[Ross is practically drooling over Rachel at this point.] It's a fertility study. ROSS: I'm going to China. Someone found a bone, we want the bone, but they don't want us to have the bone, so I'm going over there to try to persuade them to give us the bo--it's--it's a whole big bone thing. ROSS: Well, Rachel's having drinks with him tonight. Melanie (MELN), Joey's girlfriend, is there with Joey, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, and Rachel. Presents first. Remember back in college, when he fell in love with Carol and bought her that ridiculously expensive crystal duck? Is there someone else? Birthday present? [Scene: Chandler and Joey's apartment. [Rachel leaves.] Ross gets off next.]
Plan: A: The museum; Q: Who sends Ross to China to procure a dinosaur bone? A: Chandler; Q: Who accidentally lets slip that Ross is in love with Rachel? A: his present; Q: What does Ross want Chandler to give Rachel at Rachel's birthday party? A: Joey; Q: Whose new girlfriend wants to sleep with Ross? A: Corinne Bohrer; Q: Who is Melanie? A: a fertility study; Q: What is Joey's new girlfriend Melanie participating in? A: temporary celibacy; Q: What does Joey's participation in a fertility study require? Summary: The museum sends Ross to China to procure a dinosaur bone, just before Rachel's birthday celebration. Chandler advises Ross to get over Rachel and find someone else. Before leaving, Ross asks Chandler to give Rachel his present at the party. Joey's new girlfriend, Melanie ( Corinne Bohrer ) wants to sleep with him, but Joey's participation in a fertility study requires temporary celibacy. During Rachel's birthday party, Chandler accidentally lets slip that Ross is in love with her, and a big decision presents itself.