AMY: You'vebeen awfully quiet tonight. Is everything okay?

Sheldon,: I'mfine.

AMY: Allright, well, how was work today? Did you exchange your research with Kripke?

Sheldon,: Yes.

AMY: Sheldon,what's going on?

Sheldon,: Iread his research, and...it's leaps and bounds ahead of mine. Which means themommy of the smartest physicist at the university is not my mommy as I hadthought. It's his mommy.

AMY: Sheldon,I wish there was something I could do to make you feel better. May I offer youa consoling hug?

Sheldon,: Whatdo we have to lose?

AMY: How'sthat?

Sheldon,: Ifeel like I'm being strangled by a boa constrictor. Why'd you stop?