The house my mother had found was larger. Three bedrooms instead of two. A backyard with an actual tree. From a real estate perspective, it was an upgrade. From a Sheldon Cooper perspective, it was a catastrophe.
“Just watch the game, Sheldon.”
I immediately listed the objections aloud. “One: My current room has optimal acoustics for reading. Two: The toilet in the old house flushes at precisely 2.7 gallons per second—I’ve measured. Three: The distance from my new room to the refrigerator will increase by fourteen feet, reducing snack efficiency by eighteen percent.”
The house my mother had found was larger. Three bedrooms instead of two. A backyard with an actual tree. From a real estate perspective, it was an upgrade. From a Sheldon Cooper perspective, it was a catastrophe.
“Just watch the game, Sheldon.”
I immediately listed the objections aloud. “One: My current room has optimal acoustics for reading. Two: The toilet in the old house flushes at precisely 2.7 gallons per second—I’ve measured. Three: The distance from my new room to the refrigerator will increase by fourteen feet, reducing snack efficiency by eighteen percent.” young sheldon s02e12 m4b