The Big Bang Theory 1x08

The Grasshopper Experiment

Season 1, Episode 8

* Sheldon: Damn you, WalletNook.com.
   Leonard: Problem?
   Sheldon: The online description was completely misleading. They said eight slots plus removable ID. To any rational person, that would mean room for nine cards. But they don't tell you, the removable ID takes up one slot. It's a nightmare.


* Leonard: Do you really need the honorary Justice League of America membership card?
   Sheldon: It's been in every wallet I've owned since I was 5.
   Leonard: Why?
   Sheldon: It says, "Keep this on your person at all times."


* Raj: Excuse me, hello? My parents are trying to marry me off to a stranger. What am I going to do?
   Sheldon: I suggest you go through with it. Romantic love as the basis for marriage has only existed since the 19th century. Up until then, arranged marriages were the norm and it served society quite well.
   Wolowitz: It's the premise of Fiddler on the Roof.
   Leonard: I'm not a big fan of musicals, but I love that show.
   Wolowitz: Me too. Of course, it speaks to me culturally.
   Sheldon: Understandable, but there's a universality to that story which transcends ethnicity.
   Wolowitz: Let's not forget it's got some really catchy tunes.
   Leonard: Oh, yeah.
   Sheldon: Absolutely.
   Raj: I know what I'm gonna do.
   Leonard: What?
   Raj: Find new friends.

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* Leonard: What's up?
   Penny: Well, I convinced the restaurant to give me a bartending shift so I need to practice mixing drinks.
   Leonard: Oh, well, great. The key to acquiring proficiency in any task is repetition.
   Sheldon: With certain obvious exceptions... Suicide, for example.


* Raj: I had such plans. I had dreams. I was going to be the Indira Gandhi of particle astrophysics. But with a penis, of course. Ever since I was a little boy... my father wanted me to be a gynecologist like him. How can I be a gynecologist? I can barely look a woman in the eye.


* Sheldon: Sorry I'm late.
   Leonard: What happened?
   Sheldon: Nothing. I just really didn't wanna come.




--- Словарик:
premise — посылка; (книжн.) предпосылка, данное; вышеизложенное, вышеуказанное
Fiddler — скрипач
transcends — переступать пределы, границы; выходить за пределы
ethnicity — этническая или расовая принадлежность


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