# The Office 1/12/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765 "2006-01-13T02:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/21 "2006-01-13T15:08:37Z")
Good episode. The first half was a little slow, but it picked up in the second half. I am still having trouble adjusting to seeing the show on a TV instead of an iPod, but I am really enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/22 "2006-01-13T15:16:56Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Also, funny : > > when the doctor goes, “is it red and swollen?” and Dwight says, “That’s what she said.” > > Not so funny in and of itself, but the doctor started cracking up which was funny. I think the funnier part was Michael’s response: “That’s MY line!” Obviously thinking that it’s such a great line/comeback, and that he is the only person in the world smart enough to ahve thought of it. And Michael trying towedge his foot into the CT scanner was priceless. The nurse over the intercom: “Don’t do that.” Just a simple line not really funny in and of itself, but coupled with Michael standing there on one foot was a great ending. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/23 "2006-01-13T15:22:44Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Funniest episode yet! > > Leaving bacon out overnight at room temperature – isn’t Michael asking for food poisoning? Not really; bacon is heavily cured and saturated with nitrates, which retard rancidity in the fat and kill botulism bacteria. The water-bottle spraying was hilarious slapstick. This program has become an oasis in an otherwise barren TV desert. If only it wasn’t preceded by “Earl”, which has quickly become tedious and unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/24 "2006-01-13T16:05:01Z")
I was laughing my butt off the whole show! Favorite bits (paraphrased) Stanley: Mmmmhmmm Michael: What is that supposed to mean? Stanley: It means, “Yes, I’m not learning anything here.” Michael asking the property manager how long it takes him to brush his teeth, and Pam’s reaction shot during that scene. Pam: Oh my God, I’m kind of friends with Dwight! Michael asks if Pam explained the situation to corporate when he missed the conference calls, and Pam responds, “No, I didn’t tell them you cooked your foot.” Pam saying goodbye to Bizarro Dwight was sweet and funny at the same time. I adore this show. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/25 "2006-01-13T16:09:47Z")
This was the funniest episode of _any_ show I’ve seen in a very long while. It took me an hour to watch the entire episode because I kept pausing it to laugh, rewinding it and going back to the beginning of the ep. When Dwight stumbled out of his car (was that an iroc?!) and vomited on the back, I was no more good. I’m laughing about now just typing it! I am in love with this show. ---
**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 13, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/26 "2006-01-13T16:11:05Z")
I think I remember reading in the credits that this episode was written by Mindy Kaling, who plays Kelly. I hope she writes more as I agree with those who thought that last night’s episode was the funniest yet. I’m going to need to see it again this weekend, so I’m glad it’s still on my DVR. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/27 "2006-01-13T16:30:14Z")
A couple of other things I loved: 1. Michael falling over in the bathroom, getting stuck between the toilet and the wal, asking for Pam to come help him, then Ryan, who will also have to clean Michael up a bit. Finally, “Can’t you just get up yourself?” 2. The building manager guy interrupting Michael, “Let me just stop you right there…and leave.” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/28 "2006-01-13T16:55:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Not really; bacon is heavily cured and saturated with nitrates, which retard rancidity in the fat and kill botulism bacteria. Isn’t it exposure to air (well, specifically oxygen) that kills botulism? And that’s why it’s most likely to coem from canned food? Although the salts and nitrates do kill off all the other bacteria that loves them some O2. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/29 "2006-01-13T17:43:00Z")
I also thought this was a pretty weak episode until about halfway through when I started weepin with laughter. I loved Bizarro Dwight. I did think Michael was a little too ove the top but not enough to verge into unfunny territory. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/30 "2006-01-13T18:00:31Z")
OK, I have a question. Is Michael’s focus on Ryan supposed to be a subtle man-crush sort of thing or something more? Or am I just reading too much into it? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/31 "2006-01-13T18:05:38Z")
It’s supposed to be man-crush. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/32 "2006-01-13T18:26:38Z")
He was Michael’s answer in the “Who would you do?” game! Incidentally, the overnight ratings are in and the Office and Earl pretty much held up ok in their second week on Thursday. Not great, but good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/33 "2006-01-13T18:46:17Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > This was the funniest episode of _any_ show I’ve seen in a very long while. It took me an hour to watch the entire episode because I kept pausing it to laugh, rewinding it and going back to the beginning of the ep. > > When Dwight stumbled out of his car (was that an iroc?!) and vomited on the back, I was no more good. I’m laughing about now just typing it! > > I am in love with this show. We had to rewind the vomiting scene. Go figure. We were laughing so hard that we had to wait until we stopped laughing, and go back and rewatch that part. The whole episode was fantastic. Michael putting his foot in the MRI was classic. Loved Jim’s little spurt of jealousy at Dwight and Pam’s new friendship - and the liquor under the seat in Meredith’s car was perfect. E. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/34 "2006-01-13T19:21:43Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Isn’t it exposure to air (well, specifically oxygen) that kills botulism? And that’s why it’s most likely to coem from canned food? Although the salts and nitrates do kill off all the other bacteria that loves them some O2. Air will NOT kill botulism. Botulism is notorious for being able to grow in an oxygen-free environment (hence its role in canned goods) but it’s also quite happy in air. Ignorance fighting COMPLETE. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/35 "2006-01-13T19:33:59Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > When Dwight stumbled out of his car (was that an iroc?!) and vomited on the back, I was no more good. I’m laughing about now just typing it! Dwight! You forgot your bumper! ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/36 "2006-01-13T19:39:37Z")
“Would you have left Stevie Wonder in there?” “No. But we _like_ Stevie Wonder.” _Clostridium botulinum_ (or the bacteria that produces the toxins which cause Botulism) do not grow in O[sub]2[/sub], thus no toxin is produced, and no disease occurs. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/37 "2006-01-13T19:52:43Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > We had to rewind the vomiting scene. Go figure. We were laughing so hard that we had to wait until we stopped laughing, and go back and rewatch that part. > > The whole episode was fantastic. Michael putting his foot in the MRI was classic. > > Loved Jim’s little spurt of jealousy at Dwight and Pam’s new friendship - and the liquor under the seat in Meredith’s car was perfect. > > E. I didn’t read it as jealousy. I read it as “how can I like a girl who is friends with Dwight?” ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/38 "2006-01-13T20:02:27Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > I didn’t read it as jealousy. I read it as “how can I like a girl who is friends with Dwight?” See, we both saw it as a little tinge of jealousy since that would usually be Jim chatting with her like that, and making jokes - it was like Dwight was taking Jim’s place for a day. E. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/39 "2006-01-13T20:37:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > If only it wasn’t preceded by “Earl”, which has quickly become tedious and unfunny. Blasphemer! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765/40 "2006-01-13T20:38:29Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > See, we both saw it as a little tinge of jealousy since that would usually be Jim chatting with her like that, and making jokes - it was like Dwight was taking Jim’s place for a day. > > E. Probably a little of both! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-1-12-06/339765.md?page=3)