, well,
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00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:18,369
of course I am.
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I was also right about her hair.
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It did everything but quack.
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00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,345
There's something
I wanted to run past you.
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00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:29,481
What's up?
Mm, the guys and I
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were thinking about investing
in Stuart's comic book store.
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00:12:32,319 --> 00:12:34,786
Is that okay?
Why are you asking me?
294
00:12:34,788 --> 00:12:36,621
Well, you know,
we're engaged,
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and it's kind of
a big deal financially.
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It seems like something
we should talk about.
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00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:42,694
Oh.
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00:12:42,696 --> 00:12:45,130
Well, would you consider
mounds of credit card debt
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kind of a big deal
financially?
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00:12:49,636 --> 00:12:51,669
Yeah.
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Huh.
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00:12:55,509 --> 00:12:58,676
Mm. So, me and the guys
were talking about
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this great
investment opportunity...
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00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:02,547
Nope.
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00:13:02,549 --> 00:13:05,316
But you didn't hear what it was.
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I know.
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00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:10,855
Oh, come on.
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Fine. What is it?
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It's to help reopen
the comic book store.
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Nope.
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Well, hear me out.
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Howard, you know
we're saving up for a house.
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I know, but all the guys
are doing it.
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00:13:22,836 --> 00:13:25,770
We're splitting it four ways, so
it's really not that much money.
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00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:28,506
(sighs) It just seems
like a risky investment.
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00:13:28,508 --> 00:13:31,075
I get that. I...
(sighs)
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00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:34,679
(chuckles):
Okay, look...
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(sighs)
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00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:40,952
The reason this is important
is... (clears throat)
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...before my dad left
me and my mom...
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00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:49,394
he used to... take me
to the comic book store.
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It was one of the few things
we did together.
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00:13:53,967 --> 00:13:56,835
Oh. Howie, I had no idea.
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00:13:56,837 --> 00:14:00,205
Well, I don't...
like to talk about it.
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00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:02,974
Oh, baby.
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00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:06,244
That story's made
up, isn't it?
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00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:11,015
That's how much buying
a comic book store means to me.
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00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,821
I'd like your honest
opinion on something.
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00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:18,022
Of course.
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00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:19,557
Now, before I start,
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I need you to know that
I'm very excited about this,
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and anything you say
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00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:27,765
that isn't
enthusiastically supportive
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00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:31,269
will throw our entire
relationship into question.
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00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,240
So...
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00:14:35,242 --> 00:14:38,076
keep an open mind.
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00:14:38,078 --> 00:14:41,079
I'm feeling a little backed
into a corner, Sheldon.
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Perfect. Now...
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...I'm considering investing
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in Stuart's comic book store.
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00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:51,789
Interesting.
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00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:56,828
Can you see how
a grown man,
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an accomplished scientist,
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who invests in a store
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00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:02,901
that sells picture books
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00:15:02,903 --> 00:15:06,104
about flying men in
colorful underwear...
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00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:09,707
...might be wasting
both his financial
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00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,609
and intellectual
resources?
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00:15:18,385 --> 00:15:20,451
No.
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00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:24,756
Then I think it's
a terrific idea.
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00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:26,691
Great.
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00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:30,628
(gasps) Wait till you hear
about our van.
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00:15:31,932 --> 00:15:33,665
(knocking)
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00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,968
Hey. Thanks
for inviting us over.
Hey.
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00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:38,436
Oh, thank you
for coming.
356
00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,972
Uh, listen, Penny,
before you start,
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00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:42,941
I just want to apologize
for being so rude
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00:15:42,943 --> 00:15:44,275
the other day
in my office.
359
00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:45,810
No, no. No need to apologize.
360
00:15:45,812 --> 00:15:47,445
Excuse me,
can I say something?
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00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:49,647
I just love both you guys,
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00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:51,649
and I want you
to get along.
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00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:54,018
And when I say "love,"
I meant as a friend.
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00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,822
And, uh, way
too soon, right?
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00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:01,025
Okay, sit down.
Listen, Emily,
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00:16:01,027 --> 00:16:02,560
what happened
between me and Raj
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00:16:02,562 --> 00:16:04,062
was a long time ago.
It was,
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00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:05,463
and I may have
made it seem
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00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:07,098
like a bigger deal
than I should have.
370
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,633
Yeah, and Leonard and I
are engaged now,
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00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:10,935
and I'm just hoping we can put
this whole thing behind us.
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00:16:10,937 --> 00:16:12,437
Mm. I'd like that, too.
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00:16:12,439 --> 00:16:14,605
Yeah, I thought
I'd be okay with it,
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00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,808
but then I saw
how pretty you are.
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00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:18,443
Oh, that's so sweet.
376
00:16:18,445 --> 00:16:20,578
I mean, look at you--
you are gorgeous.
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00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:24,282
It's true--
you're both gorgeous.
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00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:26,951
Kind of says something about
the man who could bed you both.
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00:16:26,953 --> 00:16:29,253
(chuckles)
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00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:37,595
You get why I've been alone
most of my adult life.
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00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:43,167
So, what
brings you by?
Well,
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00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,970
I don't need a reason--
it's my house.
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00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:48,272
Technically,
it's your mom's house, but...
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00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:51,242
we certainly want you
to feel welcome.
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00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:53,978
I'm always welcome.
386
00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:56,914
Mm, just... try and call first.
387
00:16:56,916 --> 00:17:00,151
Okay, let's get
down to business.
388
00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:02,520
Howie was thinking about
putting up some money
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00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:05,490
to help you reopen the store,
but before that happens,
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00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:07,492
I have a few questions.
Oh.
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00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:08,926
I appreciate the offer,
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00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:11,896
but actually your mother
already gave me the money.
393
00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:16,000
What?
394
00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:18,202
Yeah. I told her
it was too much,
395
00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:21,305
but she said she was happy
to help out her bubala.
396
00:17:21,307 --> 00:17:22,573
(chuckles)
397
00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:24,709
Excuse me.
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00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:28,246
Ma, you are canceling
that check,
399
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:30,948
and Stuart is not your bubala;
I'm your bubala.
400
00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:34,252
You can't have more
than one bubala!
401
00:17:34,254 --> 00:17:35,953
I don't know
who he's talking to.
402
00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:38,256
She's at Target,
buying me shirts.
403
00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:43,995
I'm so glad we
could work this all out.
404
00:17:43,997 --> 00:17:46,531
Yeah, me, too.
You know, we
should have dinner
405
00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:47,932
one night with you and Leonard.
406
00:17:47,934 --> 00:17:49,133
Oh, we would love that.
407
00:17:49,135 --> 00:17:49,867
Great!
408
00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:51,135
(both chuckle)
409
00:17:51,137 --> 00:17:53,137
Okay, good night, guys.
All right, night.
410
00:17:53,139 --> 00:17:55,273
(chuckles): Bye.
411
00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:57,675
I hate her.
I hate her.
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00:18:03,116 --> 00:18:04,682
I'm really disappointed
we're not gonna have
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00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,384
our own comic book store.
I know.
414
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:08,152
I was looking forward to it.
It would've been
415
00:18:08,154 --> 00:18:10,455
so nice to have a place
that was ours,
416
00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:13,391
where we could just sit
and read comics in peace.
417
00:18:13,393 --> 00:18:14,859
With comfy seats.
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00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:16,294
And snacks.
419
00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:18,396
Well, I guess
it was too good to be true.
420
00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:23,468
Yeah.
(all sigh)