Howard Meets Elon Musk at a Thanksgiving Shelter

Here you go. Thanks. You gotta be kidding me.

Sorry? Y- you're Elon Musk. I am.

W- what are you doing here? I'm washing dishes.

Well, I was on the turkey line, but I got demoted for being too generous with the gravy.

Oh, man, I, what an honor to meet you. I, I, I'm such a fan of Tesla and SpaceX, all your companies. I'm Howard Wolowitz, Caltech.

Nice to meet you, Howard. It feels great to come down here and help the less fortunate, huh?

Oh, yeah. Nothing better than helping people, which is something I realized when I was viewing Earth from the deck of the International Space Station, where I spent two months as a payload specialist, a job I was qualified for because I'm an MIT-trained engineer.

And I thought I ladled the gravy on thick.

Sorry. It's just you're you, and I really want you to adopt me.

Well, you're here on Thanksgiving, so you're probably a good person.

Oh, I made my wife come down, too. You think you might ever get back out to space?

Is that a job offer? 'Cause I really wanna go to Mars, assuming I can bring my wife. She hardly takes up any room.

She's basically a carryon. Well, we're not quite there yet, but we're always looking for engineers, so let me give you my email. We can stay in touch.

Thank you.

Oh, look, someone hardly touched their pumpkin pie. Wanna share it with me?

A, a partially eaten piece of pumpkin pie from a homeless shelter with Elon Musk? You bet I do.