# Iconic lines from TBBT **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/101 "2016-02-05T15:37:59Z")
“Oh what fresh hell is this?” ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/102 "2016-02-05T15:43:06Z")
> [@Floppy\_Joe](#): > > “Oh what fresh hell is this?” I actually use this one quite a bit. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/103 "2016-02-06T15:05:50Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > **Sheldon:** Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. > [@ivylass](#): > > Sorry, could you repeat that? 😃 Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/104 "2016-02-06T15:23:45Z")
Hey, woman, cool your jets. I gave you my virginity. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/105 "2016-02-06T16:23:55Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. One more time. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 10, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/106 "2016-02-10T22:26:51Z")
Mary Cooper: Leonard, I raised that boy from birth. I’ve seen him at his best, I’ve seen him at his worst. Nothing he could do would surprise me. Leonard: Hold that thought (Opens door to Sheldon’s room). Surprise! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/107 "2016-02-10T23:36:14Z")
“Wouldn’t you prefer to socialize with Tom, who is a sexually passive outdoors-man?” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/108 "2016-02-10T23:41:39Z")
**Sheldon** : Well, this is confusing for me. But I don’t want to stand in the way of your happiness. So, I will condemn you internally while maintaining an outward appearance of acceptance. **Mary** : That is very Christian of you. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/109 "2016-02-11T06:54:40Z")
Penny seductively removing her horn-rim glasses: “Molecules…” ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/110 "2016-02-11T19:55:18Z")
I brought your whiskey, Meemaw. Just the way you like it. Lots of it, in a glass. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/111 "2016-02-11T22:30:37Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > One more time. 😉 Surely. Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock… ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/112 "2016-02-11T23:09:53Z")
Wolowitz: I have a Master’s degree! Gablehauser: Who doesn’t? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/113 "2016-02-11T23:11:03Z")
“Crap on a cracker!” ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/114 "2016-02-11T23:14:35Z")
Oh, beef, how I shall miss you. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/115 "2016-02-11T23:23:22Z")
I love the “Penny slips in the shower” episode.So many great lines in that one, as many of you have quoted. My favorite character in the show is Zak. I wish they would use him more. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/116 "2016-02-11T23:49:38Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I love the “Penny slips in the shower” episode.So many great lines in that one, as many of you have quoted. > > My favorite character in the show is Zak. I wish they would use him more. **Zack** : I just think splitting up can be rough on kids. **Penny** : We don’t have any kids. **Zack** : Are you sure? 'cause you didn’t know we were married until this morning. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/117 "2016-02-11T23:52:11Z")
Oh menopause, nature’s birth control. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/118 "2016-02-12T02:31:37Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I love the “Penny slips in the shower” episode.So many great lines in that one, as many of you have quoted. > > My favorite character in the show is Zak. I wish they would use him more. The hero always peeks. ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/119 "2016-02-12T11:31:21Z")
I paraphrase: Penny:“Leonard’s great! He’s smart, he’s sweet and in the bedroom? Hoo boy - let me tell you, he … _really_ tries.” Amy (on being handed an eyelash curler): “It looks like something Tinkerbell’s gynaecologist would use.” ---
**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:** [February 12, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616/120 "2016-02-12T15:15:28Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I love the “Penny slips in the shower” episode.So many great lines in that one, as many of you have quoted. > > My favorite character in the show is Zak. I wish they would use him more. “Happy wife, happy life. Let’s eat!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616.md?page=7)