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Hey, I read
that someone invented a way
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to convert your footsteps
into electromagnetic energy
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so you can charge
your cell phone while walking.
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We had that idea years ago.
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How come we never
did anything with it?
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Probably because we left the
diagram of it in the restaurant,
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and none of us
wanted to walk back.
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I know the real reason you never
made progress with that idea.
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You thought of it
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September 22, 2007.
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Two days later, Penny moved in,
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and so much blood rushed
to your genitals,
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your brain became a ghost town.
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That's not what happened.
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I remember it distinctly
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because I had just
composed my annual poem
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commemorating the anniversary
of Dr. Seuss's death.
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No one wants
to hear it.
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Why, die.
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Why did he die?
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Old, told.
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I was told he was old.
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Penny is not the reason
I didn't pursue that idea.
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Oh, really?
Since meeting her,
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what have been
your greatest accomplishments?
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KOOTHRAPPALI:
Easy.
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Sleeping with Penny.
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Getting Penny to go back out
with him after she dumped him.
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Tricking Penny
into getting engaged.
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And a few weeks ago,
he almost did a pull-up.
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I think
someone owes me an apology.
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Well, don't feel bad.
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I think we've all
been distracted
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since the girls
entered our lives.
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You admit Amy's a distraction?
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Oh, very much so.
Listen to this.
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This is from two days ago.
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"Hi. Hope you're having
a good day."
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Who has time
for this constant sexting?
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Well, maybe
we have lost our focus.
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It wouldn't kill us to get
together and brainstorm ideas.
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Ooh, we could have one
of those retreats.
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Like our own science retreat.
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My cousin has a cabin
out in the woods.
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I'm not going to a
cabin in the woods.
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Did you see the movie
Cabin in the Woods?
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Then we'll go to a hotel.
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A hotel?
Did you see The Shining?
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KOOTHRAPPALI:
We could go up
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to Big Bear
and get a house on the lake.
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Did you see
The Lake House?
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Nothing bad happens
in The Lake House.
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Yeah, well, no,
not to them. To me.
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Time traveling mailbox.
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The only time that traveled
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was an hour and half
of my life down the toilet.
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Fine. Then we'll just stay here
and do it.
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Well, you didn't suggest
a beach house.
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You would go to a beach house?
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Well, good Lord, no--
have you seen Jaws?
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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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Hey.
Hey.
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So, the guys and
I are talking
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about having kind of a
science retreat this weekend.
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I just wanted to
know if that's okay.
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You and I had talked about
going to brunch on Sunday...
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Want to go to Vegas
this weekend?
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Of course I do.
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Bernadette?
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Girl's weekend.
Vegas. You in?
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Hell, yeah!
Yes!
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I'll check flights.
I'll check hotels.
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I'll check my underpants.
I'm so excited, I think I peed.
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They seem okay with it.
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Hey.
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Hey.
Hey. I didn't think
you'd make it.
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Why not?
Well, 'cause
you have
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a steady girlfriend now,
and we assumed
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you'd have to stay home to lower
the food down to her in the pit.
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(laughs)
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For your information,
Emily is working tonight.
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Yeah, one would assume,
on getting out of the pit.
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Okay, let's focus.
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The girls are gone,
we have 48 hours.
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There are no distractions.
Let's change the world.
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Thinking caps on.
Here we go.
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Ooh, this is exciting.
We're innovating.
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I feel like
we're in the Facebook movie.
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Oh. I never saw that.
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Yeah. Really?
KOOTHRAPPALI:
Oh.
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It's wonderful, and I swear
I'm not saying that
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because Justin Timberlake
is in it.
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Yeah, I have it on Blu-ray.
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We should watch it.
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Cool. I'll make the popcorn.
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Guys...
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in 30 seconds, we went from
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"Let's change the world"
to "Let's watch TV."
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I'm sorry. Is that a "no"?
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WOLOWITZ:
Okay. No.
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Leonard's right.
We're here to focus.
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Didn't we used
to have a list of all our ideas?
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I-I think I still have it.
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I did not get a clear answer.
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I'm gonna set this down now.
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Ah, here it is.
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(laughs)
Whoa.
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I haven't looked
at these in years.
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"Robot girlfriend."
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Mm, that was mine.
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"Robot prostitute."
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Also mine.
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SHELDON:
Wait. I'm confused.
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Why would you need
both a robot girlfriend
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and a robot prostitute?
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There's just some things
you don't do
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with your robot girlfriend.
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Boy, when you met Bernadette,
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the field of robotics
really took a hit.
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Okay, let's just skip
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all the inventions
you can have sex with.
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All right, no-- here we go:
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"Ergonomic heated seat cushion."
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No, it vibrates.
Keep going.
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You know, let's just come up
with something new.
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SHELDON:
You know,
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a number of significant
innovations have been inspired
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by science fiction.
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The-the geosynchronous satellite
from Arthur C. Clarke.
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The Motorola flip phone--
that came from Star Trek.
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Yeah, and I've long suspected
that the idea
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of an African-American president
was stolen
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from the movie Deep Impact.
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KOOTHRAPPALI:
Hey,
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the future they show
in Back to the Future II
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is only a year away.
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A lot of the things in that
movie haven't been invented yet.
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How cool would that be
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if we could make
one of those a reality?
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If we could figure out
the scientific basis
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for Marty's hover board,
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that would have
universal application.
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Well, it's-it's possible
at absolute zero,
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but we would
have to remove
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the temperature restrictions.
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Oh, I have an idea.
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I think I have the same one.
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We got to watch
Back to the Future II!
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I'll make the popcorn.
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So, where should
we go first?
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Ooh.
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There's a cover band
in the lounge.
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Nah.
But they play Barry Manilow.
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No.
But they're called
"Fairly Manilow."
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Oh. Okay.
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Great!
No!
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Well, what do you want
to do?
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Well, we're in Vegas.
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I want to go downstairs,
get a bucket of margaritas,
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dance until I vomit
all over a roulette wheel
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and watch it go everywhere.
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What if we don't want to vomit?
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Oh, you will. That's why
they give you the bucket.
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Uh-oh.
What?
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It's my boss.
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They moved my field ride
up to Monday.
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What does that mean?
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It means instead
of having a week to study,
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I only have two days.
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That sucks.
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Can you start
in the morning?
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Uh, it's kind of a lot.
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You know,
let me do a little tonight,
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and I'll catch up
with you guys later.
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You sure?
Yeah, it's okay. Go ahead.
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So, um, now that
Penny's not coming...
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We're not seeing
Fairly Manilow.
Okay.
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(dramatic movie music
plays on TV)
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Hold on. Pause.
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Something doesn't make sense.
Look...
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In 2015, Biff steals
the sports almanac
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and takes the time machine
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back to 1955, to give it
to his younger self.
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But as soon as he does that,
he changes the future,
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so the 2015 he
returns to would be
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a different 2015, not the 2015
that Marty and Doc were in.
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This is Hot Tub Time Machine
all over again.
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If future Biff
goes back to 2015
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right after he gives
young Biff the almanac,
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he could get back to the 2015
with Marty and Doc in it.
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Because it wasn't until
his 21st birthday
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that 1955 Biff
placed his first bet.
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SHELDON:
Wait. Whoa, whoa.
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Is "placed" right?
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What do you mean?
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Is "placed" the right tense
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for something that would have
happened in the future
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of a past that was affected
by something from the future?
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Had will have placed?
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That's my boy.
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Okay, so, it wasn't until
his 21st birthday
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that Biff had will have
placed his first bet
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and made his millions.
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That's when
he altered the timeline.
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Yeah, but he had will
haven't placed it!
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What?!
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Unlike Hot Tub Time Machine,
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this couldn't be more simple.
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When Biff gets the almanac
in 1955,
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the alternate future
he creates isn't the one
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in which Marty and Doc Brown
ever use the time machine
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to travel to 2015.
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Therefore,
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in the new timeline,
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Marty and Doc never brought
the time machine...
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W-Wait.
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Is "brought" right?
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Marty and Doc never
had have had brought?
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I don't know.
You did it to me.
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Oh, I'm going with it.
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Marty and Doc never
had have had brought
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the time machine to 2015.
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That means 2015 Biff could also
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not had have had brought
the almanac to 1955 Biff.
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Therefore, the timeline in which
1955 Biff gets the almanac
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is also the timeline
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in which 1955 Biff
never gets the almanac.
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And not just "never gets."
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Never have, never hasn't,
never had have hasn't.
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He's right.
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Also, what kind of name is Biff?
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Sounds like when you pop open
a can of Pillsbury dough.
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Biff.
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Oh, that stuff is so good
wrapped around cocktail weenies.
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Guys...
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Do you know that
the word "wiener"
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comes from the German name
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of the Austrian capital
Vienna, or "Wien"?
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Do you know if you look
at Austria on a map
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it actually looks like a wiener?
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Guys, what are
we doing?
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W-We sent the girls away
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so we could focus.
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I don't think it worked.
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(lively dance music playing)
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Maybe after this, you'll be
in the mood for some Manilow.
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I think after this,
I'll be dead.
255
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Look at us out,
256
00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,302
while Penny's in
the room studying.
257
00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:38,569
I'm proud of her.
258
00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:39,771
This is a great opportunity.
259
00:10:39,773 --> 00:10:41,572
It's nice to see her take it
seriously.
260
00:10:41,574 --> 00:10:42,573
It is.
261
00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:43,574
But enough about Penny.
262
00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,376
Let's talk about us.
263
00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:47,712
We're looking good.
264
00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:49,814
We are... (giggles)
265
00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:51,482
Better than good.
266
00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:54,953
I mean, look at you.
Your body's bangin'!
267
00:10:54,955 --> 00:10:56,821
Amy!
268
00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:58,122
Don't "Amy" me.
269
00:10:58,124 --> 00:10:59,157
We're always talking
about how hot Penny is.
270
00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,492
Come on-- scientist
to scientist,
271
00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:04,963
how big are those
Hadron Colliders?
272
00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:09,334
You're embarrassing me.
273
00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:10,468
Oh, don't be embarrassed.
274
00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:12,904
I'll show you the divot
in my spine.
275
00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:15,373
What?
No, no, it's okay.
I was born with it.
276
00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,508
If you put a double-A
battery in there,
277
00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:20,278
it makes my leg kick.
278
00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:23,681
All right.
279
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:25,850
Oh, this is already better.
There are
280
00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:28,252
far fewer distractions in here.
281
00:11:28,254 --> 00:11:29,420
Plus, this is where our minds
282
00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:30,688
are conditioned
to focus on work.
283
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,357
So, I've been thinking
about the hover boards,
284
00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:35,159
and maybe there's a way
we could use maglev technology.
285
00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:37,829
Or if we could figure out a
way to supercool the materials,
286
00:11:37,831 --> 00:11:39,430
we could utilize
quantum coupling.
287
00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:41,599
Well, I wonder
if anyone's tried that.
288
00:11:41,601 --> 00:11:43,101
Go online and look it up.
289
00:11:43,103 --> 00:11:44,635
Oh, I can't argue with him.
290
00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:46,104
It's right there on the screen.
291
00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,540
Austria does look like a wiener.
292
00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:51,909
That's nothing, dude.
293
00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:54,045
Go check out
how hung Florida is.
294
00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:56,214
(laughing)
295
00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:58,249
I'm sure Mrs. Florida's
walking funny.
296
00:11:58,251 --> 00:11:59,584
Can we get back to work?
297
00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:02,487
Yeah... he's right.
298
00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:04,756
Oh, here's a thought.
299
00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:08,226
What if we use some form of
operant conditioning techniques
300
00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:10,094
to keep us from
getting off topic?
301
00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:11,996
Like behavior modification?
302
00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:12,997
Yeah, exactly.
303
00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:14,365
Did you know
304
00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:16,734
those techniques were used
to actually teach pigeons
305
00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:18,269
to play ping-pong?
306
00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:20,304
That cannot be true.
307
00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,373
(ping-pong ball bouncing)
308
00:12:30,116 --> 00:12:33,017
Hey, it was match point.
309
00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,753
Some psychologists
310
00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,755
perform operant conditioning
with punishment.
311
00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:39,090
Maybe we can come up
with a punishment
312
00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,025
for straying off topic.
313
00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:45,830
Not getting to see who wins at
pigeon ping-pong comes to mind.
314
00:12:45,832 --> 00:12:47,965
We could snap a rubber
band on our wrists
315
00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:49,967
every time we
get sidetracked.
316
00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:53,404
Mmm, not bad.
You know, in medieval times,
317
00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:55,573
idle chatter was punished
with a device called
318
00:12:55,575 --> 00:12:57,241
the scold's bridle.
319
00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:58,843
It's an iron cage
320
00:12:58,845 --> 00:13:02,914
that's locked around the head
and pierces the tongue.
321
00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:05,983
If only we had one.
322
00:13:07,187 --> 00:13:09,253
Oh! I'll check Amazon.
323
00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:14,792
(knocking on door)
324
00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,928
BERNADETTE:
Housekeeping!
325
00:13:18,932 --> 00:13:20,598
AMY:
We had a complaint
326
00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,901
about somebody pooping
on a party in there!
327
00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:29,006
It was us the whole time!
328
00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:32,110
Why'd you tell her?
It was working.
329
00:13:32,112 --> 00:13:33,578
Was it working?
330
00:13:33,580 --> 00:13:35,980
Yeah.
331
00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:38,783
Oh, I'm so sorry.
332
00:13:38,785 --> 00:13:41,652
You guys look
like you're having fun.
333
00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,187
We're having
the best time.
334
00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:47,592
Guess who won $100
playing craps.
335
00:13:47,594 --> 00:13:49,160
That's a dollar.
336
00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:52,730
Then guess who wildly overtipped
a cocktail waitress.
337
00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:55,333
Hey, Penny... hey, let's go.
338
00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:58,603
We found a place that has
Australian male strippers.
339
00:13:58,605 --> 00:13:59,737
We want to see
340
00:13:59,739 --> 00:14:01,906
if they twirl their junk
in the other direction.
341
00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:14,485
That sounds so great.
342
00:14:14,487 --> 00:14:16,888
But I have
a little more studying to do.
343
00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:19,557
(sighs) Can you
believe this nerd?
344
00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,561
Come on, do you want to
sit here being a loser,
345
00:14:23,563 --> 00:14:24,762
or do you want to watch me climb
346
00:14:24,764 --> 00:14:26,230
into an Australian man's
G-string
347
00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:28,299
like a baby kangaroo?
348
00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:36,908
All right, guys, look,
I would love to go out,
349
00:14:36,910 --> 00:14:38,409
but I've got
to get this done, okay?
350
00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:40,611
So have fun at the club.
And if you get
351
00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:42,146
in trouble, find a policeman.
352
00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:43,948
And if he's taking off
his pants,
353
00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,317
he is not a real policeman.
354
00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:49,854
Okay, okay, this is obviously
very important to her.
355
00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:53,057
Let's just, we'll help her study
so she can get done quicker.
356
00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,792
Here...
here, I'm gonna quiz you.
357
00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:57,461
I'm gonna quiz you.
358
00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:59,797
I got your notes!
359
00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,132
I got your notes!
360
00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:03,000
I got your notes!
If you want these,
361
00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:05,937
they're gonna be
at the strip club!
362
00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:09,507
Aren't you gonna chase her?
363
00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:11,676
To the walk-in closet? Sure.
364
00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:20,918
Okay, so we agree,
365
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,253
whenever someone
takes us off topic
366
00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:25,489
they get their arm
hair yanked off.
367
00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:26,624
And I really
can't let that happen
368
00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:27,959
or the girl who does
my eyebrows will think
369
00:15:27,961 --> 00:15:29,360
I've been cheating on her.
370
00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,998
All right, now, one benefit
of quantum coupling...
371
00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,433
Wait, no, question:
372
00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:37,535
who decides if someone's
gone off topic?
373
00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:40,071
I think it'll be pretty clear.
If not, we'll take a vote.
374
00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:41,739
Oh, and also...
375
00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:44,342
Ow!
376
00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:46,544
W-We didn't vote!
377
00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:48,679
We didn't have to--
that was clearly a tangent.
378
00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:50,348
Now come on.
Back to work.
379
00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,183
If we're leaning towards
quantum coupling...
380
00:15:52,185 --> 00:15:54,452
Aah! Why?
381
00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:56,120
You said
"quantum coupling."
382
00:15:56,122 --> 00:15:58,322
That made me think
of the show Quantum Leap.
383
00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,325
That's a tangent
and it's your fault.
384
00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:03,928
That's ridiculous.
Sheldon, I vote that
is not a tangent.
385
00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:05,463
Thank you.
And now I owe you one.
386
00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:07,531
Ow!
387
00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,333
That was your fault.
388
00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:10,868
Hey!
389
00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:12,970
Ooh, that is a lot of hair.
390
00:16:13,773 --> 00:16:15,439
Ow!
391
00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:18,843
And now I'm gonna hear it
from Jenny.
392
00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,778
(stammers)
Everyone stop.
393
00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:22,113
This was a stupid idea.
394
00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:24,315
Negative reinforcement
isn't working.
395
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,183
I think you mean
positive punishment.
396
00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:29,620
Negative reinforcement is the
removal of a positive stimulus.
397
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:31,055
It's a common mistake.
398
00:16:31,057 --> 00:16:33,324
Negative reinforcement
is really wrong?
399
00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,059
Oh, it's used incorrectly
all the time.
400
00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:36,861
Even Bill Murray
makes that mistake
401
00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:38,796
in the first scene
of Ghostbusters.
402
00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:42,500
No way. Not Bill Murray.
403
00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,969
I'm studying the effect
of negative reinforcement
404
00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,904
on ESP ability.
405
00:16:46,906 --> 00:16:48,005
Huh.
406
00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:51,175
Bill Murray did get it wrong.
407
00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:53,010
Jump ahead to the Stay Puft
Marshmallow Man.
408
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,712
No!
(Sheldon stammers)
409
00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:56,714
Leonard's right.
410
00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:58,316
We can't just jump ahead.
411
00:16:58,318 --> 00:17:00,918
We have to watch
the whole movie.
Look.
412
00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,087
We keep procrastinating.
413
00:17:03,089 --> 00:17:04,955
We saw Back to the Future II,
414
00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:06,090
pigeons playing
ping-pong,
415
00:17:06,092 --> 00:17:07,658
a bunch of countries
that look like genitals
416
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:10,494
and one guy whose genitals
look like Denmark!
417
00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:14,532
Yeah, sorry for
clicking on that.
418
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,302
It's late.
We've wasted hours.
419
00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:20,037
Can we please find it
in ourselves
420
00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:21,906
to do any amount of work
tonight?
421
00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:25,276
But we didn't see them bust
one ghost.
422
00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:29,647
So y-you're saying
we should stand here
423
00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:31,482
in my lab on a
Saturday night
424
00:17:31,484 --> 00:17:32,616
and watch the rest
of Ghostbusters
425
00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:34,285
on a crappy laptop?
426
00:17:34,287 --> 00:17:35,820
No.
427
00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:39,256
♪ ♪
428
00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:43,828
♪ ♪
429
00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:48,132
It really does hold up.
430
00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:52,603
(dance music blaring,
women whooping and cheering)
431
00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:00,544
See? Isn't this better
than a hotel room?
432
00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:03,614
Yep. Shake that thing!
433
00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:07,852
Have you ever seen a body
so fine?
434
00:18:07,854 --> 00:18:10,521
We had some pretty hot corpses
in my anatomy class,
435
00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:12,890
but none of them
moved like that!
436
00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:26,303
PENNY:
Good morning.
437
00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:27,905
You want to go
to the pool?
438
00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:30,307
(both groaning)
439
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:33,377
Come on...
you said it yourself.
440
00:18:33,379 --> 00:18:36,213
Only nerds and losers
stay in the room.
441
00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:39,450
Oh! Oh!
Oh!
442
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,218
Wow, it's bright out.
443
00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,821
Isn't it bright? I should
probably close these curtains.
444
00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:45,289
Nah. Bye!
445
00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:49,360
Would you please close
the drapes?
446
00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:50,428
Okay.