#and I can't help but draw comparisons to Missy and Penny

[theromanticrationalist]

Penny: "Okay, what's up?" Sheldon: "I'd like to discuss this party that Amy and Bernadette are throwing. Since you and I are both reluctant to go, I think I've come up with a perfect way for us to enjoy it." Penny: "Great! How?" Sheldon: "We pretend we're aliens." Penny: 😑 Sheldon: "I'm not the best at reading facial cues, but I'm going to say that you love it and want to hear more! Now, in the beloved novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, an alien named Ford Prefect pretended to be human in order to blend in so that he could write an entry about Earth for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is a travel book within the actual book, which is also called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Penny: "Okay, just one question. . . what?" Sheldon: "My point is, pretending to be an alien is a valuable coping mechanism I've used many times! I did it the first time I went to see you in a play. You had no idea that Commander Umfrumf of Ceti Alpha Three was in the audience. Oh, don't worry! He gave you seven thumbs up." The Big Bang Theory 8x08 The Prom Equivalency