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another hilarious scene from the Big
Bang Theory in this clip the guys are
having a discussion about how going back
in time changes or should change the
future and as they do this they invent
crazy news verb tenses like for example
had will have placed which of course it
doesn't make any sense before we get
into the scene there is some important
information about the movie Back to the
Future that we think you should know in
case you haven't watched it so here it
goes back to the future is a famous 1985
American science fiction movie in which
a high school kid named Marty goes 30
years into the future to 2015 doc is the
crazy scientist who invents the time
machine and beef the villain is a high
school bully in 1985
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hold on pause something doesn't make
sense look in 2015 Biff steals the
sports Almanac and takes the time
machine back to 1955 to give it to his
younger self but he does that he changes
the future so the 2015 he returns to
would be a different 2015 not the 2015
that Marty and Doc were in this is Hot
Tub Time Machine all over again
yes future myth goes back to 2015 right
after he gives young Biff the Almanac he
could get back to the 2015 with Marty
and Doc in it because it wasn't until
his 21st birthday that 1955 Biff placed
his first bet boy demo is placed right
what do you mean is placed the right
tense for something that would have
happened in the future of a past that
was affected by something from the
future
had will have placed that's my boy
so it wasn't until his 21st birthday
that Biff had will have placed his first
bet and made his millions that's when he
altered the timeline but he had will
haven't placed it what Time Machine this
couldn't be more simple win bets the
Almanac in 1955 the alternate future he
creates isn't the one in which Marty and
Doc Brown ever used the time machine to
travel to 2015 therefore in the new
timeline Marty and Doc never brought the
time machine me is Brock right Marty and
Doc never had have had brought I don't
know you did it to me I'm going with it
Marty and Doc never had have had brought
the time machine of the 2015 that means
2015 Biff could also not had have had
brought the Almanac to 1955 Biff
therefore the timeline in which 1955
Biff gets the Almanac is also the
timeline in which 1955 Biff never gets
the Almanac and not just never gets
never have never has it never had half
hasn't
is right so what kind of name is Biff
sounds like when you Bob open a can of
Pillsbury Dough is so good restaurant
cocktail wienies guys do you know that
the word Wiener comes from the German
name of the Austrian capital Vienna or
Veen do you know if you look at Austrian
a map it actually looks like a wiener
what are we doing we set the girls away
so we could focus I don't think it
worked
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hold on puss makes sense hold on is used
to tell someone to wait for a short time
especially so that you have some time to
check or think about something for
example hold on a second let me check if
I have the tickets it's not make sense
if something doesn't make sense it means
it lacks logic for example the theory
that earth is flat doesn't make sense in
2015 Biff steals the sports Almanac and
takes the time machine back to 1955 to
give it to his younger self an Almanac
is an annual publication containing
information such as important dates and
weather forecasts the Almanac the guys
are talking about in this scene is a
sports Almanac from Back to the Future
which Biff used to go back in time and
win lots of money but gambling or
betting the self self is a word used to
refer to one's own existence as a person
your identity or who you are especially
in a reflective way the word is used by
itself for example he expresses his true
self through music or combined with a
possessive adjective like my you're her
as in love yourself the future
he does that he changes the future it
wasn't until his 21st birthday that 1955
best places first bet to place a bet a
bet is the act of risky money or a
valuable item with hopes of winning and
multiplying their value this word is
often uses a verb for example to bet on
something or together with the word
place as in to place a bet Boyd mo is
placed right what do you mean is used to
ask for clarification on something
someone told you but you didn't
completely understand he's placed the
right tense for something that would
have happened in the future the tense is
the grammatical concept of past present
and future that verbs communicate for
example the past tense of bring is
brought something that would have
happened something that's the timeline
the timeline is a line that includes
marks showing when particular events
happen in the past or future and this
scene altering the timeline means
changing the future by intervening in
how certain events took place in the
past machine this couldn't be more
simple unlike is used to indicate how
someone or something is different from
other people or things for example
unlike other planets in our solar system
earth is perfect for life isn't the one
in which Marty and Doc Brown ever used
the time machine to travel to 2015
therefore in the new timeline Marty and
Doc never brought the time machine
therefore means for that reason for
example it's going to be cold when you
land in London therefore I recommend you
take plenty of warm clothes with you I'm
going with it to go with it is used to
say you're making a choice out of
different possibilities for example it's
a risky investment but they're gonna go
with it what kind of name is Biff
if what kind of name is Biff sounds like
when you Bob open a can of Pillsbury dog
to pop open this open suddenly and
quickly often with a pop sound for
example let's pop open a bottle of
champagne and celebrate a can is a
closed metal container for food or
drinks do you know if you don't get lost
you in a map it actually looks like oh
we know but he changes the future so the
2015 he returns to would be a different
2015 not the 2015 that Marty and Doc
were in that's my boy that's my boy is
used as an expression of encouragement
when someone has done something well
this is particularly funny coming out of
Sheldon's mouth because it's a really
informal and playful expression and a
guy like Sheldon isn't normally so
supportive it wasn't until his 21st
birthday that Biff had will have placed
his horse back and made his millions
it wasn't Intel of something that this
construction is used to explain that an
action happened only after another
action or event took place for example
it wasn't until I saw the bill that I
realized we had spent too much on that
meal do you know if you look at Austria
in a map it actually looks like a we
know a cocktail wienie is a small
sausage produced from pork or beef
sometimes used with a toothpick as an
appetizer if you look at Austria on a
map it actually looks like a wiener a
wiener is the same thing as wienie
we have cocktail weenies but Wiener is
another word for penis which according
to ROG is what Austria looks like
machine this couldn't be more simple a
Hot Tub Time Machine is the 2015 movie
about a malfunctioning hot tub that
turns into a time machine I'm going with
it Marty and Doc never had have had
brought the time machine
fifteen the crazy verb tense is used
here just in case you did the mental
gymnastics to check if these invented
verb tenses are logical even if time
travel were possible they would not be
correct
interestingly the scene first took place
is a real conversation between the
writers of the series before writing the
end of the script hold on make sense
look in 2015 Biff steals the sports
Almanac and takes the time machine back
to 1955 to give it to his younger self
but he changes the future so the 2015 he
returns to would be a different 2015 not
the 2015 that Marty and Doc were in this
is Hot Tub Time Machine all over again
yes future myth goes back to 2015 right
after he gives young Biff the Almanac he
could get back to the 2015 with Marty
and Doc in it because it wasn't until
his 21st birthday that 1955 Biff placed
his first bet boy demo is placed right
what do you mean who is placed the right
tense for something that would have
happened in the future of a past that
was affected by something from the
future
had will have placed that's my boy so it
wasn't until his 21st birthday that Biff
had will have placed his first bet and
made his millions that's when he altered
the timeline
but he had will haven't placed it what
unlike Hot Tub Time Machine this
couldn't be more simple it's the Almanac
in 1955 the alternate future he creates
isn't the one in which Marty and Doc
Brown ever used the time machine to
travel to 2015 therefore in the new
timeline Marty and Doc never brought the
time machine he is brought right Marty
and Doc never had have had brought I
don't know you did it to me
I'm going with it Marty and Doc never
had have had brought the time machine of
the 2015 that means 2015 Biff could also
not had have had brought the Almanac to
1955 Biff therefore the timeline in
which 1955 Biff gets the Almanac is also
the timeline in which 1955 Biff never
gets the Almanac and not just never get
never have never has it never had have
hasn't
is right so what kind of name is Biff
sounds like when you pop open a can of
Pillsbury Dough something so good
wrapped around cocktail weenies guys do
you know that the word Wiener comes from
the German name of the Austrian capital
Vienna or Veen do you know if you look
at Austria on a map it actually looks
like a we know what are we doing we sent
the girls away so we could focus I don't
think it worked did you love this lesson
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