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3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 3, Episode 21

The Physics of Being Dick (15 Apr. 1998)

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Dick tells Sally and Harry to get a job while he wants to become a cop.

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Dick tells Sally and Harry to get a job. Sally gets a job as Mary's research assistant. After spotting a mistake, Sally finds out Mary doesn't like to be proven wrong, which she is, according to Nina, quite often. This makes Sally decide to drastically change her attitude regarding her job. Meanwhile, Harry has found a job as a bar keeper and Dick desperately wants to become a cop after he finds out nobody likes physics while cops are respected by everyone. Written by Marco van Hoof <k_luifje7@hotmail.com>

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Jonesy: Why don't you just let me go?
Officer Don: Because I know you did it, Jonesy. You jumped the fence and you stole the money.
Jonesy: But you've got no proof. Besides, I couldn't have jumped the fence. It's physically impossible.
Dick: Physically impossible? That's where you're wrong! You may not have much respect for the law, Jonesy, but there's one law that you can't break: Coulomb's Third Law of Universal Gravitation!
Jonesy: What?
Dick: It states that the force between two objects is proportional to the algebraic products of their ...
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