If this story makes no sense to you, it is because you really do have to be a bit of a geek to get the joke. A Klein bottle is similar to a Mobius strip; but it is a "container" with no distinct inside or outside. (A more accurate description would require lots of mathematical technobabble; specifically, it is a closed non-orientable surface with Euler characteristic = 0.) Since there is no distinct inside or outside to them, they can not hold any liquids. If you wish to see some examples, go to
http://www.kleinbottle.com/ edit: All right -- technically speaking, Klein bottles really exist only in four spacial dimensions; all Dr. Klein could have would be a 3D representation of one...Still, I just couldn't resist the pun.
Hmmm...If anyone ever does write that Big Bang Theory/LnC crossover discussed in another thread, this pun could fit right in there...
cheers,
Lynn S. M.
