1. Mm-hmm. I'll tell him.
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I'll be right there.
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- Mm.
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and Sheldon
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- Thanks, Tom.
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on the fridge.
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in the school to ever do this.
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maybe in the whole country.
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a perfect game, George.
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colleges who want to meet him.
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scholarships and stuff?
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to get him.
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around to recruit him.
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He's ten.
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of this conversation.
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The adults need to talk.
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said that differently.
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little boy's ready for college?
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he was ready for high school,
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a year and a half in,
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- That is different.
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and Georgie over there,
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with his mother and his sister.
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- Sure.
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are interested now.
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while the iron's hot.
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like football.
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What if he stops being smart
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Mom's gonna win.
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for college at some point.
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you know what would happen?
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86. You would die.
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and die.
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of your own boo-boos.
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every college is staffed
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will be well-tended to.
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Come back in here!
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what happened.
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Mom won.
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for doing so well on that test.
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- In a few years, sure.
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you can just keep taking
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with Dr. Sturgis.
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it's an hour away.
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and forth every day.
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been driving him.
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at the same time?
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109. Dr. Sturgis lives at the school.
What if he acted as my guardian?
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110. That's an idea.
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112. But it would only be
on school nights.
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- What's the point
of being intelligent
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of opportunities like this?
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118. Crazy.
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really that crazy?
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know squat about kids.
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considering this?
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these abilities,
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holding him back.
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what answer you're gonna get.
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you could handle
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133. Well, why don't we have
a trial run?
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with me and see how it goes.
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right away.
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that makes them throw up.
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absentminded professor
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of a houseplant.
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145. Yeah, maybe I was.
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come live with me?
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of both of us.
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149. Trial run sounds
like the way to go.
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150. Not ready to shack up, are you?
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151. - No.
- Darn it.
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four and a half billion years old.
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- Shelly,
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160. Yes! When can I go?
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for one night.
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college tomorrow.
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165. It's just to see if this is
an option for the future.
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- Yes.
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had me feeling giddy.
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I got to pack a suitcase,
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but with underwear.
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if you're a little nervous.
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all over the place.
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but I wish I had.
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without your mom.
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He's like a mom.
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- Huh.
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in the bathroom.
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when inspiration will strike.
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191. I may be the luckiest boy
in East Texas.
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spaghetti and hot dogs.
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of Cosmos recorded.
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I am the luckiest boy.
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so his bedtime is 7:30.
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while we're eating dinner?
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Because this feels like a dream.
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In my dreams,
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from a giant praying mantis.
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the male after mating?
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why you're not married.
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- Need any help?
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mothers and daughters might do.
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about life beyond the Earth.
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that we think circle other suns,
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of other worlds resemble us,
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astonishingly different?
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in the universe?
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that there are at least
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in our Milky Way galaxy alone.
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that I'm an alien.
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mantis in my dream.
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like you and me
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inhabitants of Earth,
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is from outer space.
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the stars, there also are...
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to toast marshmallows
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Good morning.
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I wanted to jot down
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you know...
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get some ice cream?
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253. Want to play Monopoly?
I'll let you be the thimble.
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"Boy, what a mess.
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huh?"
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- Nope.
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the flint
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of the Bunsen burner.
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but that may have been
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After you.
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being around a campfire,
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our makeshift campfire?
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a few frames?
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watching the Wheel?
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to John tonight?
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- And?
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without anybody yakking at 'em.
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I'm prepared to do it.
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285. That's okay. I'm a self-tucker.
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in my room if you need me.
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if your meemaw asks
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- Yes.
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- I baked you a pie.
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we haven't had
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we don't like each other.
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down over a slice of rhubarb pie
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forgive and forget.
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that needs forgiving.
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that sounds like something
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and talk about over the pie.
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I appreciate it,
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a great time.
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in the leg with a fork.
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pretty good.
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- Thank you.
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What is the only fermion
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an antiparticle?
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it was an easy question.
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get some ice for your head
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some oomph in it.
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my little boy so much,
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'cause he doesn't need his mama.
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how happy he was.
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we still got Georgie and Missy.
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your tea is on fire!
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we did this trial run.
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Ooh, it's chilly out.
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with oxygen and paper.
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