George Sr. Quote #551
Quote from George Sr. in the episode A Roulette Wheel and a Piano Playing Dog
George Sr.: Hey. What brings you by?
Jim: Well, I finished my honey-do list, so Audrey gave me the afternoon off.
George Sr.: Come on in.
Jim: All right, I thought we'd do something fun.
[cut to George and Jim sorting laundry:]
Jim: Well, this isn't fun.
George Sr.: I didn't make the chore chart. Just grab a corner.
Jim: There is no corner. [toilet flushes]
George Sr.: Georgie, give us a hand.
George Jr.: Oh, you don't want me touching anything.
George Sr. Quotes
Quote from the episode A Therapist, a Comic Book, and a Breakfast Sausage
George Sr.: And Sheldon's fine. You know what he's like. If someone took him, I'm sure they'll bring him right back.
Quote from the episode Jiu-jitsu, Bubble Wrap, and Yoo-hoo
Meemaw: I bowled a new high score last night.
George Sr.: Nice.
Meemaw: I got two turkeys.
Missy: What's a turkey?
Meemaw: It's three strikes in a row.
Missy: Why do they call it a turkey?
Meemaw: Well, when they first invented bowling, they used to just throw frozen turkeys at the pins. Eventually, they switched to balls to cut down on the smell.
George Sr.: Why you lying to her?
Meemaw: I find it keeps my mind sharp.
Quote from the episode A Swedish Science Thing and the Equation for Toast
George Jr.: A bill? Really?
George Sr.: Room and board, buddy.
George Jr.: $50 a month for food?
George Sr.: The way you eat, I should've gone $50 a week.
George Jr.: Laundry services?
George Sr.: Your poor mother has to touch your underwear.
George Jr.: What's the $10 a month "peema" charge?
George Sr.: Oh, P-I-M-A, that's a "Pain in My Ass" tax. My way of getting compensated for you taking years off my life.
‘A Roulette Wheel and a Piano Playing Dog’ Quotes
Quote from Sheldon
Mei-Tung: You didn't account for all the dimensions.
Sheldon: The Calabi-Yau manifold has six dimensions.
Mei-Tung: Only if there's fermions. Without fermions, there could be up to 26 dimensions.
Sheldon: What? Dr. Linkletter and Dr. Sturgis never mentioned 26 dimensions.
Mei-Tung: Who are they?
Sheldon: They're my teachers, and they're really smart.
Mei-Tung: I've never heard of them.
Sheldon: Well, I've probably never heard of your teachers.
Mei-Tung: I recently studied with Henry W. Kendall.
Sheldon: The Nobel Prize winner for his pioneering research on the deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons?
Mei-Tung: Yes.
Sheldon: Never heard of him.
Quote from Missy
Missy: You okay?
George Jr.: Don't become an adult. It sucks.
Missy: [scoffs] Too late. Do you know how much it costs to feed a family these days? If it wasn't for double coupons, I don't know how we'd manage.
George Jr.: Well, making the money's no picnic either. I mean, I want to provide for Mandy and CeeCee, but... [sighs] ...it's really working my last nerve.
Missy: I spend my whole day holding this house together and no one even says, "Thank you."
George Jr.: I get it. I get home from work, but does anyone ask how my day was?
Missy: How was your day?
George Jr.: Don't ask.
Missy: Why do we even do it?
George Jr.: Well, I got a fiancee and a baby, and we're all sleeping in Sheldon's room.
Missy: Oh, yeah, you're screwed. I mean why do I do it?
Quote from Adult Sheldon
Adult Sheldon: Heidelberg is considered one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. Heidelberg Palace, the Karl Theodor Bridge, the Schloss Schwetzingen. But I couldn't care less. The only sights I wanted to see were the looks of awe on the faces of my fellow students as I demonstrated my intellectual superiority.
Sheldon: Cylinders that are smaller than ten to the minus-35 meters. [all laugh] What's happening?
Professor Salzman: You don't laugh at people saying stupid things in Texas?
Sheldon: You're darn tootin' we do. So who goofed? [laughter]
Professor Salzman: You did, dummkopf.
Sheldon: Dummkopf? You're calling me a dummy?
Professor Salzman: Class, who knows where the dummkopf went wrong? [hands go up] Mr. Ziegler.
Mr. Ziegler: He forgot to consider the Calabi-Yau manifold.
Professor Salzman: Thank you, Mr. Ziegler.
Sheldon: Wait, what's the Calabi-Yau manifold? [laughter]
Professor Salzman: Dummkopf.
Adult Sheldon: I was quickly learning not all Germans were the warm, fun-loving people I was led to believe.