# The Office - 9-25-2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298 "2008-09-26T06:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/81 "2008-09-26T19:25:47Z")
> [@Interrobang](#): > > I expected Jim or someone to suggest that they all take off their shoes. That should be almost 8 pounds among them. Or suit jackets. And didn’t Jim have a bag over his shoulder at the last weigh-in? I saw a strap over his shoulder. Another funny line was from Dwight, after dropping Phyllis off in the bad part of town. “But I kept your purse!” ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/82 "2008-09-26T19:41:44Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > The Pam and Jim stuff that was supposed to be sweet just made me roll my eyes. Proposing in the rain? Really? I liked it. Roses and candles get played out. The Grand Romantic Gesture in this was the fact that he couldn’t wait to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/83 "2008-09-26T19:57:23Z")
Did anyone else notice (or was it just me?) that Daryl was eating while weighing the crew, and that he seemed to be gaining weight each time they were weighed? Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/84 "2008-09-26T20:03:00Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > I love how one candle is Hunter Green… From the testimonials page : \*\*“…Sweet Serenity who’s / Intoxicating brews / My aroma muse / Rid my olfactory blues!” - Hunter (lyrics from The Hunted’s upcoming single, “Light My Wick”)\*\* Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/85 "2008-09-26T20:42:15Z")
I think this episode made it clear (to me, anyway) that the documentary crew are members of the office now (just co-workers). All pretense of actually making a documentary at some point have tacitly been dropped. I can’t imagine this actually happening in real life, but since it is a television show, I can give them some leeway. I don’t think they paid extra for Ryan - I think that was just Michael talking. I think Phyllis is as big a bitch as Angela. First she stole Pam’s wedding, and now she’s blackmailing Angela. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/86 "2008-09-26T20:55:32Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > The one time Angela didnt rush to the back room to be with Dwight when he came out all confused his tank top looked VERY tight around the middle. I thought it was clear he was the one gaining weight, specially after he told Jim he was obviously not the one with the problem. I thought so, too. Also, yeah, I thought I noticed Darryl getting big, too. Like, almost Michael Klumpf big. What was up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/87 "2008-09-26T20:56:34Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I think this episode made it clear (to me, anyway) that the documentary crew are members of the office now (just co-workers). All pretense of actually making a documentary at some point have tacitly been dropped. I can’t imagine this actually happening in real life Why not? There are real documentary filmmakers who work on projects sporadically for years or decades before completing a work or finding a distributor. When you think about it, these documentarians don’t actually have to spend 365 days a year in the office. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/88 "2008-09-26T21:21:12Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I don’t think they paid extra for Ryan - I think that was just Michael talking. I hope that’s not how Michael negotiates his sales. “I’ll pay anything, I just want Ryan.” ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/89 "2008-09-26T21:56:27Z")
I think this was a fantastic way to start off the season. I hope they consider adopting this 'fast forward summer recap" method for future premiers, as it set’s up scenario’s you look forward to seeing fleshed-out and elaborated upon. I can’t wait to see more of Ryan in his new position! This show isn’t always gold, but you have to respect how the writers take conventional story ideas, build them up, then throw them out the window. They just seem to let things evolve on their own. I don’t even predict where the where plot lines are going anymore, and have no real “expectations”. Can someone please explain the tapeworm joke to me? I think I missed something. What did he really give her? ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/90 "2008-09-26T21:59:33Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > So Kelly and a few others lost weight but there wasn’t a net change. Who do you guys think gained weight? The fact that Pam’s stepping off the scale made the net weight change by 226 lbs. made me question whether the scale was ever accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/91 "2008-09-26T22:00:41Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Can someone please explain the tapeworm joke to me? I think I missed something. What did he really give her? He didn’t say, except that it wasn’t a tapeworm. I’m guessing that it doesn’t really matter what he gave her – it was just a typical Creed money-making scheme. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/92 "2008-09-26T22:03:08Z")
> [@Interrobang](#): > > I expected Jim or someone to suggest that they all take off their shoes. That should be almost 8 pounds among them. The last time I was at the doctor’s office they didn’t even have me take off my (winter) coat. I agree with Sigmagirl; corporate has no clue Ryan’s back. They’d flip if they found out Michael even allowed him to set foot on company property (or at least a real company would). ---
**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:** [September 26, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/93 "2008-09-26T22:14:12Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > The fact that Pam’s stepping off the scale made the net weight change by 226 lbs. made me question whether the scale was ever accurate. It didn’t - it changed by 126. Leading to Holly’s sympathetic comment on Kevin’s calculation: “Close . . . math is hard.” And Pam’s interjection: “No, not close.” I liked the fruit flies in the vending machine - total throwaway bit, but it made me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/94 "2008-09-26T23:36:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Couple things I didn’t like: > > -I don’t buy that Ryan would come back. He was disgraced, his ex works there, he was once their boss-- there’s no way he would come back and be a temp receptionist. Way to much of a stretch to be believable. It isn’t like it was really his choice, though. he technically isn’t working for Dunder-Mifflin, he’s back working for the temp company and Michael begged the temp company to give him Ryan. Since it’s implied that Ryan is on some kind of probation, he probably isn’t allowed to quit his job (at least that is often a condition of parole or probation, so it could be fanwanked for the purposes of the show that it’s a condition for Ryan). It feasible as a writing device that he has to accept the humiliation of being a receptionist at DM Scranton or go to jail. My favorite line of the episode was Michael’s restrained _non_ answer to Dwight feeding him an all-time “that’s what she said” straight line. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/95 "2008-09-27T00:27:12Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > He didn’t say, except that it wasn’t a tapeworm. I’m guessing that it doesn’t really matter what he gave her – it was just a typical Creed money-making scheme. Since Kelly mentioned it was from Mexico, I assumed Creed just sold her the leftovers from a [bottle of tequila](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1334/why-is-there-a-worm-in-bottles-of-tequila). ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/96 "2008-09-27T03:04:02Z")
My favorite moment was when Pam gave a shout-out to all of her homies in area code 212, complete with gang signs.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/97 "2008-09-27T11:39:37Z")
It was a complete throw-away, but the line in the conference room, “OK, everyone, let’s clap at Phyllis” just cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/98 "2008-09-27T14:12:38Z")
My favorite throwaway was the line about Andy’s old Cornell buddy being head groundskeeper at the resort. Somebody on the writing staff enjoys poking at Cornell. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/99 "2008-09-27T18:24:31Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > It didn’t - it changed by 126. Leading to Holly’s sympathetic comment on Kevin’s calculation: “Close . . . math is hard.” And Pam’s interjection: “No, not close.” What cracked me up was the long painful pause while everyone on the scale sloooooowly performed the subtraction, and got it wrong anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298/100 "2008-09-27T19:37:46Z")
Holly was looking pretty good in this ep. I kept doing one of those, “Dude!” and dropping my jaw every time Michael messed it up with Holly in this ep. So frustrating! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-9-25-2008/465298.md?page=6)