TV Quote from The Big Bang Theory 04x05: The Desperation Emanation

Leonard: Have you considered telling her your feelings?
Sheldon: Leonard, I'm a physicist, not a hippie.
Leonard: Well let me see if I can explain your situation using physics. What would you be if you were attached to another object by an incline plane, wrapped helically around an axis.
Sheldon: Screwed.
Leonard: There you go.