# Why doesn't Leonard take lactase pills? (Big Bang Theory)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 31, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-leonard-take-lactase-pills-big-bang-theory/611283 "2012-01-31T06:45:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-leonard-take-lactase-pills-big-bang-theory/611283/21 "2012-01-31T21:26:30Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Fart jokes are the ultimate in [universal humor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634518).

Indeed, the oldest recorded joke (from Sumeria about 4000 years ago) translates as something like, “Since the dawn of time, it has never happened: a young wife sits in her husband’s lap without farting.” Ha! It’s funny because it’s true.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-leonard-take-lactase-pills-big-bang-theory/611283/22 "2012-01-31T23:20:42Z")

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> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#):
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> If they at least hinted to “they don’t work for me” I’d be ok, but it seems to be lactase hasn’t been mentioned once.

😕 I think they did, early on Penny asked him about it and he said the pills didn’t work.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-leonard-take-lactase-pills-big-bang-theory/611283/23 "2012-01-31T23:41:35Z")

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> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#):
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> How come Raj is able to talk to women one micro-second after one molecule of alcohol comes in contact with his tongue?

in these comedies they only need to make a linkage of cause and effect, it doesn’t have to be strong or happen in real time.

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