# Big Bang Theory 11/28--The Parking Lot Escalation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513 "2012-11-29T21:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/1 "2012-11-29T21:20:53Z")
When the University reassigns Sheldon’s parking spot to Wolowitz, their fight affects the whole gang. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/2 "2012-11-29T22:05:27Z")
I read that this morning and my first reaction was: “Why would Sheldon need a parking spot when he doesn’t drive and has no intention to?” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/3 "2012-11-29T23:09:16Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I read that this morning and my first reaction was: “Why would Sheldon need a parking spot when he doesn’t drive and has no intention to?” He probably uses it for storage. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/4 "2012-11-29T23:21:10Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of the space representing some kind of status; obviously Sheldon wouldn’t look kindly on being usurped by Wolowitz regardless whether he used or ever intended to use the space. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/5 "2012-11-29T23:29:59Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I read that this morning and my first reaction was: “Why would Sheldon need a parking spot when he doesn’t drive and has no intention to?” Perhaps that’s the reason it was reassigned. (Just guessing, I haven’t even seen a preview). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/6 "2012-11-30T00:37:20Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I read that this morning and my first reaction was: “Why would Sheldon need a parking spot when he doesn’t drive and has no intention to?” Howard only has a scooter; you can usually park those anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/7 "2012-11-30T01:30:32Z")
Loved it! Bernadette was great in this episode. I actually noticed that was Sheldon’s laptop. Does that make me a nerd? ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/8 "2012-11-30T01:35:58Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Loved it! Bernadette was great in this episode. > I actually noticed that was Sheldon’s laptop. Does that make me a nerd? yep ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/9 "2012-11-30T01:43:58Z")
Is it just me, or has there been a lot of douchey behavior on the show lately? More than usual, I mean. There was the one a few weeks ago where Amy was a total bitchqueen to Wil Wheaton, and now Sheldon being a total dick. I’m sure there’s something in the university’s bylaws (and we know Sheldon’s fanatical adherence to written documents) giving them the right to reassign parking spaces. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/10 "2012-11-30T03:12:21Z")
I liked it, I prefer a feisty Bernadette and AFF. It’s far better than the ‘lets get the nerds wasted and the jokes will write themselves’ episodes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/11 "2012-11-30T03:29:08Z")
So why didn’t Howard have a car until this week? He has been living at home, presumably rent free. He had to be earning a reasonable salary from the University. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/12 "2012-11-30T03:31:55Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So why didn’t Howard have a car until this week? He has been living at home, presumably rent free. He had to be earning a reasonable salary from the University. He had a scooter. I guess parking hadn’t been an issue before. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/13 "2012-11-30T03:34:45Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So why didn’t Howard have a car until this week? He has been living at home, presumably rent free. He had to be earning a reasonable salary from the University. He had a car; the university just didn’t give him an assigned parking space until after he got back from space. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/14 "2012-11-30T03:34:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So why didn’t Howard have a car until this week? He has been living at home, presumably rent free. He had to be earning a reasonable salary from the University. Why should Howard have had a car? He had his Vespa, which he thinks is a chick magnet, and I’m sure his mother had a car (probably something like a 1998 Grand Marquis) that he could use to take her to the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/15 "2012-11-30T04:06:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Why should Howard have had a car? He had his Vespa, which he thinks is a chick magnet, and I’m sure his mother had a car (probably something like a 1998 Grand Marquis) that he could use to take her to the doctor. Oh yeah, I forgot the Vespa is the Nissan 280Z from my generation. :smack: ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/16 "2012-11-30T04:45:33Z")
1. Just the right amount of Leonard this week. 2. Since when would Sheldon accept a cookie from somebody else’s plate, much less their hand? 3. Tighty-whities, of course. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/17 "2012-11-30T09:05:44Z")
Standard Sitcom Plot Number 17B, but that’s okay because they handled it really well. Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/18 "2012-11-30T11:33:32Z")
Bernadette and Amy should have settled it with a pillow fight in their nighties and/or jello wrestling. Best episode they’ve had in a while. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/19 "2012-11-30T13:35:00Z")
I’m more than a little troubled that this altercation between the women is really about a fight between the guys. It fails the Bechdel test. It’s interesting insight (it shows Amy being mkore forward and trying to engage Sheldon sexually, which is a setup filled with comic potential), but the women ought to be their own people, with their own issues to fight over. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/20 "2012-11-30T13:43:00Z")
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