# The Office; "The Delivery" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365 "2010-03-05T01:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/21 "2010-03-05T15:25:07Z")
Anybody else think that the IT nerd at the beginning looked suspiciously like John Krasinski? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/22 "2010-03-05T15:34:26Z")
Loved that the cop pulling Dwight over knew him by name. By the by, that wasn’t the same actress playing Pam’s mom, was it? ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/23 "2010-03-05T15:37:32Z")
[quote=“Hal\_Briston, post:22, topic:531365”] Loved that the cop pulling Dwight over knew him by name. QUOTE] Mrs. S. and I both laughed audibly on that line. She was commenting that she really was not that into the Office as much anymore before the episode, and then it really seemed to redeem itself with this episode. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/24 "2010-03-05T15:38:38Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Not to mention that it affects what day her maternity leave begins. I had a friend to gave birth on Thanksgiving night. Her company fought with her and tried to count that day as one of her maternity days, and she had to try to convince them that she would have stayed at work for the whole day since she didn’t have the baby until later that night. I took the day off the day my wife went into labor, and I was encouraging the doctor to make sure the baby was born before midnight so that day would count as my parental leave and not a vacation day. (My son was born at 11:40 pm. Thanks doc!) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/25 "2010-03-05T15:39:16Z")
Meh. It was about 30 minutes of entertainment stretched out to fill an hour. That was especially obvious in the interminable distract-Pam-from-labor-pains sequence. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/26 "2010-03-05T15:44:49Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Meh. It was about 30 minutes of entertainment stretched out to fill an hour. That was especially obvious in the interminable distract-Pam-from-labor-pains sequence. Yes, but w/o that sequence we wouldn’t have gotten to see Andy Bernard’s “Evolution of Dance Dance.” ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/27 "2010-03-05T16:11:03Z")
When Dwight and Angela were talking on the phone (apparently during one of Dwight’s breaks from demolishing the kitchen) and he tells Angela to come over precisely at 11:40ish to bang out the details, did anyone else think that meant they were going to try and conceive the child in Jim and Pam’s home? I was just _waiting_ for it. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/28 "2010-03-05T16:17:37Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > No? > > They sent Dwight to get her iPod. They come home from the hospital a couple of days later and Dwight is in their house and their kitchen’s demolished. I’d expect that to be somewhat awkward. > [@Theodore\_Striker](#): > > Dwight found mold in the kitchen, and took it upon himself to rip out the cabinets and replace them. Really not totally out of character for Dwight, and I think Jim and Pam were just too frazzled to even bother asking for an explanation. I understood what Dwight was doing, I guess I just didn’t see anything funny at the end. They just all sort of glared uncomfortably at one another. Was it supposed to be funny that J & P didn’t even bother to ask Dwight what he was up to? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/29 "2010-03-05T17:00:31Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Anybody else think that the IT nerd at the beginning looked suspiciously like John Krasinski? Yes. He’s been on before, and I thought it then too. But only enough that he could be a brother or something; I didn’t think he was so similar that it was Krasinski in disguise. There was an ep in an earlier season where Michael went to Pam’s high school Career Day, and Pam went with him. At one point she sat talking to someone about an art program at a school in the city, and the guy she spoke to about it looked and sounded a lot like Krasinski. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/30 "2010-03-05T17:04:59Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Yes. He’s been on before, and I thought it then too. But only enough that he could be a brother or something; I didn’t think he was so similar that it was Krasinski in disguise. > > There was an ep in an earlier season where Michael went to Pam’s high school Career Day, and Pam went with him. At one point she sat talking to someone about an art program at a school in the city, and the guy she spoke to about it looked and sounded a lot like Krasinski. I thought that WAS Krasinski in that episode. I wasn’t sure when I saw this new IT guy if I was the same person or not. I’m sure you’re right though because he still looks and sounds like Krasinski. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/31 "2010-03-05T17:52:33Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Yes. He’s been on before, and I thought it then too. But only enough that he could be a brother or something; I didn’t think he was so similar that it was Krasinski in disguise. > > There was an ep in an earlier season where Michael went to Pam’s high school Career Day, and Pam went with him. At one point she sat talking to someone about an art program at a school in the city, and the guy she spoke to about it looked and sounded a lot like Krasinski. Yeah, my guess is it’s his brother, but I’m too lazy to try to find out. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/32 "2010-03-05T19:07:03Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I thought that WAS Krasinski in that episode. I wasn’t sure when I saw this new IT guy if I was the same person or not. I’m sure you’re right though because he still looks and sounds like Krasinski. I thought it was one of the guys from “Flight of the Conchords.” 😛 I loved the episode, especially the whole Dwight subplot, but my favorite bit (paraphrased) was: Erin- Number three: eat spicy foods. Michael- Okay, what’s the opposite of eating spicy foods? Kevin- Sticking spicy foods up her butt? Yeah, I’m immature. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/33 "2010-03-05T19:18:49Z")
I liked how they captured the feeling of first time parents. I went to the hospital completely in denial that I was having a baby. And then I didn’t want to leave. And they didn’t make Pam instantly skinny with a three month old sized newborn. ---
**Author:** ![jay-c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jay-c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jay-c)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/34 "2010-03-05T19:33:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Yeah, my guess is it’s his brother, but I’m too lazy to try to find out. The IT guy is played by [Nelson Franklin](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1815689/). I’ve remarked a couple of times on his resemblance to Jim, it must be something with their mannerisms. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/35 "2010-03-05T19:37:26Z")
> [@vertizontal](#): > > _[paraphrasing here…]_ > Michael: We’re going to the hospital – somebody bring a dictionary!!! > > Oscar: The hospital will provide a dictionary, we need to bring a **thesaurus**. OK, I give up. Someone explain this joke to me. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/36 "2010-03-05T19:46:05Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > OK, I give up. Someone explain this joke to me. Oscar was just having fun w/ Michael. Why would anyone need a dictionary OR a thesaurus at a hospital? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/37 "2010-03-05T19:48:56Z")
Beats me – I thought it was a pun I didn’t get. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/38 "2010-03-05T20:47:16Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Oscar was just having fun w/ Michael. Why would anyone need a dictionary OR a thesaurus at a hospital? Didn’t that start with Michael asking for his hospital bag, which was empty? I think the dictionary was the first thing Michael saw when he ran into his office, looking for something to put in the bag. Oscar was very quick on the uptake there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/39 "2010-03-05T20:56:32Z")
Didn’t Ryan’s deep, sensitive poem have a line where he used “detritus” as an adjective? (“My detritus apartment” or something.) I cracked up at that. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365/40 "2010-03-05T20:56:53Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Loved that the cop pulling Dwight over knew him by name… “You can’t impersonate a police officer…Dwight.” When I heard them say the first part, I immediately thought how unrealistic, even for a comedy, but when they added the “Dwight” I about shot Pepsi through my nose. Then when he threw out the sword and axe, I lost it. It had some great moments, but a lot of it felt disjointed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-delivery-open-spoilers/531365.md?page=3)