# Big Bang Theory 3/8 "The Precious Fragmentation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850 "2010-03-09T14:21:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/21 "2010-03-09T23:43:57Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I said installing a lock if there isn’t one there. It’s a pedantic nitpick, isn’t it? I’ll just say that Leonards’s apartment has locks, and you’ll say it doesn’t, and I’ll say that then they should never have moved in, blah blah blah blah fucking blah, when my _whole fucking point_, which seems to have escaped you entirely, is that I am tired of the interrupting neighbor trope. Sorry if that rankles your fanboy sensibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/22 "2010-03-09T23:46:56Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > It’s a pedantic nitpick, isn’t it? I’ll just say that Leonards’s apartment has locks, and you’ll say it doesn’t, and I’ll say that then they should never have moved in, blah blah blah blah fucking blah, when my _whole fucking point_, which seems to have escaped you entirely, is that I am tired of the interrupting neighbor trope. Sorry if that rankles your fanboy sensibilities. You’re complaining about The Big Bang Theory. What did you expect? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/23 "2010-03-10T00:11:29Z")
It might be prohibited in their lengthy roommate agreement. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/24 "2010-03-10T00:39:57Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > I couldn’t breathe when Raj was cleaning the drawn on penis off of Aquaman. And he kept rubbing, faster and faster. My husband even laughed – finally, a BBT joke he could understand. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/25 "2010-03-10T05:29:21Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > I couldn’t breathe when Raj was cleaning the drawn on penis off of Aquaman. Had he done that in a previous episode? Because I had the weirdest sense that I’d seen that exact same scene before. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/26 "2010-03-10T06:38:29Z")
The open doors in apartments bugs me - I can’t forget about the door they leave open throughout the whole scene after that. Who comes into their apartment or house and just leaves the door open? Also everyone always wearing their shoes in the house. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/27 "2010-03-10T08:58:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Bad reaction to the Gollum makeup? OMG. Best.Scene.Ever! I LOVE love how BBT has all the nerd stuff (actors from nerd shows, and stuff like that) embedded into it ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/28 "2010-03-10T09:26:26Z")
Oh and the bit with Raj and Howard cuddling together. Ten bucks says they’re gonna come out as a couple soon! 😉 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/29 "2010-03-10T14:13:39Z")
If you roomed with Sheldon, would you risk being locked in your room and unable to reach him during some of his antics? I didn’t think so. “What do you two talk about post-coitus?” ETA: Please, please, please hace Sheldon’s Memaw appear on the show, played by Estelle Parsons. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/30 "2010-03-10T14:24:20Z")
I thought this was a great episode. According to Wil Wheaton’s blog, he’s going to be making a comeback as _evil Wil Wheaton_. I can’t wait! I missed the ending tag. What happened? How did Sheldon catch on? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/31 "2010-03-10T15:01:35Z")
He could hear the ring calling to him. Excellent episode. “Oh. You’re right, it’s _Ghostbusters II_. Never mind.” ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/32 "2010-03-10T19:02:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > If you roomed with Sheldon, would you risk being locked in your room and unable to reach him during some of his antics? I didn’t think so. How would he be locked in his own room? It would lock from the inside. That’s the whole point. Having bedrooms lock from the outside is just stupid, as well as dangerous. [QUOTE=Justin Bailey] You’re complaining about The Big Bang Theory. What did you expect? [/QUOTE] A higher level of intelligence than the norm. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/33 "2010-03-10T19:19:06Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > It might be prohibited in their lengthy roommate agreement. I’d love to see that thing published. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/34 "2010-03-10T20:24:06Z")
I think Sheldon’s memaw should be played by Betty White. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/35 "2010-03-10T20:29:35Z")
Sheldon should have been wearing [this shirt](http://coastcitystyles.com/orange-lantern-symbol.html), not [this one](http://coastcitystyles.com/red-lantern-symbol-tshirt.html). ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850/36 "2010-03-10T20:41:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sheldon should have been wearing [this shirt](http://coastcitystyles.com/orange-lantern-symbol.html), not [this one](http://coastcitystyles.com/red-lantern-symbol-tshirt.html). Mine! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-3-8-the-precious-fragmentation/531850.md?page=1)