# The Office: "The Duel" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534 "2009-01-16T02:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/41 "2009-01-16T21:11:28Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > That’s what SHE said! Awesome. It only took three posts. Well done, **Borborygmi**. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/42 "2009-01-16T21:13:09Z")
The need to make Dwight and Andy best pals from here on out. They can lamely gang up on Jim and make rude comments to Angela together. The two of them together would be way more annoying to everyone else then each of them alone. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/43 "2009-01-16T21:53:37Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Nice to see my favorite character, the perennially underused Meredith, get two good zingers in this episode: the great, off the wall throwaway line about her neighbor, and the talking head about having two men fight over her. Not sure “underused” is a term I’d ever use to describe Meredith… Mmm, free steak. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/44 "2009-01-16T22:23:54Z")
> [@Chimpy](#): > > Not sure “underused” is a term I’d ever use to describe Meredith… Good point! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/45 "2009-01-16T22:35:13Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > That’s what SHE said! Since we are talking about Oscar shouldn’t it be “That’s what **HE** said”? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/46 "2009-01-16T22:36:24Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Meredith: “I call the loser!” That’s when I lost it. And I too love Oscar ever since the Canada episode. In this one, the way he tried to compliment Kevin’s doublespeak. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/47 "2009-01-16T22:47:50Z")
This seasons actually been pretty solid if you ask me. I know for me it’s been a hell of a lot better than the first half of last season. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/48 "2009-01-16T22:54:26Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > My favorite scene: > > Andy: “What positions did you do?” > > Angela: “Nothing fancy.” > > Andy: “Missionary?” > > Angela: “I said ‘nothing fancy’.” Compare this to Dwight’s characterization of Angela as “eager” and “flexible.” Are they _sure_ they’re having sex with each other? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/49 "2009-01-16T23:26:42Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I wonder if Angela will wind up pregnant, now that we know the 'Nard-ster got a couple of shots in there. Yes… ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/50 "2009-01-17T00:18:44Z")
Maybe I’m dense, but I don’t understand why Dwight threw out his bobblehead at the end. Little help? ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/51 "2009-01-17T00:23:52Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Maybe I’m dense, but I don’t understand why Dwight threw out his bobblehead at the end. > > Little help? He, along with Andy, seems to be done with Angela. He didn’t like discovering that she had slept with Andy twice. ETA: Oh, and in case you didn’t know, Angela was the one who had given Dwight the bobblehead, in the second season IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/52 "2009-01-17T00:24:54Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Maybe I’m dense, but I don’t understand why Dwight threw out his bobblehead at the end. > > Little help? It was a gift from Angela. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/53 "2009-01-17T01:26:23Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It was a gift from Angela. We also saw earlier in the episode how he used it to signal her that he wanted to talk. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/54 "2009-01-17T02:35:33Z")
Learn your rules. You’d better learn your rules. If you don’t, you’ll be eaten in your sleep! That was completely silly, but somehow, it cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/55 "2009-01-17T02:48:27Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Learn your rules. > You’d better learn your rules. > If you don’t, you’ll be eaten in your sleep! > > That was completely silly, but somehow, it cracked me up. I forgot about that. I hope we eventually find out the rest of the Shrute rules. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/56 "2009-01-17T04:18:47Z")
“You can’t even protect her!” “From what? Bears?! You idiot.” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/57 "2009-01-17T04:21:15Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > We also saw earlier in the episode how he used it to signal her that he wanted to talk. I thought he often used it a signal for “let’s rendezvous for sex” by moving it to the edge of his desk. Then he did the fake out move it towards the edge then pull it back and throw it in the garbage as if to say “no more rendezvous with you”. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/58 "2009-01-17T14:54:19Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/59 "2009-01-17T15:09:36Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I don’t think Dwight’s Jewish. You mean the “sheet with a hole in it” method is a Jewish thing??? I thought that hooker I met in Skokie two years ago just had modesty issues! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534/60 "2009-01-17T15:52:58Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > [The Office - NBC.com](http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/clips/the-duel-clip-two/944661/) > > It’s a great deleted scene I wish this had made the cut. This could have been a good hour-long episode That was hilarious! I loved Stanley’s line. And it had Kelly and Toby, too! That definitely should have been aired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-duel-open-spoilers/481534.md?page=4)