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ADULT SHELDON: Some people
have said I'm overly sensitive.
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[SCREAMING]
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What now?
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Missy gave me cinnamon gum!
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Sure, sure.
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ADULT SHELDON: And by some
people, I mean everyone.
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[PANTING]
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While I may not be X-Men material...
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...I have always possessed
unusually heightened senses.
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Ew.
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Georgie, put your shoes back on!
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He can't smell this.
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Yes, I can!
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ADULT SHELDON: I also had
extraordinary hearing.
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During dinner, I could tune
out the cacophony of chewing,
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slurping,
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chewing, cutlery scraping against plates,
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chewing,
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and my father's heavy breathing
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as he wrestled with a ketchup bottle.
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[GEORGE SR. BREATHING HEAVILY]
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But tonight, there was one
sound I couldn't tune out.
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[HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING]
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[SLURPING]
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Why aren't you eating, Sheldon?
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- [BUZZING CONTINUES]
- How can I with that horrible noise?
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What noise?
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That irritating, high-pitched buzz.
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I don't hear nothin'.
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Me, neither.
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- [BUZZING CONTINUES]
- ow can you not?
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MISSY: Wait.
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I think I hear it.
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- You do?
- Yeah.
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It's coming out of your face.
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[BUZZING CONTINUES]
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I guess I hear a little hum.
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Refrigerators make noise, Sheldon.
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This is new. It's never
made this sound before.
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We should call a repairman.
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I'm not spending money on
a fridge that's workin'.
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Then think of it as spending
money on my mental stability.
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Ignore it, Sheldon.
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ADULT SHELDO Ignoring things that
irritate me isn't my strong suit.
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- [BUZZING CONTINUES]
- Obsessively fixating on them...
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Now that's what gets me
out of bed in the morning.
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♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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- Synced and corrected by VitoSilans -
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[REFRIGERATOR BUZZING]
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[SHELDON HUMMING]
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What are you doing?
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The sound from the refrigerator.
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It's right between D and D-sharp.
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Ugh! It's making my skin crawl.
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What if I hold a pillow over your face
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for, like, a really long time?
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No, that's dangerous.
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Do you know if we have earplugs?
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If we did, I'd be wearing them.
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Go to sleep.
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[SIGHS] I can't.
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Put your fingers in your ears.
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And risk driving wax back
into my inner ear canal?
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No, thank you.
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[SIGHS]
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[HUMMING]
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Oh.
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[CONTINUES HUMMING NOTE]
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- Good morning.
- [YELLS]
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[CHUCKLES]: Are you trying to kill me?
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No, I think you're great.
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Then why are you in my bed?
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I couldn't sleep.
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Our refrigerator is
making a weird noise.
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But so was one of your nostrils,
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so don't expect me back tonight.
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Go home before I call the police.
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You wouldn't call the
police on your Moonpie.
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Then I'll call your mother.
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That you would do.
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And leave my extra key behind.
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Aw.
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Aw.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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Do you know anything about
surviving psychological torture?
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Because my family
escaped communist Vietnam,
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we have to know about torture?
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That was my thought.
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Well, you're in luck.
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What do you want to know?
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I'm being tormented by a sound
coming from our refrigerator,
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and I don't know how to deal with it.
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When my uncle was in a reeducation camp,
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he would imagine
disemboweling his torturers
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with a bamboo spike.
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Maybe I'll just get a book on
refrigerator repair instead.
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Okay.
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New subject.
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Jessica Gieger wears a black bra.
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I saw it through the
sleeve of her shirt.
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Not beige, not pink.
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Black.
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So mysterious.
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What are you doing?
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I'm going to take apart the refrigerator
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and figure out what's making that noise.
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That is a really good idea.
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Usually you're not
supportive of my efforts.
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I'm more mature now.
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[MISSY GIGGLES]
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Hi, Mom.
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What did you do?!
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Good news. I found out what
part was making that noise.
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You have to put this back together!
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Now we're getting to the bad news.
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What made you think you could fix this?
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I'm smart... and I had a book.
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Do you still think you're smart?
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Yes.
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I told him not to do
it. He wouldn't listen.
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$200?!
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It'll be okay. We'll find the money.
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[SCOFFS]
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- Wait. The old fridge in the garage!
- [INHALES SHARPLY]
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What's it...? What was...?
What's that? [INHALES SHARPLY]
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Well, I kind of donated
that fridge to the church.
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You know, for the needy.
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Are you kidding me?
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I see tense moments like this
more than you think. [LAUGHS]
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I'll just give you guys some space.
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You know how much it's gonna
cost to fix that fridge?
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$200. I have really good hearing.
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Do you have any idea how hard
I work for the money we get?
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I'm sorry.
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I don't care how long it takes.
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You're gonna pay me
back every cent of this.
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Yes, sir.
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I am very disappointed in you.
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[QUIVERING BREATH]
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You know if you cry, I
can't enjoy your pain.
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[CRYING]
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[CRYING LOUDLY]
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♪ ♪
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Mom,
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since Sheldon cost you all that money,
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who's your new
favorite... Me or Georgie?
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You know I don't have favorites.
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Yeah, right.
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Okay, whoever takes the trash
out first is my favorite.
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She thinks we're stupid.
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Dad, I'm pleased to tell you
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I've got a job to pay back my debt.
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Is that so?
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I'm going to be a paperboy.
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[CHUCKLES]: Well, that's great.
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I'm proud of ya.
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How do you plan on
delivering these papers?
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- Bicycle.
- You don't know how to ride a bicycle.
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There's nothing I can't learn.
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A week ago, I didn't know how
to take apart a refrigerator.
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[QUIETLY]: He can't deliver newspapers.
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- Why not?
- It's too dangerous.
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I think you're being a
little overprotective.
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You expect him to go
riding around at 5:00 a.m.
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with cars and dogs and
who knows what else?
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I did it when I was
his age. So did Georgie.
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You're gonna teach your
brother how to do this.
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What if I don't want to?
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You're doing it anyway.
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Hey, nobody asked your opinion.
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I knew the answer. I got excited.
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[SIGHS]
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[INSECTS CHIRPING]
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Georgie?
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Georgie?
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What?
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I'm ready to scrub the
moral stain off my character.
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I hate everything about you.
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SHELDON: When does the
truck bring the papers?
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When it does.
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That's a tautology.
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- What?
- A tautology.
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A statement that's
true, but uninformative.
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Hey, you're supposed to
be the one teaching me.
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That's funny.
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[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
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Oh, there it is!
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Over here! Over here!
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This is exciting.
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It's somethin'.
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Thank you! Have a great day!
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Now what?
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Take 'em into the garage and fold 'em.
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Oh, boy.
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[GRUNTING]
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GEORGE JR.: Fold 'em like
this, then rubber band.
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But you didn't fold it into even thirds.
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- Nobody cares.
- I care.
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Then do whatever you want.
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Wake me up when you're done.
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ADULT SHELDON: Over the next 17 minutes,
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I used physics, geometry
and old-fashioned hard work
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to create the perfect
newspaper-folding system.
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I'm done.
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Great. Let's load up the wagon.
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No, I'm done with this one,
I still have 39 more to go.
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[SIGHS] He's gonna be fine.
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You don't have to tell me that.
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I know he's gonna be fine.
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[GROANS] If you believe that,
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why aren't you in bed right now?
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Because this is the same boy
who couldn't find his way out
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of that sleeping bag.
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[SIGHS] He made his way out.
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Just took him five or ten minutes.
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I know you're worried, but...
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he needs to experience
the world a little bit.
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Why not let him do it
when most of it's asleep?
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I suppose you're right.
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[GRUNTS] You coming back to bed?
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Are you crazy?
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That's my little boy
out there in the dark.
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Mm, but your big boy's
right here under the covers.
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Ugh.
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There is a nicer way to say that.
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All right, you got
your list of addresses?
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- Right here.
- 'Kay. All you got to do
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is go up to each house
and throw the newspaper
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at their front door.
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Got it.
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All right, I'm going back to bed.
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Thank you, Georgie.
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You've been a wonderful teacher,
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and I'm very appreciative
that you took the ti...
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Ah! My hands are black!
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- Why are my hands black?
- Relax.
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It's just the ink from the papers.
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Why wasn't I warned of this?!
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[WATER RUNNING]
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Out, damned spot.
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That's from Shakespeare!
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["SLOW RIDE" BY FOGHAT PLAYING]
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ Slow ride ♪
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♪ Take it easy ♪
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♪ Slow ride ♪
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♪ Take it easy ♪
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♪ Slow ride ♪
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♪ Take it easy ♪
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Aw.
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♪ ♪
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Hey, Sheldon.
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Hello, Billy.
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Are you our new paperboy?
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Yes, I'm joining the work-a-day world.
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I work, too! I take
care of our chickens.
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Don't get the wrong idea.
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When I grow up, I plan on
being a theoretical physicist.
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Cool.
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I'm sticking with chickens.
264
00:11:55,091 --> 00:11:56,787
All righty then. Have a nice day.
265
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You, too.
266
00:11:57,994 --> 00:12:00,969
Oh, cool, it's Monday.
267
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♪ Hold me ♪
268
00:12:02,766 --> 00:12:04,699
♪ Roll me ♪
269
00:12:04,701 --> 00:12:06,552
♪ Slow ridin' woman ♪
270
00:12:06,555 --> 00:12:07,735
♪ You're so fine ♪
271
00:12:07,737 --> 00:12:08,985
How's he doing?
272
00:12:08,988 --> 00:12:12,072
Been out here 20 minutes.
This is his second house.
273
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♪ ♪
274
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[MEEMAW CHUCKLES]
275
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He throws like you. [CHUCKLES]
276
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♪ Slow ride ♪
277
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ADULT SHELDON: To say this first day
278
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was challenging would
be an understatement.
279
00:12:22,786 --> 00:12:25,119
To say the rest of the week
got better from there would be
280
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the kind of lie that sets pants on fire.
281
00:12:27,009 --> 00:12:28,489
♪ Slow ride ♪
282
00:12:29,930 --> 00:12:32,293
♪ Take it easy ♪
283
00:12:33,790 --> 00:12:36,264
♪ Slow down ♪
284
00:12:36,266 --> 00:12:37,548
[BARKING]
285
00:12:37,551 --> 00:12:38,740
[SCREAMS]
286
00:12:38,743 --> 00:12:40,607
♪ Got to get your lovin' ♪
287
00:12:40,610 --> 00:12:43,271
- [CAWS]
- [SCREAMS]
288
00:12:43,273 --> 00:12:44,772
- ♪ Hold me ♪
- [CAWS]
289
00:12:44,774 --> 00:12:46,975
- [THUNDER RUMBLES, WIND BLOWING]
- ♪ Roll me ♪
290
00:12:46,977 --> 00:12:49,210
♪ Slow ridin' woman ♪
291
00:12:49,212 --> 00:12:50,812
- ♪ You're so fine ♪
- Ah!
292
00:12:50,814 --> 00:12:52,213
Oh, no! Oh, my! Oh!
293
00:12:52,215 --> 00:12:54,693
Oh, no! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
294
00:12:54,696 --> 00:12:57,285
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Ah! Ah!
295
00:12:57,287 --> 00:12:59,187
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
296
00:12:59,189 --> 00:13:00,688
♪ Slow ride ♪
297
00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:05,126
- Oh, dear.
- ♪ Easy ♪
298
00:13:05,228 --> 00:13:07,295
Oh, dear.
299
00:13:07,297 --> 00:13:09,964
[SHOUTING]
300
00:13:09,966 --> 00:13:11,165
Oh, dear!
301
00:13:11,168 --> 00:13:13,100
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
302
00:13:13,103 --> 00:13:14,969
Oh, dear, oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh, dear.
303
00:13:14,971 --> 00:13:16,571
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
304
00:13:16,573 --> 00:13:18,920
- ♪ Slow ride ♪
- Fun fact,
305
00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:22,321
the larger Sunday paper
required a second bundle.
306
00:13:22,324 --> 00:13:23,552
[GRUNTS]
307
00:13:23,555 --> 00:13:25,602
- Oh, dear.
- ♪ Slow ride. ♪
308
00:13:28,109 --> 00:13:30,877
ADULT SHELDON: After a week
of tangling with animals,
309
00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:32,779
Mother Nature, and a delivery man
310
00:13:32,781 --> 00:13:34,747
with a good arm and a bad attitude,
311
00:13:34,749 --> 00:13:37,450
it was time to reap the
benefits of my hard work.
312
00:13:37,452 --> 00:13:38,551
[KNOCKING]
313
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Collecting!
314
00:13:40,021 --> 00:13:41,754
Collecting!
315
00:13:43,616 --> 00:13:45,981
- Hey, Sheldon.
- Hello, Mrs. Sparks.
316
00:13:45,984 --> 00:13:48,640
I'm here to collect for
this week's paper delivery.
317
00:13:48,643 --> 00:13:50,676
Right. Hang on.
318
00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,973
Also, I'm given to understand
that tipping is customary,
319
00:13:53,976 --> 00:13:56,903
so feel free to express
your appreciation.
320
00:13:56,905 --> 00:13:58,571
Here you go.
321
00:14:01,359 --> 00:14:03,076
You tipped me a dime?
322
00:14:03,078 --> 00:14:04,477
Is there a problem?
323
00:14:04,479 --> 00:14:07,741
No, it just doesn't seem like very much.
324
00:14:07,744 --> 00:14:09,677
You were late every day.
325
00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:11,350
Well, I had to brave the elements.
326
00:14:11,353 --> 00:14:12,752
I saw you.
327
00:14:12,754 --> 00:14:15,254
"Brave" isn't the word that I would use.
328
00:14:15,256 --> 00:14:16,289
[CACKLES]
329
00:14:16,291 --> 00:14:18,791
[CHUCKLES]
330
00:14:21,396 --> 00:14:22,671
Hey, Sheldon.
331
00:14:22,674 --> 00:14:24,196
You look sad.
332
00:14:24,199 --> 00:14:26,466
I am.
333
00:14:26,468 --> 00:14:28,093
Want an egg?
334
00:14:32,173 --> 00:14:33,973
[ALARM BEEPING]
335
00:14:33,975 --> 00:14:35,608
[GROANS]
336
00:14:36,702 --> 00:14:38,510
Sheldon?
337
00:14:38,513 --> 00:14:40,079
What?
338
00:14:40,081 --> 00:14:41,585
You suck.
339
00:14:41,588 --> 00:14:43,882
I'm sorry, but I have a job to do.
340
00:14:43,885 --> 00:14:46,419
How much longer till you pay Dad back?
341
00:14:46,421 --> 00:14:49,288
At this rate, six months.
342
00:14:50,158 --> 00:14:52,258
You suck.
343
00:14:52,260 --> 00:14:54,316
MACELROY: Make sure your parents
344
00:14:54,319 --> 00:14:57,226
sign these. I'll need
'em back by Friday.
345
00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:58,749
Mr. Cooper, you're late.
346
00:14:58,752 --> 00:15:00,198
I know I'm late.
347
00:15:00,201 --> 00:15:02,001
My training wheels broke.
348
00:15:02,003 --> 00:15:03,136
Training wheels?
349
00:15:03,138 --> 00:15:04,237
Yes, Derek!
350
00:15:04,239 --> 00:15:05,838
I have training wheels like a child!
351
00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,452
I also have a job like an adult.
352
00:15:07,455 --> 00:15:09,422
I'm a very complicated person!
353
00:15:09,425 --> 00:15:11,234
Sure. Let's go with complicated.
354
00:15:11,237 --> 00:15:13,504
Okay. Permission slips.
355
00:15:15,884 --> 00:15:17,515
What's in the mug?
356
00:15:17,518 --> 00:15:19,030
It's a coffee mug, Tam.
357
00:15:19,033 --> 00:15:20,620
What do you think is in it?
358
00:15:20,622 --> 00:15:21,754
Could be soup.
359
00:15:21,756 --> 00:15:23,015
[WHISPERS]: It's coffee.
360
00:15:23,018 --> 00:15:24,083
Where'd you get it?
361
00:15:24,086 --> 00:15:26,121
The teachers' lounge.
And before you ask,
362
00:15:26,124 --> 00:15:29,028
no, I'm not the world's
greatest grandpa.
363
00:15:29,030 --> 00:15:30,463
Since when do you drink coffee?
364
00:15:30,465 --> 00:15:32,665
I don't, but this job is killing me.
365
00:15:32,667 --> 00:15:34,367
You wouldn't understand.
366
00:15:34,369 --> 00:15:36,536
[SIPS, COUGHS]
367
00:15:36,538 --> 00:15:38,137
You realize I have a job.
368
00:15:38,139 --> 00:15:40,139
At your parents' convenience store?
369
00:15:40,141 --> 00:15:41,507
That doesn't count.
370
00:15:41,509 --> 00:15:42,483
Why not?
371
00:15:42,486 --> 00:15:44,137
You get to sit at a cash register
372
00:15:44,140 --> 00:15:45,812
and have the fun of doing math.
373
00:15:45,814 --> 00:15:48,147
Actually, the cash register tells you
374
00:15:48,149 --> 00:15:49,415
how much change to give.
375
00:15:49,417 --> 00:15:52,718
Oh. That's too bad.
376
00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:53,853
[SIPS]
377
00:15:53,855 --> 00:15:55,421
[COUGHS]
378
00:15:55,423 --> 00:15:59,292
Oh, I hear they're
opening an Olive Garden
379
00:15:59,294 --> 00:16:02,128
- where the old Sizzler used to be.
- On Hampton Road?
380
00:16:02,130 --> 00:16:03,849
- Yeah.
- GEORGE SR.: I don't think that was a Sizzler.
381
00:16:03,851 --> 00:16:05,077
That was a Chi-Chi's.
382
00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,754
No, the Chi-Chi's is on Bedford,
383
00:16:06,757 --> 00:16:08,568
across from the Payless Shoes.
384
00:16:08,570 --> 00:16:10,874
She's right. Because,
one time, we got shoes
385
00:16:10,877 --> 00:16:12,538
and then we got Chi-Chi's.
386
00:16:12,540 --> 00:16:13,937
That was a good day.
387
00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:16,109
GEORGE SR.: Huh. I
guess that was a Sizzler.
388
00:16:16,111 --> 00:16:17,788
I'm sorry they closed that.
389
00:16:17,791 --> 00:16:19,710
Oh, there's still the
other one on Route 40.
390
00:16:19,713 --> 00:16:21,146
Who cares?!
391
00:16:24,267 --> 00:16:25,567
You have a problem?
392
00:16:25,570 --> 00:16:27,194
Yes, I do. I've had a long day.
393
00:16:27,197 --> 00:16:28,726
Is it too much to ask for a dinner
394
00:16:28,729 --> 00:16:30,455
with a little peace and quiet?
395
00:16:30,458 --> 00:16:32,158
Sheldon, you do not talk
396
00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,626
to your father like that.
397
00:16:33,628 --> 00:16:36,996
Fine. I'd rather not
speak to any of you.
398
00:16:36,998 --> 00:16:38,498
[GRUNTS]
399
00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,085
Maybe I better go talk to him.
400
00:16:40,088 --> 00:16:41,421
No, I got this.
401
00:16:41,424 --> 00:16:43,336
George, maybe you should calm down first.
402
00:16:43,338 --> 00:16:44,796
I got this.
403
00:16:51,713 --> 00:16:53,513
You want to explain yourself?
404
00:16:53,515 --> 00:16:54,734
I'd rather just go to bed,
405
00:16:54,737 --> 00:16:57,315
since I have to be up
in a few hours anyway.
406
00:16:57,318 --> 00:16:59,976
Look, I understand you're tired,
but that is no reason for you...
407
00:16:59,979 --> 00:17:02,454
I'm not just tired. I'm exhausted.
408
00:17:02,457 --> 00:17:03,922
Everything hurts.
409
00:17:03,925 --> 00:17:05,090
I get up in the morning
410
00:17:05,093 --> 00:17:06,959
to do this job I don't even like.
411
00:17:06,961 --> 00:17:08,728
And I'm doing it just for the money,
412
00:17:08,730 --> 00:17:10,596
and it's not even a lot of money.
413
00:17:10,598 --> 00:17:13,099
I keep trying harder and harder,
414
00:17:13,101 --> 00:17:14,937
and it doesn't even make a difference.
415
00:17:14,940 --> 00:17:16,746
So if you're going to
yell at me or punish me,
416
00:17:16,749 --> 00:17:19,472
let's just get it over with.
417
00:17:19,474 --> 00:17:20,873
[SIGHS]
418
00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:26,646
I'm not gonna punish you.
419
00:17:26,648 --> 00:17:28,874
Why not? I deserve it.
420
00:17:31,616 --> 00:17:33,985
Let me tell you about my day.
421
00:17:33,988 --> 00:17:35,734
I got yelled at by the principal
422
00:17:35,737 --> 00:17:38,020
for benching a linebacker
who's flunking English.
423
00:17:38,023 --> 00:17:40,993
Then I got yelled at even
more by the kid's parents.
424
00:17:40,995 --> 00:17:43,679
Then I had to break up a
fight in the locker room.
425
00:17:43,682 --> 00:17:45,515
Got elbowed in the neck.
426
00:17:45,518 --> 00:17:46,676
That's a rough day.
427
00:17:46,679 --> 00:17:48,968
That was all before 10:00 a.m.
428
00:17:50,205 --> 00:17:52,638
So I get what you're going through.
429
00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,309
But you'll notice, I didn't
come home and take it out on you.
430
00:17:57,625 --> 00:17:59,946
No, you didn't.
431
00:17:59,948 --> 00:18:01,614
I want you to get back in there,
432
00:18:01,616 --> 00:18:04,584
apologize to everyone,
and finish your dinner.
433
00:18:04,586 --> 00:18:06,586
Yes, sir.
434
00:18:09,190 --> 00:18:12,158
ADULT SHELDON: My father's
wisdom touched me deeply.
435
00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:13,726
Which is why, to this day,
436
00:18:13,728 --> 00:18:15,361
no matter what I'm going through,
437
00:18:15,363 --> 00:18:17,563
I am never irritating or abusive
438
00:18:17,565 --> 00:18:20,700
to any of my friends or loved ones.
439
00:18:20,702 --> 00:18:22,867
Ask them. They'll tell you.
440
00:18:26,140 --> 00:18:28,307
ADULT SHELDON: For the
next several months,
441
00:18:28,309 --> 00:18:30,226
I continued working my paper route
442
00:18:30,229 --> 00:18:33,425
until I paid my father back.
443
00:18:33,428 --> 00:18:36,114
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
444
00:18:36,117 --> 00:18:38,703
And by "working," I mean "delegating."
445
00:18:42,957 --> 00:18:45,397
I have no idea where I am.
446
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,968
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