TEXT: Scene: The stairwell. The guys are carrying kites. Leonard: Kites, ho! Howard: Kites ho! Raj: Kites ho! All three: Kites, ho! Sheldon: Excuse me. You're misusing the word ho. It's an interjection used to call attention to a destination, not an object, as in, uh, Land, ho! Or, uh, Westward, ho! The three guys: Kites, ho! Penny: Hey, guys. What you doing? Going out to discover electricity? Leonard: If you're referring to the work of Benjamin Franklin, he did not discover electricity, he merely used a kite to determine that lightning consists of electricity. He also invented the Franklin stove, bifocals and the flexible urinary catheter. Kites, ho. Leonard: We're heading out for some kite fighting. Penny: Kite fighting? Leonard: Oh, yeah. It's an extremely competitive, cutthroat sport. Sheldon: Well, actually, the risk of throat cutting is very low. On the other hand, severe string burn is a real and ever-Present danger. Leonard: You want to come watch? Penny: Oh, gee, sounds amazing, but, um, I've got some friends coming over. Not a big thing, we're just gonna watch the Nebraska game. Leonard: Oh. Football, sure. Howard: Good guess. Penny: I would've invited you, but I know you're not a football fan. Leonard: No, no, I'm not, so, great. You've got plans doing something you like, I've got plans doing something I like, so it's good. Penny: Well, maybe we'll hang out later, you know, after everybody's gone. Leonard: Yeah, great. Penny: See ya. Leonard: Well, this sucks. Sheldon: I'm sorry, I got bored and drifted off. Where exactly in the interaction did the sucking lie? Raj: Leonard just realized that Penny's been hiding him from her friends because he's a tiny, little man who f
SUMMARY:
Leonard attempts to fit in with Penny's football-loving friends, despite initially knowing nothing about the game. However, it is Sheldon who surprises him with a large amount of football knowledge (forced on him by his father in his childhood), which Leonard later brings to Penny's football party. When Leonard refuses to fly kites with Sheldon, upsetting him as he never got to experience a normal childhood, Penny feels bad and allows Leonard to go, especially after pointing out how he is boring everyone at the party. Howard upsets Raj by repeatedly abandoning him during activities to pursue women.