TEXT: [ The cafeteria ] Raj: Hey, I read that someone invented a way to convert your footsteps into electromagnetic energy so you can charge your cell phone while walking. Leonard: We had that idea years ago. How come we never did anything with it? Howard: Probably because we left the diagram of it in the restaurant, and none of us wanted to walk back. Sheldon: I know the real reason you never made progress with that idea. You thought of it September 22nd, 2007. Two days later, Penny moved in, and so much blood rushed to your genitals, your brain became a ghost town. Leonard: That's not what happened. Sheldon: I remember it distinctly because I had just composed my annual poem commemorating the anniversary of Dr. Seuss's death. Howard: No one wants to hear it. Sheldon: Why, die. Why did he die? Old, told. I was told he was old. Leonard: Penny is not the reason I didn't pursue that idea. Sheldon: Oh, really? Since meeting her, what have been your greatest accomplishments? Raj: Easy. Sleeping with Penny. Howard: Getting Penny to go back out with him after she dumped him. Raj: Tricking Penny into getting engaged. Howard: And a few weeks ago, he almost did a pull-up. Leonard: I think someone owes me an apology. Sheldon: Well, don't feel bad. I think we've all been distracted since the girls entered our lives. Howard: You admit Amy's a distraction? Sheldon: Oh, very much so. Listen to this. This is from two days ago. Hi. Hope you're having a good day. Who has time for this constant sexting? Leonard: Well, maybe we have lost our focus. Howard: It wouldn't kill us to get together and brainstorm ideas. Raj: Ooh, we could have one of those retreats. Leonard: Like our own science retreat. Howard: My cousin has a cabin out in the woods. Sheldon: I'm not going to a cabin in the woods. Did you see the movie Cabin in the Woods? Leonard: Then we'll go to a
SUMMARY:
Sheldon claims the men have not invented anything significant recently because they had all been distracted by their girlfriends, so they plan a weekend of brainstorming. The women use the free time to go to Las Vegas. Reviewing their old brainstorming sessions the men find only ideas that involve robot girlfriends. Next they work on the hover board from Back to the Future Part II, but keep getting distracted much to Leonard's frustration. Later at Leonard's lab they have further distractions from the internet and end up back at home watching Ghostbusters along with Leonard. Meanwhile in Vegas, the women are about to go out when Penny is given some home work by her boss. Bernadette and Amy leave and get drunk. When they return to their room, they find Penny still studying, but take her with them to a strip club, where Amy and Bernadette have fun while Penny keeps studying. The next morning a relaxed Penny heads to the pool and gets her revenge for last night by blinding Bernadette and Amy with the sun from the window while they both deal with extremely terrible hangovers.