# The Big Bang Theory, March 13, 2014 -- "The Mommy Observation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607 "2014-03-13T13:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/21 "2014-03-14T13:25:17Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Roughly by my recall. > > Sheldon wanted to sit and talk with his mom. She said , “let’s sit on the couch”. Sheldon said he wanted to sit on a piece of furniture they hadn’t fornicated on. Mom hesitates and says. Sorry…I was referring to Penny’s line when she was calling the beer a clue. But I see how my comment was confusing. :smack: ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/22 "2014-03-14T13:38:14Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Previous image searches found [this](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/melissa-rauch-at-65th-annual-primetime-emmy-awards-in-los-angeles_5.jpg). Not [this](http://celebmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/melissa-rauch-hot-wallpapers-8-_1.jpg). Depends what you’re into, I guess; but if you couldn’t tell from the first pic that she’s a babe, you weren’t looking very hard. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/23 "2014-03-14T13:42:08Z")
What kind of trophies did Sheldon have in his room? Texas schools in the BBT universe can’t possibly give out trophies for academic achievement, can they? > [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Sorry…I was referring to Penny’s line when she was calling the beer a clue. > But I see how my comment was confusing. :smack: I got it. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/24 "2014-03-14T13:43:36Z")
I’m glad to see them developing a healthier relationship between Sheldon and Howard. But they should have mentioned the time Howard returned home from space and found his mother schtupping his dentist. The trophies could be for Science Fairs, Academic Decathlon, Odyssey of the Mind and stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/25 "2014-03-14T14:03:44Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Terrible episode. Unfortunately, I’m just watching out of inertia. > > BTW people were total jerks towards Raj > [@silenus](#): > > No they weren’t. If any of my friends pulled a stunt like that with no warning I’d be peeved too. > > Raj needs to get hit by a bus so they can replace him with Stuart, who is less pathetic. that’s a low blow. Raj is socially aggressive and has displeased the group before. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/26 "2014-03-14T14:07:58Z")
Which is why they need to dump his sorry ass. Heck, Sheldon could just fire him. Then he’d be deported and they’d be free to reconfigure the group. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/27 "2014-03-14T14:41:02Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Sheldon has “the talk” with his mother. Priceless! Yeah, I loved that! Funny! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/28 "2014-03-14T15:08:26Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Previous image searches found [this](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/melissa-rauch-at-65th-annual-primetime-emmy-awards-in-los-angeles_5.jpg). Not [this](http://celebmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/melissa-rauch-hot-wallpapers-8-_1.jpg). You ARE the Kwisatz Haderach! I’ll be in MY bunk! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/29 "2014-03-14T17:54:18Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Previous image searches found [this](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/melissa-rauch-at-65th-annual-primetime-emmy-awards-in-los-angeles_5.jpg). Not [this](http://celebmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/melissa-rauch-hot-wallpapers-8-_1.jpg). So the bangs _aren’t_ a huge turn-off? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/30 "2014-03-14T19:15:17Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Previous image searches found [this](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/melissa-rauch-at-65th-annual-primetime-emmy-awards-in-los-angeles_5.jpg). Not [this](http://celebmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/melissa-rauch-hot-wallpapers-8-_1.jpg). Marvellous, beyond perfection, hair in the second, but anyone know what that harness type thing is for/named ? Sadly, to quote a great man: I’ve led a good clean — boring — life. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/31 "2014-03-14T19:33:36Z")
The worst thing about this episode is how Leonard thinks that this get together is the perfect place to discuss his relationship with Penny. How many times did everyone else want to get on with it and Leonard said, “Wait a minute…”? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/32 "2014-03-14T20:30:37Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > anyone know what that harness type thing is for/named ? It’s named a bustier. You \*know \*what it’s for. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/33 "2014-03-14T20:35:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No they weren’t. If any of my friends pulled a stunt like that with no warning I’d be peeved too. They were jerks. Normal people would have said “No, we’re not playing your game”. Instead, they agreed to play it and then were sulking and complaining all the way through the game, like children. Non-jerks don’t agree to do something and then passively-aggressively bitch about it during the whole time. > [@](#): > > Raj needs to get hit by a bus so they can replace him with Stuart, who is less pathetic. I agree that they have made Raj quite pathetic, to the point of being extremely dislikable. When the series started out, Raj was a nice and friendly guy, though very shy and awkward. Now, the writers have turned him into a jerk. I also like Stuart, but they have also turned him into someone ten times more pathetic than when he was introduced (in the first episodes, he made a sketch of Penny and got her to go out with him, if you recall) As I mentioned earlier, I’m just watching out of inertia at this point. I hate what the writers have done to the characters. ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/34 "2014-03-14T21:12:52Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The trophies could be for Science Fairs, Academic Decathlon, Odyssey of the Mind and stuff like that. Not likely in East Texas, unless Southeast Texas was different than Deep East Texas. The only academic achievement that I remember being recognized for was winning the FFA history contest. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/35 "2014-03-14T22:48:27Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > It’s named a bustier. You \*know \*what it’s for. I think the other poster meant the not-skirt comprised of leather and rivets, not the bustier. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/36 "2014-03-14T23:20:55Z")
Anyone else notice the gun cabinet in the hallway of Ms. Cooper’s house? Think I saw 4 long guns, but didn’t get to identify any of them. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/37 "2014-03-15T02:48:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The wife is positive that Bernadette has gone down a cup size. Anybody else think so? That’s what happens when you marry a guy with a sharp nose. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/38 "2014-03-15T06:34:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The trophies could be for Science Fairs, Academic Decathlon, Odyssey of the Mind and stuff like that. > [@Tully\_Mars](#): > > Not likely in East Texas, unless Southeast Texas was different than Deep East Texas. The only academic achievement that I remember being recognized for was winning the FFA history contest. Sheldon grew up near enough to Houston to be taken there to be tested to find out if he was crazy or not. NASA has their manned space facility there, it’s called the Johnson Space Center. Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle missions were controlled from there. Astronauts lived in suburbs there. Flight directors, controllers, and rocket scientists lived there too. So I can easily imagine lots of science fair types of activities happening there. ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/39 "2014-03-15T15:35:54Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > What kind of trophies did Sheldon have in his room? Texas schools in the BBT universe can’t possibly give out trophies for academic achievement, can they? I wondered the same thing. A close look online (as close as I could get, anyway) gave me the impression they were action figures, not trophies. > **[Watch The Big Bang TheorySeason 7 Episode 18 online free.](https://watch-tvseries.net/series69/the-big-bang-theory/season-07-episode-18-the-mommy-observation)** > > Watch The Mommy Observation S7E18 online TV Series ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607/40 "2014-03-15T15:49:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The wife is positive that Bernadette has gone down a cup size. Anybody else think so? Unfortunately, I agree. They were my favorite part of the show a season or two ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-13-2014-the-mommy-observation/683607.md?page=3)