# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/21 "2012-11-30T14:19:30Z")
> [@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. I guess that, up until his marriage to Bernie, he had been spending all his money on comic books, various sci-fi collectibles, and the occasional prostitute. Now that she has completed her doctorate and works for a big bio-tech firm, Bernadette has some major income, and can afford to buy him a vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/22 "2012-11-30T14:33:26Z")
My broadcast in Orlando lacked the character audio for most of the show. I could hear the audience fine. Later that evening there was a blurb that they would rebroadcast the show in the AM. Since no one else mentioned this, it must be a problem with local station. I got by okay on the closed captions, but it is a little annoying to actually look at the television all the time. I wonder what sort technical glitch could mute the dialog but leave the audience reaction alone? The only thing I could thing of is that they are on different channels on the stereo. ---
**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, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/23 "2012-11-30T14:36:24Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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. I don’t know, the catfight wasn’t that much different than the old Dallas shows when Pam and Sue Ellen would fight as surrogates for Bobby and J.R. (on those rare occasions when Sue Ellen and J.R. got along). To me it just shows the intensity of their love for their menfolk. ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/24 "2012-11-30T14:38:40Z")
He didn’t really need a car until this week. The scooter gave them gag potential. And it’s not like he splurged on the car, either. That wasn’t a Porsche he was driving. eta: Unless Penny has been waxing Leonard (I wouldn’t put it past Howard), the initial conversation up the stairs wasn’t about the guys, so it passes. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/25 "2012-11-30T14:39:22Z")
My broadcast in Orlando lacked the character audio for most of the show. I could hear the audience fine. Later that evening there was a blurb that they would rebroadcast the show in the AM. Since no one else mentioned this, it must be a problem with local station. I got by okay on the closed captions, but it is a little annoying to actually look at the television all the time. I wonder what sort technical glitch could mute the dialog but leave the audience reaction alone? The only thing I could thing of is that they are on different channels on the stereo. ---
**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, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/26 "2012-11-30T14:42:09Z")
The same glitch that caused this double-post, perhaps? 😃 ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/27 "2012-11-30T15:23:48Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I wonder what sort technical glitch could mute the dialog but leave the audience reaction alone? The only thing I could thing of is that they are on different channels on the stereo. Dropping some of the channels in a multi-channel system. E.g., if you drop the front channels (dialogue) and air only the rear channels (audience) in a standard surround-sound system, you’d get something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/28 "2012-11-30T15:42:01Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > My broadcast in Orlando lacked the character audio for most of the show. I could hear the audience fine. Later that evening there was a blurb that they would rebroadcast the show in the AM. Since no one else mentioned this, it must be a problem with local station. I got by okay on the closed captions, but it is a little annoying to actually look at the television all the time. > > I wonder what sort technical glitch could mute the dialog but leave the audience reaction alone? The only thing I could thing of is that they are on different channels on the stereo. It was very strange, I checked the low-def channel, ran around to my other TVs trying to get sound. I did tape it at 3:10 AM and watched it this morning. Might not have been worth the effort as it wasn’t up to par IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/29 "2012-11-30T15:42:15Z")
Had some sort of glitch at my house, too…the episode did not record. I could not watch live as my Saints were busy getting their ass handed to them, and breaking Drew Brees’ consecutive game w/TD pass streak, along with my heart. So I watched it online at the CBS website. First time I have done that. Pretty nifty-no commercials. Funny episode–but once again conduct that has criminal consequences in real life is blown off for laughs. Howard assaulted Sheldon with a vehicle, and also committed burglary. Amy apparently committed indecent exposure in the backseat of her car, Sheldon committed that and/or public nudity in Howard’s car, Sheldon and Amy committed vandalism, and Amy committed simple assault on Penny and attempted assault against Bernadette. ---
**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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/30 "2012-11-30T15:51:17Z")
No complainant = no crime. At least when the cops don’t catch you in the act. Beside, I believe that there were sufficient Band-Aids that Amy showed nothing that would violate the law in California. ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/31 "2012-11-30T15:53:23Z")
When the only person who could have seen Amy’s wax job was Sheldon, I’d hardly call that indecent exposure. Similarly, who could have really seen Sheldon’s genitals in Howard’s car? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/32 "2012-11-30T15:55:33Z")
Did I hear correctly: “pubes” ? ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/33 "2012-11-30T16:01:16Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > My broadcast in Orlando lacked the character audio for most of the show. I could hear the audience fine. Later that evening there was a blurb that they would rebroadcast the show in the AM. Since no one else mentioned this, it must be a problem with local station. I got by okay on the closed captions, but it is a little annoying to actually look at the television all the time. > > I wonder what sort technical glitch could mute the dialog but leave the audience reaction alone? The only thing I could thing of is that they are on different channels on the stereo. The Sentinel today said TBBT got the highest rating for the night with the sound messed up. [http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment\_tv\_tvblog/2012/11/the-big-bang-theory-audio-difficulty-cant-stop-it.html](http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/11/the-big-bang-theory-audio-difficulty-cant-stop-it.html) ---
**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, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/34 "2012-11-30T16:04:31Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Did I hear correctly: “pubes” ? I backed it up twice. My wife and I agreed that it was “pubes”. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/35 "2012-11-30T16:17:39Z")
“Really? Only five?” Here’s what I don’t get: What was the driving motivation for AFF to get a bikini wax? Nobody goes through that kind of pain without a good reason. . . Is she further along in her conditioning project than we realize? ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/36 "2012-11-30T16:25:53Z")
Peer pressure. I’m sure that Penny and Bernadette got waxed at the same time. But because they weren’t starting from scratch, it wasn’t so much of an ordeal. Amy probably could have posed for a [PETA poster](http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/11/15/PETA-poster-equates-pubic-hair-with-fur/UPI-65121353009264/?spt=fsb&or=ros). ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/37 "2012-11-30T19:47:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m more than a little troubled that this altercation between the women is really about a fight between the guys. … 1. Their men are extensions of their own egos. The men to some degree are the surrogates. 2. AFF is giving no more loyal defense of her man than she expected her man to give to her against the perceived affront from Wil Wheaton. ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/38 "2012-11-30T20:20:49Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > …Amy apparently committed indecent exposure in the backseat of her car, Sheldon committed that and/or public nudity in Howard’s car, Sheldon and Amy committed vandalism, and Amy committed simple assault on Penny and attempted assault against Bernadette. Public nudity isn’t a crime in California, at least not under state law. At worse Sheldon violated a Pasadena city ordinance. Also it’s a sitcom. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/39 "2012-11-30T20:30:47Z")
It’s not a violation of a Pasadena City ordinance either. \ ***9.28.030 - Exposure by either sex.** Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: A. Exposes his or her private parts or buttocks or employs any device or covering which is intended to simulate the private parts or pubic hair while participating in any live act, demonstration or exhibition in any public place, place open to the public, or place open to public view, or while serving food or drink or both to any customer; or B. Permits, procures, assists or employs any person to so expose himself or herself, or to employ any such device. (Ord. 5017 § 3, 1971)\* Inside a car below the window line isn’t “open to public view.” You could still get arrested for it, but a decent lawyer could get you off. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513/40 "2012-11-30T20:35:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > but a decent lawyer could get you off. Or Sheldon could just do it for her already!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513.md?page=3)