# The Big Bang Theory 12/13--The Santa Simulation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961 "2012-12-13T21:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 13, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/1 "2012-12-13T21:21:42Z")
The guys plan to play Dungeons and Dragons without the girls, who show up dressed sexily for a girls’ night out and Raj goes with them to the nightclub. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/2 "2012-12-14T03:47:53Z")
Baybrook Mall is NOT in Galveston- it’s in Friendswood. Growing up in that area, Baybrook Mall was how I knew that we were almost home _from_ Galveston. That’s all I got, except a lot of appreciation for the fan service dresses the girls were wearing. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/3 "2012-12-14T04:23:42Z")
I was just getting home at the beginning of the show – wasn’t Raj playing D&D with the guys? How did he end up with the girls? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/4 "2012-12-14T04:26:54Z")
Raj made a noob mistake, and got his character killed shortly after the game started. And unless D&D rules have changed considerably, the writers screwed up at the end. Sheldon casts a paralysis spell on party members, and it automatically works? No saving throw? Uber-nerds would know better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/5 "2012-12-14T05:28:29Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > That’s all I got, except a lot of appreciation for the fan service dresses the girls were wearing. Dammit, the one night I’m late getting back from the grocery store! Gotta finish my Christmas baking tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/6 "2012-12-14T05:38:27Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Raj made a noob mistake, and got his character killed shortly after the game started. And, now that I think about it, Raj should also have been allowed a saving throw. Leonard’s dungeon is harsh, like E. Gary Gygax modules. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/7 "2012-12-14T11:44:22Z")
IIRC Leonard did roll some dice when Raj went in, so that could have been a saving throw. (usually rolled by the character) But you are right about the paralysis spell. Brian ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/8 "2012-12-14T13:06:20Z")
Amy showing some serious ankle in that dress from “Forever 63”- great stuff. Good dream for Sheldon at the end. After a shaky start, the series seems to have found its legs the past few episodes. Speaking of legs- Penny, we love the legs, but change the hairdo. Let’s hope that we’ve had the mandatory dose of Raj that we can put him on the back burner for a few episodes and get back to Penny. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/9 "2012-12-14T13:12:42Z")
Rolling saving throws would take time, and distract from the story line, and be incomprehensible to anyone who hadn’t played (thus taking even more time to explain.) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/10 "2012-12-14T13:32:06Z")
That’s no excuse. Still should have happened. What the hell did Penny do to her hair? It looked terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/11 "2012-12-14T15:01:47Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Amy showing some serious ankle in that dress from “Forever 63”- great stuff. Good dream for Sheldon at the end. After a shaky start, the series seems to have found its legs the past few episodes. Speaking of legs- Penny, we love the legs, but change the hairdo. > > Let’s hope that we’ve had the mandatory dose of Raj that we can put him on the back burner for a few episodes and get back to Penny. A shaky start to the series?! They’re in their sixth season now and a lot of people say their first seasons were the better ones. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/12 "2012-12-14T15:06:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What the hell did Penny do to her hair? It looked terrible. My theory is that she’s taken Amy’s advice on alternate uses for electric toothbrushes, and accidentally shocked herself. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/13 "2012-12-14T15:11:55Z")
She seems to wear that hairdo a lot when she gets dressed up. I seem to remember she wore it when she was trying to outdo the new hot upstairs neighbor that the guys were all fawning over. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/14 "2012-12-14T15:19:39Z")
OK, I admit that I laughed over the double entendres that Raj kept saying. But I’m not sure that I buy that five-year-old Sheldon thought that Santa could bring back his deceased “Paw Paw.” I think he was the kind of kid who didn’t believe any fiction from a very young age. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/15 "2012-12-14T15:21:10Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > A shaky start to the series?! They’re in their sixth season now and a lot of people say their first seasons were the better ones. I meant to say this season. I thought the first few episodes of the season were a little weak as if the summer layoff hurt the actors’ timing or else the writers were in a slump. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/16 "2012-12-14T15:29:03Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > She seems to wear that hairdo a lot when she gets dressed up. I seem to remember she wore it when she was trying to outdo the new hot upstairs neighbor that the guys were all fawning over. What, you’re saying she raised her shields? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/17 "2012-12-14T15:33:29Z")
I for one am tired of the “Raj is so closeted he doesn’t even realize he’s gay” thing. If he’s gay, fine, make him gay. If he’s not, knock it off. It’s juvenile. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/18 "2012-12-14T15:46:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That’s no excuse. Still should have happened. > > What the hell did Penny do to her hair? It looked terrible. For some reason, I didn’t notice the hair. I was looking at – her other things… ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/19 "2012-12-14T15:49:59Z")
They _were_ on display, weren’t they? They Wonderbra’d the snot out of that dress. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/20 "2012-12-14T15:53:30Z")
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