# The Big Bang Theory 1/3--The Egg Salad Equivalency **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995 "2013-01-03T20:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/21 "2013-01-04T22:42:58Z")
Sheldon should have been called into HR when he pulled the foam explosion practical joke on Kripke. After Kripke pumped Helium into Sheldons office while he was doing a radio interview on NPR. ---
**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 4, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/22 "2013-01-04T22:53:45Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Sheldon should have been called into HR when he pulled the foam explosion practical joke on Kripke. > > After Kripke pumped Helium into Sheldons office while he was doing a radio interview on NPR. That was a physics experiment, subject to academic review, but not by HR. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/23 "2013-01-04T23:29:47Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > And any episode where Penny gets a little humility in her relationship with Leonard is A OK in my book. I saw this coming but I was really hoping they would play this angle out a little more. She needed a way bigger lesson in humility in my opinion. She suffered all of what? A day? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/24 "2013-01-05T00:27:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That was a physics experiment, subject to academic review, but not by HR. Not an experiment, but retaliation and revenge on Kripke. And it happened when Kripke was giving a tour of his lab to some VIPs. ---
**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 5, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/25 "2013-01-05T00:39:11Z")
Not HR though. If anything, that would have gotten an internal review by both the Physics department and the University President’s office, seeing as it was the UP Sheldon foamed. Of course, the other VIPs might have been impressed by the stunt and funded more projects. It is Caltech after all. They have a [history](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/26/sports/la-sp-crowe-20101227) of crazy. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/26 "2013-01-05T01:03:59Z")
I think there would be a notation in Sheldon Personnel File. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/27 "2013-01-05T02:05:31Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Except that Howard knows her and her family on a first-name basis from his previous exploits, and he states that it’d been a while since he’d been called to the carpet. So plenty of time for HR to know who Sheldon was, unless he really never ever got in trouble before with them. I think Sheldon has rarely worked with anyone else, so few opportunities to run afoul of HR. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/28 "2013-01-05T02:25:17Z")
hasn’t Sheldon had office and parking space confrontations that would have gotten some interaction with HR? ---
**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 5, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/29 "2013-01-05T02:29:45Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Not an experiment, but retaliation and revenge on Kripke. And it happened when Kripke was giving a tour of his lab to some VIPs. You’re not much fun in the lab, are you? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/30 "2013-01-05T03:49:19Z")
i see where this episode had 19 million viewers. a popular show. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/31 "2013-01-05T08:17:49Z")
nbc wasn’t airing its block of comedies, so that helped. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/32 "2013-01-05T08:25:10Z")
It had it’s funny moments, but Penny’s hair is getting worse. Looking like she stole Ric Flair’s peroxide kit. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/33 "2013-01-08T14:46:19Z")
There’s a trope (and I’m not searching TVTropes to find their name for it, who knows when I’d get back) concerning the “glasses automagically make a woman into a nerd” meme. Lots of other sites have made fun of this trope. Leonard is smart and Internet savvy, so I was fully expecting him to react to Penny’s glasses thing with a “You’ve got to be kidding me.” But no, they went with the trite and absurd response. What a letdown as well as being out of character. It was nice to see some sort of official response to Sheldon’s behavior, even though it really didn’t work nor was handled well. The show really needs to have the characters experience real-life consequences for some of their more egregious behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/34 "2013-01-08T14:50:21Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Leonard is smart and Internet savvy, so I was fully expecting him to react to Penny’s glasses thing with a “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Yes, because human sexual preferences/responses depend so much on how smart/Internet savvy you are. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/35 "2013-01-08T15:03:30Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I saw this coming but I was really hoping they would play this angle out a little more. She needed a way bigger lesson in humility in my opinion. She suffered all of what? A day? No kidding. For all of the things they drag on through multiple episodes; the love triangle thing lasted what, 2 episodes? There was a lot of comedy that could have been mined from that. ---
**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 8, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/36 "2013-01-08T15:40:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > It was nice to see some sort of official response to Sheldon’s behavior, even though it really didn’t work nor was handled well. The show really needs to have the characters experience real-life consequences for some of their more egregious behavior. Yes, because that would be comedy gold. Not. This is a sit-com. Any resemblance to RL is purely coincidental. If real life consequences were important, Lucy would have been murdered by the end of the first season of I Love Lucy (not a bad idea in itself), Jessica Fletcher would never get invited _anywhere_, and Hawkeye Pierce would still be serving out his time in Leavenworth. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/37 "2013-01-11T02:41:41Z")
So what are the 4 state Capitals that are not served by the Interstate system? Guessing: Carson City Juneau Honolulu Annapolis ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/38 "2013-01-11T02:51:22Z")
Quick look at the map shows Dover and Pierre are not on Interstates, nor is Juneau. I don’t know if Honolulu counts as there are H-1, H-3 etc Interstates on Hawaii. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/39 "2013-01-11T03:01:54Z")
Jefferson City, MO is not on an Interstate, not even one with a 3-digit number, which denotes a loop or spur. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995/40 "2013-01-11T03:22:54Z")
According to[this web site](http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=614595), in 2008 there were 5, Juneau, AK; Dover, DE; Jefferson City, MO; Carson City, NV; and Pierre, SD. There were some notes about ongoing construction, so maybe 1 of those now has an Interstate. Or Sheldon was constructing a trick question. Putting this in the other thread about the current episode as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-3-the-egg-salad-equivalency/645995.md?page=3)