Sheldon: Maybe I'll just get a book on refrigerator repair instead.
Tam: Okay. New subject. Jessica Gieger wears a black bra. I saw it through the sleeve of her shirt. Not beige, not pink. Black. So mysterious.

Missy: What are you doing?
Sheldon: I'm going to take apart the refrigerator and figure out what's making that noise.
Missy: That is a really good idea.
Sheldon: Usually you're not supportive of my efforts.
Missy: I'm more mature now.

Sheldon: Hi, Mom.
Mary: What did you do?!
Sheldon: Good news. I found out what part was making that noise.
Mary: You have to put this back together!
Missy: Now we're getting to the bad news.
Mary: What made you think you could fix this?
Sheldon: I'm smart and I had a book.
Mary: Do you still think you're smart?
Sheldon: Yes.
Missy: I told him not to do it. He wouldn't listen.

George: You know how much it's gonna cost to fix that fridge?
Sheldon: $200. I have really good hearing.
George: Do you have any idea how hard I work for the money we get?
Sheldon: I'm sorry.
George: I don't care how long it takes. You're gonna pay me back every cent of this.
Sheldon: Yes, sir.
George: I am very disappointed in you.

Mary: He can't deliver newspapers.
George: Why not?
Mary: It's too dangerous.
George: I think you're being a little overprotective.
Mary: You expect him to go riding around at 5:00 a.m. with cars and dogs and who knows what else?

Sheldon: Oh, there it is! [waving to the truck] Over here! Over here! This is exciting.
Georgie: It's somethin'.
Sheldon: [waving to the truck] Thank you! Have a great day!

Adult Sheldon: Over the next 17 minutes, I used physics, geometry and old-fashioned hard work to create the perfect newspaper-folding system.
Sheldon: I'm done.
Georgie: Great. Let's load up the wagon.
Sheldon: No, I'm done with this one, I still have 39 more to go.

George: I know you're worried, but he needs to experience the world a little bit. Why not let him do it when most of it's asleep?
Mary: I suppose you're right.
George: You coming back to bed?
Mary: Are you crazy? That's my little boy out there in the dark.
George: Mm, but your big boy's right here under the covers.
Mary: Urgh.
George: There is a nicer way to say that.

Meemaw: How's he doing?
Mary: Been out here 20 minutes. This is his second house.
[When Sheldon tries to throw a paper towards a house, it lands behind him]
Meemaw: [chuckling] He throws like you.

[Sheldon dodges the paper bundle]
Adult Sheldon: Fun fact, the larger Sunday paper required a second bundle.
[Sheldon gets knocked down by the second bundle]

Adult Sheldon: After a week of tangling with animals, Mother Nature, and a delivery man with a good arm and a bad attitude, it was time to reap the benefits of my hard work.

Missy: Sheldon?
Sheldon: What?
Missy: You suck.
Sheldon: I'm sorry, but I have a job to do.
Missy: How much longer till you pay Dad back?
Sheldon: At this rate, six months.
Missy: You suck.

Meemaw: Oh, I hear they're opening an Olive Garden where the old Sizzler used to be.
Mary: On Hampton Road?
Meemaw: Yeah.
George: I don't think that was a Sizzler. That was a Chi-Chi's.
Meemaw: No, the Chi-Chi's is on Bedford, across from the Payless Shoes.
Georgie: She's right. Because, one time, we got shoes and then we got Chi-Chi's. That was a good day.

Adult Sheldon: For the next several months, I continued working my paper route until I paid my father back. And by working, I mean delegating.
[Billy Sparks is out in the rain, riding a bicycle with a wagon full of papers, as he hurls one at a house]
Billy Sparks: I have no idea where I am.