# Iconic lines from TBBT

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 29, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616 "2016-01-29T21:37:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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 29, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/1 "2016-01-29T21:37:19Z")

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What are some iconic lines from \*The Big Bang Theory \*?

I think the best is “My mother had me tested.”

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**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 29, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/2 "2016-01-29T22:10:27Z")

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“The Lord giveth and the Lord bloweth away.”

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**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:** [January 29, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/3 "2016-01-29T22:16:56Z")

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**"Please pass the butter!"**

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/4 "2016-01-29T22:47:05Z")

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“There is no code for ‘robot hand grasping a man’s penis’”

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**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:** [January 29, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/5 "2016-01-29T22:48:00Z")

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“Then it’s settled. Amy’s birthday present will be my genitals.”

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**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:** [January 29, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/6 "2016-01-29T22:56:37Z")

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“What exactly does that expression mean, ‘friends with benefits’? Does he provide her with health insurance?”

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/7 "2016-01-29T23:11:00Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> **“Please pass the butter!”**

Came in here to quote this.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/8 "2016-01-29T23:13:20Z")

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Also “She was an honorary man. She had a penis made of science.”

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/9 "2016-01-29T23:43:04Z")

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“So you say you can’t pay your rent…”

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/10 "2016-01-30T00:10:07Z")

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“Convention dictates that I offer you a hot beverage.”

“I wouldn’t coitus her with your genitals.”

“Soft kitty, warm kitty…”

“Aquaman sucks!”

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**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:** [January 30, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/11 "2016-01-30T00:22:37Z")

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“Our children will both smart and beautiful!”

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**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 30, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/12 "2016-01-30T00:53:12Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> “Our children will both smart and beautiful!”

And imaginary.

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/13 "2016-01-30T01:00:17Z")

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“All I need is a healthy ovum and I can grow my own Leonard Nimoy!”

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/14 "2016-01-30T01:04:12Z")

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(Pardon the double post)

**BAZINGA!**

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**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/15 "2016-01-30T01:41:27Z")

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_ **"Ah, gravity, thou art a heartless bitch."** _

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From Season 1, Episode 2. The Big Bran Hypothesis. I use it whenever I experience some gravitationally related misfortune.\*\*\*

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/16 "2016-01-30T05:59:57Z")

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“Playing my bon-gos walking down the stairs.”  
_\<falls\>_  
“Never play bon-gos walking down the stairs.”

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/17 "2016-01-30T06:23:14Z")

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“At the risk of shining a light on something best left unexamined…”

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**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/18 "2016-01-30T06:56:14Z")

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“I guess you heard what I did.”

“Well, I heard WHO you did.”

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**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 30, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/19 "2016-01-30T15:06:02Z")

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I got your back, Jack. Bitches be crazy.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/20 "2016-01-30T15:15:22Z")

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“Don’t you talk about my mother’s boobies!”

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