# Amy's Tiara **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816 "2014-12-21T12:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/21 "2014-12-21T19:31:41Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I don’t think Sheldon is cheap when he perceives something as a necessity. He’s more likely to go overboard as he did in this case. Yes, he certainly went overboard with the gift baskets after Penny gave him the Nimoy napkin. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/22 "2014-12-21T19:35:24Z")
Is “genuine cubic zirconias” an oxymoron? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/23 "2014-12-21T19:38:15Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Is “genuine cubic zirconias” an oxymoron? Nope. There are lower quality ‘fake diamonds’ sometimes passed off as Cubic Zirconia. If you’re paying for it you’d want the real fake stuff. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/24 "2014-12-22T01:10:08Z")
I would assume that Sheldon would go for cultured (lab-created) diamonds. That would appeal to his exacting nature. I would guess he spent in the range of $1-3k. You can get quite a lot for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/25 "2014-12-22T13:55:04Z")
Why would Sheldon keep uncashed paychecks around? Don’t paychecks expire after a certain amount of days? IIRC my checks had a shelf life of 2 years. Also wouldn’t the University have forced him to do paperless checks? ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/26 "2014-12-23T17:08:18Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Why would Sheldon keep uncashed paychecks around? Don’t paychecks expire after a certain amount of days? IIRC my checks had a shelf life of 2 years. He didn’t deliberately keep them around. He shoved them in a drawer and forgot about them. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/27 "2014-12-23T17:38:50Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > He didn’t deliberately keep them around. He shoved them in a drawer and forgot about them. It’s not a new thing. In the 1951 movie [No Highway in the Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043859/) absent-minded engineering genius (a “boffin”) Theodore Honey shoved uncashed paychecks in a desk drawer, which were eventually found by his girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/28 "2014-12-23T18:12:32Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > In the episode where Sheldon loaned Penny that cash, he stated that he only uses half his net salary for living, toys, and entertainment expenses. He banks the rest. And there are always a couple of fifties in Green Lantern’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/29 "2014-12-23T19:37:36Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > Don’t tell me that he lives with Leonard because he’s emotionally dependent on him - sure, he is _now_, but at the start it was purely a financial arrangement. I think a major part was that he can’t drive and The Roommate Agreement specifies that transportation is a part of the deal. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/30 "2014-12-24T04:06:42Z")
\*The Tangible Affection Proof \* is another example of Sheldon’s largesse. He reaches into his pockets and his desk drawer at work to pull out $2000 in wadded up bills and gives it to his assistant to buy Amy a Valentine’s Day gift. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/31 "2014-12-24T13:33:05Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Is “genuine cubic zirconias” an oxymoron? > [@TriPolar](#): > > Nope. There are lower quality ‘fake diamonds’ sometimes passed off as Cubic Zirconia. If you’re paying for it you’d want the real fake stuff. Beware of cheap imitations. Ask your jeweler for a Genuine Cubic Zirconia ᵗᵐ _ **The More You Know** _, brought to you by the Genuine Cubic Zirconia ᵗᵐ Manufacturers of China. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/32 "2014-12-24T13:36:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > \*The Tangible Affection Proof \* is another example of Sheldon’s largesse. He reaches into his pockets and his desk drawer at work to pull out $2000 in wadded up bills and gives it to his assistant to buy Amy a Valentine’s Day gift. I think it was less of a case of stashing money away as it was more that he didn’t like the way the stuff felt in his pockets or it made his wallet too fat for comfort so he just dumped in in his desk. If it was more deliberate, I’m sure Sheldon would have it in a single stack, in order of denomination, with a rubber band or bulldog clip holding it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/33 "2014-12-24T15:28:28Z")
I go with fake diamond. There are some incredible pseudo-diamonds out there. Cubic zirconium doesn’t even come close. They’ve invented little electric gizmos to for jewelers to use to test if something is real or fake. But some of the new types of fakes fool even those. The most reliable test is that they look _better_ than real diamonds. (Virtually no flaws and such.) A real jewelry store will also market in the better quality fakes (and hopefully tell you which is which). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/34 "2014-12-24T19:19:17Z")
I don’t know, but “Amy’s Tiara” would be a cool name for a band. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816/35 "2014-12-24T21:13:21Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > Do you suppose that when they finally get around to doing the deed, she’ll scream, “Put it in me! Put it in me! Put it in me”? 😉 At the very least, she is going to want to wear the tiara during coitus. To make her feel like a princess, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amys-tiara/707816.md?page=1)