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Fashion: Hosiery: Socks: Theory
Klein Bottle Socks   (+2, -1)  [vote for, against]
You *can't* put them on inside out.

They don't have an inside or an outside, so you never need to worry about putting them on inside out.
-- td, Mar 26 2001

Inside Out Socks http://www.halfbake...nside_20Out_20Socks
More topologically interesting socks. [td, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Upside down socks http://www.halfbake...side_20down_20socks
Geometrically perplexing socks. [td, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Moebius Roller Coaster http://www.halfbake..._20Roller_20Coaster
Another Topological amusement. [td, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Acme Klein Bottles http://www.kleinbottle.com/
Cliff Stoll's basement business, walking distance from my house. Unfortunately, glass only, no doubleknits. The site covers most of the good non-orientable bric-a-brac jokes, so I needn't repeat them here. [td, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

SciFi's Seeing Ear Theatre http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/
Go to "The Elevator and the Pole." Not directly related to Klein socks, but a reference to a 4-d mobius bottle, and a good listen besides. [nick_n_uit, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Knitting pattern for a Klein bottle http://www.woolwork.../patterns/klein.txt
[egnor, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

Poem: "The Argyle Girl" http://www.cyberene.../~kelta/argyle.html
"She toyed with an orphan argyle / Pondering the destiny of its mate; / And wondered if she could twist / A sock into a Mobius strip / Or mold it into a Klein bottle." [egnor, Mar 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]

A pair of those would nicely match my Moebius sweatband.
-- centauri, Mar 27 2001


Can't believe we've missed the obvious until now: Calvin Klein clotheswear. Somebody should write to them.
-- RayfordSteele, Apr 15 2004


<frantically batters [+] button>

How many hidden gems are there in this mine?
-- wagster, Sep 14 2006


The existence of these socks implies that everyone is already inside and outside of them. How do they feel?

Perhaps a little awkward to put your shoes on when your toes curl back up through your a void in your shins.
-- RayfordSteele, Jun 03 2015



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