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The Big Bang Theory Video - Bad Joke

This show is one of the few I actually laugh at on TV. The dialog is great and there are so many jokes which are written for a very sophisticated audience, one which would get a joke about a physicist. It is even funnier when it is told by the ditzy blonde on the show. And then later, when she explains about "shields" as something from Star Trek, and then looks surprised and says "Where did that come from?", is even funnier.

Click here to see that clip of Penny telling the joke.

Here is the text from the "vanity card" Chuck Lorre puts at the end of the show. It can only be read if you record it on a DVR and pause at the right time, since it is only displayed a second.

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #247

The quantum physics joke Penny tells the guys in tonight's episode was told to us by Nobel award-winning physicist, Dr. George Smoot. Penny tells it in about twenty seconds. Dr. Smoot's version probably took about three minutes, although it felt a lot longer. No one had the heart to tell him to get to the punch line, proving my hypothesis that in addition to time slowing down as you accelerate, it also grinds to a halt when you're being courteous to a genius. 

Thanks for the joke, Doc!

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I have got to get to one of these sessions. There is one in Ridgefield but we may not be in Danbury any more then. We might be up near Boston at Fox Hill Village. 

When we were camping in Fort Myers, FL, I went outside on a clear night with our field glasses and took a look around. I had forgotten what can be seen beyond the few stars that can be seen by the nacked eye with all the light pollution near cities, highways, and malls. I have wanted to get a telescope since we got the bug to move out of our house and go on the road. This might ice it. We'll see.

Going back to Charlotte for my 60th Birthday!

The last time I was at Lowe's Motor Speedway was in July of 1999 to attend the Fast Track driving school and drive a race car around the 1.5 mile raceway. This was my 50th birthday present from Ellyn and the boys. This year, for my 60th, Ellyn is letting me go to the Coca Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend. We have reservations to camp outside turn 3 for the week, but we will probably just be there from Wednesday through Monday. I already have a ticket for a seat on the front-stretch, and Ellyn will be hunkered down in the RV with ear protection. However, she is going to attend the qualifying session on Thursday. Only one car will be out at a time and there is little chance someone will crash so she is ok with that.

There are no hook ups for the RV in the camping area but we have our generator and holding tanks to rely on. I am going to purchase a couple new batteries for the RV when we get down to Virginia. The Costco there has 6 volt, deep cycle batteries made by Johnson Controls and the two 12 volt batteries we currently have will not hold a charge. People claim that two 6 volt golf cart batteries in series give better life and reliability than two 12 volt marine batteries in parallel. They also will fit in the same space under the hood. Costco sell them for only $75 each so I am going to give them a try.