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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
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All righty then. Have a nice day.
265
00:12:01,490 --> 00:12:02,692
You, too.
266
00:12:02,694 --> 00:12:05,669
Oh, cool, it's Monday.
267
00:12:05,672 --> 00:12:07,463
♪ Hold me ♪
268
00:12:07,466 --> 00:12:09,399
♪ Roll me ♪
269
00:12:09,401 --> 00:12:11,252
♪ Slow ridin' woman ♪
270
00:12:11,255 --> 00:12:12,435
♪ You're so fine ♪
271
00:12:12,437 --> 00:12:13,685
How's he doing?
272
00:12:13,688 --> 00:12:16,772
Been out here 20 minutes.
This is his second house.
273
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♪ ♪
274
00:12:18,210 --> 00:12:19,409
[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
00:12:27,486 --> 00:12:29,819
To say the rest of the week
got better from there would be
280
00:12:29,821 --> 00:12:31,706
the kind of lie that sets pants on fire.
281
00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:33,189
♪ Slow ride ♪
282
00:12:34,630 --> 00:12:36,993
♪ Take it easy ♪
283
00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:40,964
♪ Slow down ♪
284
00:12:40,966 --> 00:12:42,248
[BARKING]
285
00:12:42,251 --> 00:12:43,440
[SCREAMS]
286
00:12:43,443 --> 00:12:45,307
♪ Got to get your lovin' ♪
287
00:12:45,310 --> 00:12:47,971
- [CAWS]
- [SCREAMS]
288
00:12:47,973 --> 00:12:49,472
- ♪ Hold me ♪
- [CAWS]
289
00:12:49,474 --> 00:12:51,675
- [THUNDER RUMBLES, WIND BLOWING]
- ♪ Roll me ♪
290
00:12:51,677 --> 00:12:53,910
♪ Slow ridin' woman ♪
291
00:12:53,912 --> 00:12:55,512
- ♪ You're so fine ♪
- Ah!
292
00:12:55,514 --> 00:12:56,913
Oh, no! Oh, my! Oh!
293
00:12:56,915 --> 00:12:59,393
Oh, no! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
294
00:12:59,396 --> 00:13:01,985
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Ah! Ah!
295
00:13:01,987 --> 00:13:03,887
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
296
00:13:03,889 --> 00:13:05,388
♪ Slow ride ♪
297
00:13:07,849 --> 00:13:09,826
- Oh, dear.
- ♪ Easy ♪
298
00:13:09,928 --> 00:13:11,995
Oh, dear.
299
00:13:11,997 --> 00:13:14,664
[SHOUTING]
300
00:13:14,666 --> 00:13:15,865
Oh, dear!
301
00:13:15,868 --> 00:13:17,800
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
302
00:13:17,803 --> 00:13:19,669
Oh, dear, oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh, dear.
303
00:13:19,671 --> 00:13:21,271
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
304
00:13:21,273 --> 00:13:23,620
- ♪ Slow ride ♪
- Fun fact,
305
00:13:23,623 --> 00:13:27,021
the larger Sunday paper
required a second bundle.
306
00:13:27,024 --> 00:13:28,252
[GRUNTS]
307
00:13:28,255 --> 00:13:30,193
- Oh, dear.
- ♪ Slow ride. ♪
308
00:13:37,109 --> 00:13:39,877
ADULT SHELDON: After a week
of tangling with animals,
309
00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:41,779
Mother Nature, and a delivery man
310
00:13:41,781 --> 00:13:43,747
with a good arm and a bad attitude,
311
00:13:43,749 --> 00:13:46,357
it was time to reap the
benefits of my hard work.
312
00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,452
[KNOCKING]
313
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Collecting!
314
00:13:48,942 --> 00:13:50,675
Collecting!
315
00:13:52,616 --> 00:13:54,981
- Hey, Sheldon.
- Hello, Mrs. Sparks.
316
00:13:54,984 --> 00:13:57,640
I'm here to collect for
this week's paper delivery.
317
00:13:57,643 --> 00:13:59,676
Right. Hang on.
318
00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,973
Also, I'm given to understand
that tipping is customary,
319
00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:05,903
so feel free to express
your appreciation.
320
00:14:05,905 --> 00:14:07,571
Here you go.
321
00:14:10,359 --> 00:14:12,076
You tipped me a dime?
322
00:14:12,078 --> 00:14:13,477
Is there a problem?
323
00:14:13,479 --> 00:14:16,741
No, it just doesn't seem like very much.
324
00:14:16,744 --> 00:14:18,677
You were late every day.
325
00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:20,350
Well, I had to brave the elements.
326
00:14:20,353 --> 00:14:21,752
I saw you.
327
00:14:21,754 --> 00:14:24,254
"Brave" isn't the word that I would use.
328
00:14:24,256 --> 00:14:25,289
[CACKLES]
329
00:14:25,291 --> 00:14:27,791
[CHUCKLES]
330
00:14:30,396 --> 00:14:31,671
Hey, Sheldon.
331
00:14:31,674 --> 00:14:33,196
You look sad.
332
00:14:33,199 --> 00:14:35,466
I am.
333
00:14:35,468 --> 00:14:37,093
Want an egg?
334
00:14:41,173 --> 00:14:42,973
[ALARM BEEPING]
335
00:14:42,975 --> 00:14:44,608
[GROANS]
336
00:14:45,702 --> 00:14:47,510
Sheldon?
337
00:14:47,513 --> 00:14:49,079
What?
338
00:14:49,081 --> 00:14:50,585
You suck.
339
00:14:50,588 --> 00:14:52,882
I'm sorry, but I have a job to do.
340
00:14:52,885 --> 00:14:55,419
How much longer till you pay Dad back?
341
00:14:55,421 --> 00:14:58,288
At this rate, six months.
342
00:14:59,158 --> 00:15:01,258
You suck.
343
00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:03,316
MACELROY: Make sure your parents
344
00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:06,226
sign these. I'll need
'em back by Friday.
345
00:15:06,229 --> 00:15:07,749
Mr. Cooper, you're late.
346
00:15:07,752 --> 00:15:09,198
I know I'm late.
347
00:15:09,201 --> 00:15:11,001
My training wheels broke.
348
00:15:11,003 --> 00:15:12,136
Training wheels?
349
00:15:12,138 --> 00:15:13,237
Yes, Derek!
350
00:15:13,239 --> 00:15:14,838
I have training wheels like a child!
351
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,452
I also have a job like an adult.
352
00:15:16,455 --> 00:15:18,422
I'm a very complicated person!
353
00:15:18,425 --> 00:15:20,234
Sure. Let's go with complicated.
354
00:15:20,237 --> 00:15:22,504
Okay. Permission slips.
355
00:15:24,884 --> 00:15:26,515
What's in the mug?
356
00:15:26,518 --> 00:15:28,030
It's a coffee mug, Tam.
357
00:15:28,033 --> 00:15:29,620
What do you think is in it?
358
00:15:29,622 --> 00:15:30,754
Could be soup.
359
00:15:30,756 --> 00:15:32,015
[WHISPERS]: It's coffee.
360
00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:33,083
Where'd you get it?
361
00:15:33,086 --> 00:15:35,121
The teachers' lounge.
And before you ask,
362
00:15:35,124 --> 00:15:38,028
no, I'm not the world's
greatest grandpa.
363
00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:39,463
Since when do you drink coffee?
364
00:15:39,465 --> 00:15:41,665
I don't, but this job is killing me.
365
00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:43,367
You wouldn't understand.
366
00:15:43,369 --> 00:15:45,536
[SIPS, COUGHS]
367
00:15:45,538 --> 00:15:47,137
You realize I have a job.
368
00:15:47,139 --> 00:15:49,139
At your parents' convenience store?
369
00:15:49,141 --> 00:15:50,507
That doesn't count.
370
00:15:50,509 --> 00:15:51,483
Why not?
371
00:15:51,486 --> 00:15:53,137
You get to sit at a cash register
372
00:15:53,140 --> 00:15:54,812
and have the fun of doing math.
373
00:15:54,814 --> 00:15:57,147
Actually, the cash register tells you
374
00:15:57,149 --> 00:15:58,415
how much change to give.
375
00:15:58,417 --> 00:16:01,718
Oh. That's too bad.
376
00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,853
[SIPS]
377
00:16:02,855 --> 00:16:04,421
[COUGHS]
378
00:16:04,423 --> 00:16:08,292
Oh, I hear they're
opening an Olive Garden
379
00:16:08,294 --> 00:16:11,128
- where the old Sizzler used to be.
- On Hampton Road?
380
00:16:11,130 --> 00:16:12,849
- Yeah.
- GEORGE SR.: I don't think that was a Sizzler.
381
00:16:12,851 --> 00:16:14,077
That was a Chi-Chi's.
382
00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,754
No, the Chi-Chi's is on Bedford,
383
00:16:15,757 --> 00:16:17,568
across from the Payless Shoes.
384
00:16:17,570 --> 00:16:19,743
She's right. Because,
one time, we got shoes
385
00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,538
and then we got Chi-Chi's.
386
00:16:21,540 --> 00:16:22,937
That was a good day.
387
00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:25,109
GEORGE SR.: Huh. I
guess that was a Sizzler.
388
00:16:25,111 --> 00:16:26,788
I'm sorry they closed that.
389
00:16:26,791 --> 00:16:28,710
Oh, there's still the
other one on Route 40.
390
00:16:28,713 --> 00:16:30,146
Who cares?!
391
00:16:33,267 --> 00:16:34,567
You have a problem?
392
00:16:34,570 --> 00:16:36,194
Yes, I do. I've had a long day.
393
00:16:36,197 --> 00:16:37,726
Is it too much to ask for a dinner
394
00:16:37,729 --> 00:16:39,455
with a little peace and quiet?
395
00:16:39,458 --> 00:16:41,158
Sheldon, you do not talk
396
00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:42,626
to your father like that.
397
00:16:42,628 --> 00:16:45,996
Fine. I'd rather not
speak to any of you.
398
00:16:45,998 --> 00:16:47,498
[GRUNTS]
399
00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:49,085
Maybe I better go talk to him.
400
00:16:49,088 --> 00:16:50,421
No, I got this.
401
00:16:50,424 --> 00:16:52,336
George, maybe you should calm down first.
402
00:16:52,338 --> 00:16:53,796
I got this.
403
00:17:00,713 --> 00:17:02,513
You want to explain yourself?
404
00:17:02,515 --> 00:17:03,734
I'd rather just go to bed,
405
00:17:03,737 --> 00:17:06,315
since I have to be up
in a few hours anyway.
406
00:17:06,318 --> 00:17:08,976
Look, I understand you're tired,
but that is no reason for you...
407
00:17:08,979 --> 00:17:11,454
I'm not just tired. I'm exhausted.
408
00:17:11,457 --> 00:17:12,922
Everything hurts.
409
00:17:12,925 --> 00:17:14,090
I get up in the morning
410
00:17:14,093 --> 00:17:15,785
to do this job I don't even like.
411
00:17:15,788 --> 00:17:17,555
And I'm doing it just for the money,
412
00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:19,595
and it's not even a lot of money.
413
00:17:19,598 --> 00:17:22,099
I keep trying harder and harder,
414
00:17:22,101 --> 00:17:23,937
and it doesn't even make a difference.
415
00:17:23,940 --> 00:17:25,746
So if you're going to
yell at me or punish me,
416
00:17:25,749 --> 00:17:28,472
let's just get it over with.
417
00:17:28,474 --> 00:17:29,873
[SIGHS]
418
00:17:34,079 --> 00:17:35,646
I'm not gonna punish you.
419
00:17:35,648 --> 00:17:37,874
Why not? I deserve it.
420
00:17:40,616 --> 00:17:42,985
Let me tell you about my day.
421
00:17:42,988 --> 00:17:44,734
I got yelled at by the principal
422
00:17:44,737 --> 00:17:47,020
for benching a linebacker
who's flunking English.
423
00:17:47,023 --> 00:17:49,993
Then I got yelled at even
more by the kid's parents.
424
00:17:49,995 --> 00:17:52,679
Then I had to break up a
fight in the locker room.
425
00:17:52,682 --> 00:17:54,515
Got elbowed in the neck.
426
00:17:54,518 --> 00:17:55,676
That's a rough day.
427
00:17:55,679 --> 00:17:57,968
That was all before 10:00 a.m.
428
00:17:59,205 --> 00:18:01,638
So I get what you're going through.
429
00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,309
But you'll notice, I didn't
come home and take it out on you.
430
00:18:06,625 --> 00:18:08,946
No, you didn't.
431
00:18:08,948 --> 00:18:10,614
I want you to get back in there,
432
00:18:10,616 --> 00:18:13,584
apologize to everyone,
and finish your dinner.
433
00:18:13,586 --> 00:18:15,586
Yes, sir.
434
00:18:18,190 --> 00:18:21,158
ADULT SHELDON: My father's
wisdom touched me deeply.
435
00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,662
Which is why, to this day,
436
00:18:22,665 --> 00:18:24,361
no matter what I'm going through,
437
00:18:24,363 --> 00:18:26,563
I am never irritating or abusive
438
00:18:26,565 --> 00:18:29,700
to any of my friends or loved ones.
439
00:18:29,702 --> 00:18:31,787
Ask them. They'll tell you.
440
00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:40,907
ADULT SHELDON: For the
next several months,
441
00:18:40,909 --> 00:18:42,826
I continued working my paper route
442
00:18:42,829 --> 00:18:46,025
until I paid my father back.
443
00:18:46,028 --> 00:18:48,714
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
444
00:18:48,717 --> 00:18:51,303
And by "working," I mean "delegating."
445
00:18:55,557 --> 00:18:57,997
I have no idea where I am.
446
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,491
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