# Before TBBT Jumped The Shark ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128 "2017-01-25T07:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 25, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/1 "2017-01-25T07:45:22Z")
… it was funny. Sure, we could argue about when the jumping happened, but here I’d rather just remember lines and/or scenes from when it was funny. What did you like? The Bat Jar Conjecture s1e13 Sheldon: _I’m polymerized tree sap and you’re an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns on its original trajectory and adheres to you._ The Desperation Emanation S4e5 Leonard: _What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis?_ And of course… The Zazzy Substitution s4e3 Sheldon: _Here’s your cat. And here’s your $20._ ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/2 "2017-01-25T12:55:05Z")
“At the risk of shining a light on something best left unexamined…” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/3 "2017-01-25T13:28:32Z")
**BEVERLY HOFSTADER:** [_Talking to Howard and Raj_] You know, both selective mutism and an inability to separate from one’s mother can stem from a pathological fear of women. It might explain why the two of you have created an ersatz homosexual marriage to satisfy your need for intimacy. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/4 "2017-01-25T13:37:59Z")
**SHELDON:** [_Going over the Roommate Agreement with Leonard_] If either of us ever invents time travel, we agree our first stop will be this meeting today in precisely five seconds. **LEONARD:** Okay. [_Leonard signs, and they both look around the room for several seconds. Nothing happens._] **SHELDON:** Well, that’s disappointing! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/5 "2017-01-25T13:43:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **BEVERLY HOFSTADER:** [_Talking to Howard and Raj_] You know, both selective mutism and an inability to separate from one’s mother can stem from a pathological fear of women. It might explain why the two of you have created an ersatz homosexual marriage to satisfy your need for intimacy. One of my favorite lines in the entire series! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/6 "2017-01-25T13:58:34Z")
**Bernadette:** For a while in Poland, my family and [Howard’s] family were neighbors. **Penny:** Oh, that’s cool. **Amy:** No, it’s not. I’ll explain it to you later. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/7 "2017-01-25T14:12:31Z")
**Mrs Cooper** : Leonard, the Lord never gives us more than we can handle. Thankfully, he blessed me with two other children who are dumb as soup. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/8 "2017-01-25T14:40:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > **Mrs Cooper** : Leonard, the Lord never gives us more than we can handle. Thankfully, he blessed me with two other children who are dumb as soup. Which never seemed fair. We don’t know about Sheldon’s older brother. But we met his twin sister, Missy, and she certainly wasn’t “dumb as soup.” Speaking of Missy, when Sheldon tries to forbid any of the others from dating her– **Howard** : Is it because I’m Jewish? 'Cause I’d kill my rabbi with a pork chop to be with your sister. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/9 "2017-01-25T15:05:08Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Speaking of Missy, when Sheldon tries to forbid any of the others from dating her– > > **Howard** : Is it because I’m Jewish? 'Cause I’d kill my rabbi with a pork chop to be with your sister. **SHELDON:** [_To lactose-intolerant Leonard_] Here. Eat this piece of cheese without farting, and you can sleep with my sister. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/10 "2017-01-25T15:13:13Z")
**MISSY** : Okay. I’m not even going to ask why you’re pimping me out for cheese. But since when do you care at all about who I sleep with? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/11 "2017-01-25T15:37:28Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Which never seemed fair. We don’t know about Sheldon’s older brother. But we met his twin sister, Missy, and she certainly wasn’t “dumb as soup.” Yes I did find that a bit of an odd statement from Sheldon’s mother (though it was still funny). Missy seemed pretty sharp to me, although in an Xmas episode many seasons later Sheldon mentions it took her 6 years to graduate high school (I have no idea why I remember that). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/12 "2017-01-25T16:26:06Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Yes I did find that a bit of an odd statement from Sheldon’s mother (though it was still funny). Missy seemed pretty sharp to me, although in an Xmas episode many seasons later Sheldon mentions it took her 6 years to graduate high school (I have no idea why I remember that). She also hostesses at Fuddrucker’s. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/13 "2017-01-25T16:27:08Z")
**SHELDON:** [_In the middle of an RPG_] Does anybody have any wood? Oh, come on! I just want wood. Why are you making it so hard? ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/14 "2017-01-25T16:53:16Z")
**Sheldon:** [Penny just explained why the napkin was a little crumpled] I have the _DNA of Leonard Nimoy!_ Howard and Bernie are in bed - I forget the exact scenario. **Howard:** (yells) MOM! RENT ME A TUXEDO! **Mrs Wolowitz:** (yells back) WHY? WHAT KINDA SEX ARE YOU KIDS HAVING IN THERE? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/15 "2017-01-25T16:55:31Z")
I think Mary Cooper gets in some of the best lines. **Mary** (talking about her cruise activities): Oh, it is a hoot and a half. You write your sins on a clay pigeon, they fire ’em up in the air, and you pulverize them with a 12-gauge shotgun full of our Lord’s forgiveness. **Sheldon** : The Lord giveth and the Lord bloweth away. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/16 "2017-01-25T17:06:46Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > **Howard:** (yells) MOM! RENT ME A TUXEDO! > **Mrs Wolowitz:** (yells back) WHY? WHAT KINDA SEX ARE YOU KIDS HAVING IN THERE? Not Bernie, Leslie Winkle. She’s blackmailing him to accompany her to her cousin’s wedding in exchange for sex. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/17 "2017-01-25T18:07:43Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **SHELDON:** [_In the middle of an RPG_] Does anybody have any wood? Oh, come on! I just want wood. Why are you making it so hard? That actually wasn’t an RPG, but _Settlers of Catan_, a real and very enjoyable board game, half the fun of which is the number of times you will say, “Does anyone have wood for sheep?” 🙂 Search “Tabletop Catan” on YouTube, and you will be able to find a video of Will Wheaton and his friends playing it. That episode also gave us this exchange, when Sheldon was interrupted while erecting a city. **Sheldon** : Now where was I? **Raj** : You were in the middle of an erection. **Sheldon** : Oh, of course. It’s right here in my hand. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/18 "2017-01-25T18:45:35Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I think Mary Cooper gets in some of the best lines. I liked her description of the “sushi” menu with that “kung-fuey writing all over it.” 😃 **MARY COOPER:** [_Talking about Raj_]I thought it was our Indians that had the occasional alcohol problem. **LEONARD:** We don’t say that either. I’ll make you a list. \*\*MARY COOPER: \*\*Oh, that’d be mighty white of you. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/19 "2017-01-25T18:50:21Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > That actually wasn’t an RPG, but _Settlers of Catan_, a real and very enjoyable board game… You don’t play a role in it? 😕 Still more: \*\*SHELDON: \*\*I want to build a road, but I need wood. Do either of you fellows have wood? [_Raj and Howard both chuckle._] **SHELDON:** I don’t understand the laughter. The object of _Settlers of Catan_ is to build roads and settlements. To do so requires wood. Now I have sheep; I need wood. Who has wood for my sheep? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128/20 "2017-01-25T18:55:46Z")
Guys, there’s already a [multi page thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=814270) in Thread Games of TBBT quotes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-tbbt-jumped-the-shark/778128.md?page=2)