Schrodinger's Cat and Show Me Your Mucous

Now, you may wonder what the title has to do with this blog.  I just watched a disc of The Big Bang Theory and killed myself laughing for two hours.  The last episode on the disc ended with the Schrodinger's cat theory of quantum physics and then cut to Sheldon displeased with this tangerine chicken from a takeout restaurant, and attempting to speak Mandarin (badly).  After several tutoring sessions in Mandarin instead of saying they are not using tangerines in the chicken; he was saying "show me your mucous, you have mucous on your bicycle, and look at my mucous'.

I am concerned about myself.  After the show I went to my computer and read all about Schrodinger's cat theory and then tried very hard to listen to the pronunciation of mucous and the pronunciation of tangerine in Mandarin.  Knowing only 11 words in Mandarin myself, I had difficulty hearing the similarity between mucous and tangerine.  I guess I will have to ask my neighbour tomorrow. OMG am I as nerdy as Sheldon, Leonard, Rajesh, and Howard????

I am not going to dwell on that question.  The shows I watched tonight were hilarious. Probably could have been more fun watching with someone else, but I still managed to howl and laugh all alone. I am sure the neighbourhood thinks I am unbalanced. Who sits in their home and laughs all alone? Me.

If you have never seen these shows you had better start now.  I have never laughed as much watching a show since Third Rock from the Sun, until now.  And I am a lucky girl. I have a caseful of discs with two hours of programs on each disc.  I am thinking the next time I feel a little under the weather I might just get a medical leave and plant myself in front of the TV for a videofest.

Today I bought a hydrangia plant.  It makes me feel like I have a bit of BC with me here - 5 perfect blue blossoms and giant leaves.  I have been told they don't blossom well here, but if the plant nursery can make it bloom, I intend to keep it doing so at home. They did advise that it must be watered in the soil and not on the plant. Could be a bit of a problem with monsoons every day. I placed it outside the patio to share with everyone else, so we will see what happens.   Also planted some cilantro so I can whip up salsa on a regular basis.  Wish me luck with a green thumb.  I will need it.

ps  Shrodinger's cat theory is about placing a cat in a crate with a vial of poison that will break open later. One does not know if the vial has broken and the cat now dead because of this or not.  I am hedging my bet on the cat is dead simply because he is in the crate.  Ergo,  quantum theory of superposition. The principle of superposition claims that while we do not know what the state of any object is, it is actually in all possible states simultaneously, as long as we don't look to check. It is the measurement itself that causes the object to be limited to a single possibility. So like if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound? As I said, I think the cat is dead anyway, so who cares about the vial of poison. Funny, in the show, Penny took the theory as if she does not open the box (as in go out with Leonard, she will never know if she likes him)  Leonard took the theory as he needs to go out, because no matter whether or not he does, the possibility will be there.  I took it as a very amusing evening. Sorry folks, guess this living alone in a foreign land has me writing some serious drivel.