# TBBT - 3/12/2015 "The Leftover Thermalization" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852 "2015-03-12T20:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/21 "2015-03-13T14:04:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Why would they need a vent fan to be running? Nothing they cooked was particularly smoky. CO/CO2 buildup. I had this happen to me once and ended up with one helluva headache! (Fortunately, nothing worse.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/22 "2015-03-13T14:21:44Z")
Why would the CO/CO2 build up as long as they had a flame going? Most houses aren’t so tightly sealed that running the stove for the little bit it took to cook the food was going to build up a dangerous amount of gas. My mom has had gas stoves all my life and never had a vent fan and we are still alive. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/23 "2015-03-13T14:23:26Z")
So how did Debbie afford a nice house in Pasadena when her husband abandoned her and Howard? Why didn’t Howard go to Home Depot and buy a generator? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/24 "2015-03-13T14:26:46Z")
Has it ever been mentioned that Debbie had a job? I don’t recall. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/25 "2015-03-13T14:31:13Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Why would the CO/CO2 build up as long as they had a flame going? Most houses aren’t so tightly sealed that running the stove for the little bit it took to cook the food was going to build up a dangerous amount of gas. My mom has had gas stoves all my life and never had a vent fan and we are still alive. The burning generates CO/CO2. If your kitchen is well-ventilated, it’s not a problem. If it isn’t, you can get quite sick, as I found out to my chagrin. I think you’re confusing natural gas (methane) with the products of its combustion. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/26 "2015-03-13T14:31:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So how did Debbie afford a nice house in Pasadena when her husband abandoned her and Howard? Perhaps she bought the house a while back? Perhaps she inherited money from her parents? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/27 "2015-03-13T14:38:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So how did Debbie afford a nice house in Pasadena when her husband abandoned her and Howard? Her husband vanishes, she keeps the house and maybe whatever is left in their joint bank account? Investments, family money? Probably went to work until Howard became gainfully employed? Howard was paying rent until he moved in with Bernie, so that probably went a long way to keeping them afloat. I imagine he contributed in other ways as well. What happens when you have someone declared legally dead? Are you eligible for any government benefits? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/28 "2015-03-13T14:51:49Z")
I see they are moving it to Monday next week to accommodate the NCAA basketball tourney on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/29 "2015-03-13T15:41:39Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I see they are moving it to Monday next week to accommodate the NCAA basketball tourney on Thursday. Its a repeat from earlier this season. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/30 "2015-03-13T15:57:27Z")
Really? Bummer. I hope it’s one I haven’t seen. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/31 "2015-03-13T16:45:11Z")
Well, it’s SoCal. They could open a few windows. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/32 "2015-03-13T17:14:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If you have a good freezer, tightly sealed and already full of frozen food, it would take considerably longer than 12 hours for it to thaw completely. At least, that’s my experience. Especially if you don’t open the door. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/33 "2015-03-13T17:20:51Z")
could 8 people eat a freezer full of food and be stuffed at the end? that was the show. if less food would be used then all the freezer door open and pile on the counter would be potentially wasteful. now i suppose piling it on the counter would allow to pick out the best stuff to concentrate on, avoiding the cake and foreskin. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/34 "2015-03-13T17:30:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If you have a good freezer, tightly sealed and already full of frozen food, it would take considerably longer than 12 hours for it to thaw completely. At least, that’s my experience. But how much would the food have partly thawed after twelve hours or so? Enough to be unsafe? If the freezer was just full of store-bought food, I’d have tossed it. BTW, I was slightly bothered by the large container in the freezer of matzo ball soup. So if Howard was ill, would his mother have thawed the entire container (perhaps a quart or two) just so he could get a serving of soup (perhaps two cups)? It would have made more sense to freeze individual servings of soup. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/35 "2015-03-13T18:02:16Z")
…maybe it was TURKEY bacon… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/36 "2015-03-13T21:29:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was slightly bothered by the large container in the freezer of matzo ball soup. So if Howard was ill, would his mother have thawed the entire container (perhaps a quart or two) just so he could get a serving of soup (perhaps two cups)? Maybe she would have made him eat it all. So, _nu_, it couldn’t _hoit_ :shrug: The bit about Howard being happy to realize Bernie sounds just like his Mom was forced - didn’t he realize that the day they met? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/37 "2015-03-13T21:58:37Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The bit about Howard being happy to realize Bernie sounds just like his Mom was forced - didn’t he realize that the day they met? She first started talking like that on the episode where they were at the hospital after his mother passed out on the toilet, and he thought it was sexy. Now, it would seem, he’s finally realizing that she sounds just like his mother. Which has, of course, always been part of the joke. He just failed earlier to put two and two together. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/38 "2015-03-14T01:50:35Z")
I laughed when they referred to the kugel as lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/39 "2015-03-14T01:52:49Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I laughed when they referred to the kugel as lasagna. _Jewish_ lasagna! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852/40 "2015-03-15T06:13:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > She first started talking like that on the episode where they were at the hospital after his mother passed out on the toilet, and he thought it was sexy. > > Now, it would seem, he’s finally realizing that she sounds just like his mother. Which has, of course, always been part of the joke. He just failed earlier to put two and two together. No, the first time was when Bernie was bringing him breakfast in bed in his old room, and she and Mrs. W. shout back and forth. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI4qhluSwaY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI4qhluSwaY) For me, the funniest part is that he fell in love with Bernie before he even heard her sounding like that. He thought he was avoiding a trap, but he was heading into a very similar one. His middle name might as well be Oedipus. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-3-12-2015-the-leftover-thermalization/714852.md?page=3)