The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Robotic Manipulation (2010)

Mayim Bialik: Amy Farrah Fowler

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• Penny : So, um, Amy, what about you? Do you date much?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Once a year. It's a deal I made with my mother in exchange for her silence on the matter, as well as the occasional use of her George Foreman Grill that seals in the flavor without the fat. How about you, Penny? Do you go on many dates?

  Penny : Uh, yeah, I wouldn't say many. A few.

  [Sheldon giggling] 

  Penny : What's?..

  [Imitates his giggle] 

  Sheldon Cooper : Your characterization of approximately 171 different men as "a few".

  Penny : What... Where did you get 171 men?

  Sheldon Cooper : Simple extrapolation. In the three years that I've known you, you were single for two. During that time, I saw 17 different suitors. If we work backwards, correcting for observation bias, and postulate an initial dating age of 15...

  Penny : Whoa, wait, wait, wait. I did not start dating at 15.

  Sheldon Cooper : I'm sorry. Sixteen?

  Penny : [Sheepishly]  Fourteen.

  Sheldon Cooper : My mistake. Now, assuming the left side of a bell curve peaking around the present, that would bring the total up to 193 men. Plus or minus eight men.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Remarkable. Did you have sexual intercourse with all of these men?

  Penny : No.

  Sheldon Cooper : Although that number would be fairly easy to calculate. Oh. Based on the number of awkward encounters I've had with strange men leaving her apartment in the morning, plus the number of times she's returned home wearing the same clothes she wore the night before...

  Penny : Okay, Sheldon, I think you've made your point.

  Sheldon Cooper : So we multiply 193... minus 21 men before the loss of virginity... so 172 times 0.18 gives us 30.96 sexual partners. Let's round that up to 31.

  Penny : Okay, Sheldon, you are so wrong. That is not even close to the real number. I'm gonna need a drink over here.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : This is very interesting. Cultural perceptions are subjective. Penny, to your mind, are you a slut?

  Penny : No! No!.. No. Let's just all finish our dinners, okay?

  Sheldon Cooper : This is an interesting topic.

  [to Amy] 

  Sheldon Cooper : How many sexual encounters have you had?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Does volunteering for a scientific experiment in which orgasm was achieved by electronically stimulating the pleasure centers of the brain count?

  Sheldon Cooper : I should think so.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Then 128.

• Penny : Your hair smells nice. What fragrance are you using?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Dandruff shampoo. I have a dry scalp.

  Penny : Well, your hair looks nice.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Are you a homosexual?

  Penny : Um, no. Just paying you a compliment.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : I would have been more flattered if you were a homosexual.

• Penny : So, um, Amy, Sheldon tells me you're a Neuro... something or other?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Neurobiologist. Your "check engine" light is on.

  Penny : Yeah, it's OK.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : But the light indicates...

  Sheldon Cooper : Don't, bother, I've wasted many an hour tilting at that particular windmill.

  Penny : Uh, what is that scent you're wearing? It smells great.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Dandruff Shampoo. I have dry scalp.

  Penny : Ah, well your hair looks very nice.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Are you a homosexual?

  Penny : No, No, I'm just, giving you a compliment.

  Amy Farrah Fowler : Hm. Would have been more flattered if you were a homosexual.

  Penny : Guys, how about some music?

  Sheldon Cooper : Oh, I wouldn't care for that, Amy?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : No, thank you.

  Penny : OK. Uncomfortable silence it is. Hey, Sheldon, have you told Amy what it was like for you growing up in Texas?

  Sheldon Cooper : No.

  Penny : Well, why don't you tell her?

  Sheldon Cooper : Alright. It was hell.

  Penny : Any follow up Amy?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : No.

  Penny : I, myself, grew up in Nebraska. Small town, outside of Omaha. Yeah, a nice place, mostly family farms, a few meth labs.

  Sheldon Cooper : I'm sorry, how is this better than uncomfortable silence?

  Penny : I don't know, I was just trying something.

  Sheldon Cooper : Muggles.