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The Physics of Being Dick

‘The Physics of Being Dick’

Season 3, Episode 21 -  Aired April 15, 1998

Dick is disappointed when he learns Tommy asked Officer Don to talk at his school's career day and not him. Meanwhile, Sally works as a research assistant for Mary, and Harry gets a job as a bartender.

Quote from Sally

Sally: Give me a margarita, Harry.
Tommy: What about your job?
Sally: I'm on the job right now, baby. Rocks, no salt.
Dick: Are you telling me that Mary's presentation is already perfect?
Sally: Well, she thinks it is, and I'm getting paid not to argue. Ka-Ching! [Harry rings the bell]
Dick: You got lucky, damn you.
Sally: I'll tell you the secret. You just pucker up, vapor-lock onto your boss' butt, and hold on. No independent thought required. In fact, it just gets in your way.
Harry: Free thinkers die in the dirt like dogs, Sally. Here's your booze.

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Quote from Harry

Don: [enters] Citizens.
All: Don!
Harry: Ah, what'll it be, officer?
Don: Oh, I'm just in the neighborhood checking things out.
Harry: You got it. One free cheeseburger.
Don: Don't be stingy with the onions.
Dick: Harry, I'd like a free cheeseburger.
Harry: You got it. That'll be 6 bucks.

Quote from Sally

Sally: Good afternoon, ladies. Oh, Dr. Albright, what a great suit!
Mary: Well, thank you, Sally.
Nina: Sally, you smell like jagermeister.
Sally: Somebody spilled it on me in the library. [to Mary] Well, once again, I was completely unnecessary. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear you were a moron.
Mary: Aymaran.
Sally: Aymaran.

Quote from Sally

Sally: I hope this isn't in any way my fault.
Mary: It's all your fault! You were supposed to check these things.
Sally: You're absolutely right. I let you down completely.
Mary: Yes, you did! What were you thinking?
Sally: I have no excuse. It's just- It's just really intimidating when you work for...
Mary: For what? Say it. A bitch?!
Sally: No. A genius!
Mary: Well, that's nice, but I'm a professional, and I expect other people to be professional with me.
Sally: Of course you do. God, what have I done? I've let down the brightest woman alive! Oh, god! [sobbing]
Mary: Oh, Sally. Don't beat yourself up. Let me buy you a drink.
Sally: Margarita, rocks, no salt.

Quote from Dick

Dick: And so, using Coulomb's Third Law, I was able to prove that he did it.
Tommy: What does that have to do with it?
Dick: Nothing. All I proved was that he's rotating around the sun. But he didn't know that. That's the wonderful thing about physics. Nobody understands it.
Sally: So- So you can use your knowledge to bully people into submission.
Dick: Well, that's the plan. As long as America's educational system remains woefully inadequate, I rule.

Quote from Sally

Sally: What you do is amazing.
Dick: Thank you, Sally.
Sally: Sometimes I wish you were dead so they could put you on a stamp.
Dick: Sally, you're not kissing my butt, are you?
Sally: A man of your stature? I wouldn't dare.
Dick: Well, good. Here's 20 bucks.
Sally: Thanks.

Quote from Tommy

August: Your father is an insult to this entire school.
Tommy: I don't see your dad here.
August: Uh, my dad is performing open-heart surgery right now.
Tommy: Oh, couldn't cut it as a brain surgeon?

Quote from Dick

Dick: Now, let me tell you about something that's really hot. In as much as E equals cosine M plus I sine M, we get arbitrary values of the separation constant P. Now, watch this.

Quote from Dick

Dick: Well, I've had it. I renounce physics and all its uses and applications, including conservation of momentum.
Tommy: Whoo hoo hoo.
Dick: I'm out. I'm out.

Quote from Sally

Mrs. Dubcek: Sally.
Sally: Dubie, my hollow-legged lady friend.
Mrs. Dubcek: One-eyed Jimmy's gonna go out back and fight a midget. You wanna watch?
Sally: Yeah. Let's go.

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