1. Previously on Young Sheldon...
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2. So, where should I go?
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3. Caltech.
MIT.
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4. I'm so excited to visit MIT.
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5. Me, too.
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6. Proud of you, son.
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7. Thank you, Dad.
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8. Caltech?
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9. Caltech.
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10. I always believed
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11. my extraordinary life
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12. would be chronicled
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13. in numerous biographies.
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14. I even used
to make up my own titles.
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15. My favorites were:
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16. From Texas to Success:
the Sheldon Cooper Journey,
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17. and Cooper for Kids,
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18. a pre-school introduction to
quantum gravity in superstring.
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19. The point is,
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20. I knew my formative years
would be well-documented,
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21. which meant
I needed to polish up
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22. some of my early
academic credentials,
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23. especially East Texas Tech.
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24. Wh-What am I looking at?
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25. My proposal
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26. for next semester's curriculum
on string theory.
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27. I may be leaving,
but that doesn't mean
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28. you can attract
more brilliant minds
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29. by staying on the cutting edge.
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30. Sheldon,
you are not a professor here.
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31. Oh, I know.
If I were to teach,
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32. it would be at
a much better university
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33. than this one.
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34. And, in 54 days, you will
no longer be a student here.
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35. Not that I'm counting.
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36. True,
we should relish these moments.
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37. Oh, I'm relishing.
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38. Look at me relish.
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39. So,
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40. what am I supposed to do
with this?
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41. Just because I won't be here
doesn't mean
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42. I won't forever be associated
with this university.
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43. And it would be nice
if people look at my résumé
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44. and said "East Texas Tech,"
not "East Texas Tech."
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45. You said those
the exact same way.
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46. Really? In my head, the second
one was dripping with scorn.
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47. "East Texas Tech."
How was that?
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48. Dripping.
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49. - Mm.
- Sheldon, I appreciate this,
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50. but, uh, we have
an excellent faculty here,
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51. and they are quite capable of
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52. devising their own curriculum
without your help.
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53. I suppose
I could spin East Texas Tech
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54. as a hardship I had to overcome,
like a hunchback or a club foot.
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55. 54 days.
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56. I know.
I'm going to miss this, too.
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57. Mm.
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58. So, this is
the new physics curriculum
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59. I've developed for next year.
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60. Introduction to
nonlinear sigma models?
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61. That's some pretty
advanced stuff.
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62. And that's the point.
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63. You know,
Sheldon may be leaving,
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64. but we can attract
the next brilliant mind
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65. if we stay on the cutting edge.
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66. Couldn't agree more.
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67. In fact, John,
why don't you take point
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68. on that nonlinear class
and I'll teach, uh...
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69. Ooh, so much here I've heard of,
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70. which one do I pick?
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71. All right, if this material is
too challenging for you,
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72. maybe I should
rethink my faculty.
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73. What are you saying?
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74. Well, legally I can't say
that I'm replacing you
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75. with someone younger,
so I'm not saying that.
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76. Uh, legally.
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77. Nice try,
but I have tenure.
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78. I don't.
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79. Tough luck.
Another thing
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80. I'm not saying is
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81. that I'm going to put
your office at the top
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82. of a flight of
very steep stairs.
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83. Okay, that won't
be necessary.
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84. We may be out of the
loop on this stuff,
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85. but we can catch up.
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86. Agreed! We can be up to speed
in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
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87. Don't say that,
you sound old.
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88. Lickety-split?
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89. Better.
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90. Lickety-split.
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91. Hi.
Hi.
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92. - Oh, come to Nana.
- There you go.
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93. Oh, you got so big.
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94. I said that to her
when she was pregnant.
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95. No bueno.
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96. So, uh, what movie
y'all going to see?
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97. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
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98. Mandy, you want to see that?
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99. I don't care,
I'm gonna be asleep
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100. before the lights go down.
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101. Well, we are
so happy to babysit.
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102. In fact,
if you want to go to dinner
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103. after the movie,
that's fine with us.
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104. Aw, thanks,
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105. but we're trying
to save money.
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106. George, give them some money
so they can go to dinner.
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107. We're already babysitting
for free.
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108. But we never get
to see this little one,
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109. because her mean Mommy
and Daddy moved her away.
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110. Well, Mommy and Daddy have
their own bathroom now, so...
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111. Oh, that's the dream
right there.
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112. Alrighty. Bye, baby.
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113. - Bye, honey.
- Be good.
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114. Oh, she'll be an angel
for Nana and Grampy.
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115. Grampy?
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116. I didn't sign off on that.
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117. Okay, let's go, I want
to get this nap started.
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118. See you, Grampy.
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119. Grant.
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120. I finished reading
Ed Witten's article
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121. on the Landau-Ginzburg orbifold.
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122. I'm almost done with one
on Planckian scattering.
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123. I don't know
why we were so reluctant
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124. to dive into these new theories.
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125. - Agreed.
- Exciting stuff.
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126. - Thrilling.
- So thrilling.
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127. A little hard to parse.
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128. A bit enigmatic.
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129. I had to read the same paragraph
four times.
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130. I fell asleep on one paper,
drooled all over it.
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131. - Huh.
- Is it possible
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132. that we're too old
to learn new things?
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133. Nonsense. This would have
been over my head
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134. even as a young man.
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135. Maybe we just need
someone to explain it to us.
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136. Are you talking about Sheldon?
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137. I'm sure he'd be happy to help.
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138. Oh, that's what I'm afraid of.
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139. I don't want to give him
the satisfaction of thinking
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140. he's smarter than us.
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141. But he is smarter than us.
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142. I know that and you know that,
but he can never know that.
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143. Okay, how about this?
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144. We take
one of these papers,
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145. buckle down
and figure it out together.
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146. Teamwork, I like it.
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147. Oh.
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148. Actually,
could you move it a bit closer?
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149. That's a little fuzzy.
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150. Uh...
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151. Now it's fuzzy for me.
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152. Put on your cheaters.
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153. I forgot them on the bus.
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154. I have an extra pair,
would you like them?
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155. That would be lovely.
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156. Teamwork.
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157. Say "Nana."
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158. Nana.
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159. Na-na.
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160. Ain't she a little young
for that, Mare?
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161. For the record,
I said my first word
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162. at four months.
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163. It was "hypotenuse."
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164. I asked you to get her bottle,
not yours.
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165. Two birds, Mare.
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166. Get down here
and feed her with me.
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167. Why?
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168. 'Cause that's how you bond.
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169. All right.
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170. You're gonna have
to get me back up.
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171. Cheers.
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172. I'm home!
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173. Oh, no, did Dad fall?
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174. No, I'm bonding
with the baby.
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175. - Isn't she the cutest?
- Hmm.
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176. Want to know what else is cute?
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177. - Another piercing right up here.
- No.
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178. Why? Heather just got one.
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179. I thought
you and Heather were fighting.
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180. Yeah,
middle school's complicated.
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181. You're not getting
another piercing.
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182. It's my ear.
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183. We made that ear.
It's our ear.
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184. I hate this house.
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185. I miss when she couldn't talk.
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186. Hi, Sheldon.
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187. Hello.
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188. I was hoping
I could pick your brain
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189. about some of
the latest breakthroughs
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190. in string theory.
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191. And, uh,
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192. maybe we keep this between us.
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193. Uh, Dr. Linkletter doesn't
need to know.
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194. Grant?
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195. John.
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196. I can't believe you went
to Sheldon behind my back.
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197. You're doing
the same exact thing.
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198. Yeah, well, you did it first!
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199. In or out?
I don't have all night.
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200. Well, thanks so much
for watching her.
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201. - Was she any trouble?
- No, not at all.
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202. How was your nap?
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203. I've had better.
Hey.
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204. A guy talks out of his butt,
I laugh.
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205. Dr Pepper came out your nose.
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206. Yeah, when words came
out of his butt.
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207. Okay.
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208. Mare, this is where
you hand the baby back
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209. and let them leave.
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210. I'm just soaking her up.
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211. They don't live in Kansas.
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212. You can see 'em
whenever you want.
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213. Okay, well,
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214. Nana loves you.
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215. Nana's the best.
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216. Nana.
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217. Nana, Nana, Nana.
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218. All right, Nana.
Take it down a notch.
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219. Okay. Bring her back anytime.
I mean it, anytime.
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220. I think they got it.
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221. We got it.
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222. Bye.
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223. That was so nice.
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224. Yeah, what a sweet deal.
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225. You have a little fun,
then hand her right back.
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226. I don't know, I like having
a baby in the house.
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227. Yeah, well...
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228. You know, Russ at work,
he-he's starting all over
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229. with wife number two.
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230. You should see him.
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231. Looks like a walking corpse.
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232. That doesn't sound so bad.
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233. Are you serious?
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234. Well,
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235. Georgie and CeeCee live
across town,
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236. Sheldon's about to move
to California.
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237. The house is gonna feel empty.
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238. Whoa, whoa, it ain't empty yet,
you still got Missy here.
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239. Missy doesn't let me hug her
anymore.
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240. That is not true.
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241. Missy, get out here
- and hug your mother!
- No!
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242. Mm, mm.
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243. Booth just opened up.
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244. Y'all want to move over?
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245. Booth?
We're not on a date.
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246. I don't want our knees
rubbing up on each other.
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247. Well, excuse me
for wanting to be comfortable.
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248. George, you believe this guy?
He wants to sit in a booth.
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249. What? Oh, yeah.
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250. Come on, Wayne
we're not on a date.
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251. I just made that joke.
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252. Get your head in the game.
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253. Sorry, I...
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254. I'm a little distracted.
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255. All right,
what's going on?
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256. We were babysitting
the granddaughter.
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257. I'm worried Mary's got
a little baby fever.
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258. You tell her about Russ?
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259. 'Course I told her about Russ.
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260. Poor bastard.
Shuffling around like a zombie.
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261. And Russ is in shape.
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262. You can't go around
chasing after a baby.
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263. Hey, I'll have you know
I got up off the floor
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264. all by myself today.
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265. Of course you did.
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266. Just because
she's having fun
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267. with your grandkid doesn't mean
she wants more babies.
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268. I don't know.
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269. She's definitely
brought it up before.
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270. Oh, boy.
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271. There's gonna be a new zombie
in town.
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272. Chunky zombie.
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273. Hey, it isn't all up to her.
I have a say in this.
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274. I'm serious. It...
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275. It takes two. Mm.
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276. Then be honest with her.
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277. Or you don't want another one,
do what I did.
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278. I'm not getting a divorce.
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279. No, I mean, get a little snip.
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280. Never worry about it again.
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281. Well, you mean like a...
like a down-there snip?
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282. I can't believe
I let you teach Health.
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283. Well, Mary'd never go for that.
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284. I didn't know you got snipped.
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285. That's 'cause my balls are none
of your business.
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286. Fair point.
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287. If W is the Kaähler metric
on the algebraic variety X,
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288. and the canonical bundle KX is
trivial, then X is what?
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289. - A Zariski space.
- Wrong.
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290. Hey!
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291. Obviously,
it's an elliptic curve.
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292. Wrong.
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293. Hey!
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294. Why are you hitting us?
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295. - Wrong.
- Ow! Why'd you hit me?
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296. Pain is the best teacher.
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297. I'm teaching you.
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298. Well, it feels like
you're hitting us.
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299. Like you, I struggled with
these concepts, but eventually,
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300. I mastered them,
through hard work, resilience
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301. and a healthy dose
of knuckle whacking.
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302. Son, we are accomplished
scientists.
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303. We won't be treated like this.
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304. Very well.
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305. Class, who knows where
the dummkopf went wrong?
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306. Dummkopf?
You're calling me a dummy?
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307. There's also public humiliation.
That was quite effective.
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308. Are you old dummkopfs ready
to learn,
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309. or is it past your bedtime?
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310. Oh, I'm good
till at least 7:30.
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311. Hey.
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312. What you doing?
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313. - The twins' first birthday.
- Yeah.
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314. Look how little they were.
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315. - Well, look how little I was.
- Oh.
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316. And Georgie
when he lost his first tooth.
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317. When he learned
it was worth a quarter,
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318. he tried to pull out
the rest of 'em.
Ah.
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319. Guess he's always
been a businessman.
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320. Yeah. And an idiot.
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321. Tell me you don't miss
their sweet little faces.
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322. Mm. That's why
we took pictures.
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323. It's not the same as rocking 'em
to sleep at night.
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324. Yeah, 'till they wake
you up at 3:00 a.m.
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325. And smelling
their little heads.
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326. Really? That's the smell
you remember?
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327. Come on. It wasn't that bad.
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328. It wasn't, but...
we were younger then.
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329. I'm not saying
we should try for another one.
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330. - Great.
- I'm just saying,
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331. if there was an accident,
it might be a happy accident.
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332. Mm-hmm.
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333. I guess it's in God's hands.
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334. I guess it is.
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335. Hello. Hey.
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336. I'm here about a vasectomy.
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337. Actually, our earliest
appointment is in three weeks.
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338. - Hmm. That long, huh?
- Yeah.
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339. I can't do it.
I cannot do it.
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340. Something may have
just opened up.
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341. Hello?
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342. Hello, Meemaw.
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343. Well,
isn't this a nice surprise?
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344. You're old.
Can you still learn new things?
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345. Want to try that again?
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346. I need your help.
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347. I'm listening.
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348. I'm trying to teach
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349. Dr. Linkletter
and Dr. Sturgis string theory,
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350. and they're struggling.
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351. I'm worried that
their advanced age is a factor.
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352. And since you're also...
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353. Careful.
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354. in the winter of your life...
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355. You were saying?
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356. And since you're also
a wise and mature woman...
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357. Go on.
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358. you might have some tips
on how best
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359. to educate others
in your peer group.
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360. So you want me to help you
teach an old dog new tricks?
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361. I feel like if I said that
you would have hung up.
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362. Look, it can't be easy for them
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363. to be taught
by somebody your age.
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364. I think you're just gonna have
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365. to be a little understanding
and patient.
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366. Patient? They could drop dead
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367. at any mome—
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368. What?
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369. Despite this
challenging exchange,
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370. you know I love you.
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371. Yeah, yeah.
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372. I can't believe you did it
without telling your wife.
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373. I didn't call you for a lecture,
Wayne. I called you for a ride.
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374. Which you needed
'cause you had a vasectomy
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375. without telling Mary.
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376. I only went down there
to ask some questions,
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377. and they had an opening.
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378. So you said,
"Get in there, start snipping!"
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379. I panicked!
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380. Mary was looking
at baby pictures.
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381. Oh. Well, clearly,
you had no choice.
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382. I'm in a lot of pain here,
Wayne. You're not helping.
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383. What do you think she's gonna
say when she finds out?
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384. - She's not gonna find out.
- You can barely walk.
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385. You think she's not
gonna notice?
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386. You have any idea
how much sitting I do at home?
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387. Oh, I can imagine.
I do work with you.
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388. Hey, watch out for that...
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389. pothole.
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390. Oh, I saw it.
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391. 26 dimensions.
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392. In what world
are there 26 dimensions?
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393. When I was
an undergraduate,
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394. we made fun
of the old professors
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395. who didn't understand
the theory of mesons.
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396. Me, too.
I told my thesis advisor,
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397. "I'm surprised you don't
understand the physics of time.
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398. You were here
for the dawn of it."
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399. And now, we've become them.
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400. I wish. My mentor was
a Fields Medal winner,
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401. taught at Princeton.
What have I done?
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402. You wrote that article
on the positron.
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403. I did. I was the belle
of the physics ball that year.
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404. And you— you've lectured
all over the world.
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405. I can ask for Pepto Bismol
in 16 languages.
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406. Póro na écho lígo
Pepto Bismol?
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407. That was Greek.
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408. Clearly, we're not too old
to learn things.
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409. And there's no shame
in needing a little help.
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410. - Yeah!
- Yeah!
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411. But does it have to be Sheldon?
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412. - Yeah.
- Yeah.
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413. My meemaw made me realize
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414. that Dr. Linkletter
and Dr. Sturgis' failure
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415. to learn string theory
was my failure as a teacher.
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416. Perhaps the knuckles
that really needed
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417. to be rapped were my own.
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418. Ow! Lesson learned.
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419. Sheldon,
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420. we'd like you to teach us again.
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421. Understanding and patience.
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422. All right, dummkopfs,
let's do this.
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423. You don't do that
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424. to all the food, do you?
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425. I got hurt at practice.
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426. Blow your whistle too hard?
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427. Funny.
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428. Well, you make it easy.
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429. George,
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430. what happened?
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431. Pulled a muscle at practice.
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432. Also, I'm never
eating peas again.
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433. Is it your...?
Groin, yeah.
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434. Let me run you a warm bath.
I bet that'll help.
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435. Oh, I'll be fine. I just need
to sit for a while...
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436. and not take a shower
for two to three days.
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437. I'll get you some BENGAY.
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438. No, no! No.
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439. Heating pad?
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440. I'm good. Got my peas,
just need to sit.
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441. You sure you're okay?
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442. Oh, yeah, right as rain.
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443. So wait a minute.
Are you saying
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444. that the particle
should be understood
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445. as a sequence of functions
executed in a manifold?
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446. He said it, not me.
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447. Actually, that's correct.
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448. We were both thinking it.
That's what's important.
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449. So that would mean...?
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450. Gravity is just the residue
of forces within manifolds?
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451. Are you asking me or telling me?
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452. Telling?
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453. You're right.
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454. Oh.
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455. I'm going to bed. You coming?
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456. Nah, I think
I'm just gonna stay here.
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457. You sure you're okay?
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458. Yeah, I'll be fine.
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459. Look at us. It's 9:00,
I'm exhausted.
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460. You got hurt watching other
people exercise.
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461. I can't believe I thought
we could handle another baby.
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462. Really?
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463. Oh. CeeCee's all we need.
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464. Well, if that's how you feel,
I support it.
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465. Good night.
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466. Hey, before you go...
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467. could you swap me out?
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468. Broccoli or corn?
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469. Surprise me.
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470. Captioning sponsored by
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471. WARNER BROS. TELEVISION
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472. and TOYOTA.
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