[C. Edmund Wright]

10 is not wrongly put….that’s why they call it a running gag - it’s a theme of the show, even though it is not literally true.

I would add that Leonard is hopelessly out of his league with Penny, and such a relationship would never happen.

[When do we get liberated?]

Actually. Penny and Leonard were dating “undercover”. It was in the part of the series where Leonard was fawning over her and she wasn’t interested. They kept it secret as they didn’t want reality to ruin the leonard chasing Penny part of the show.

[Leaning Right]

I would add that Leonard is hopelessly out of his league with Penny, and such a relationship would never happen.

I agree, and pushing that relationship sours the entire show, IMHO.

[staytrue]

“I would add that Leonard is hopelessly out of his league with Penny, and such a relationship would never happen.”

I disagree. Believe it or not, there have always been a group of girls that are basically “brain groupies”. I’ve seen it first hand at graduate school in physics and this was in the 1980’s.

With the Big Bang tv show, my guess is there are even more groupies now.