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		With the other finish

This Klein Bottle Opens Beers

The problem of beer  That it is within a bottle, i.e. a boundaryless compact 2-manifold homeomorphic to the sphere.  Since beer bottles are not (usually) pathological or "wild" spheres, but smooth manifolds, they separate 3-space into two disconnected regions: inside, containing beer, and outside, containing you.  This state must not remain.

A proposed solution  Clearly the elegant course is to introduce a non-orientable manifold, which has one side and does not divide 3-space, into the system. The stainless steel Klein bottle¹ shown above is an example of this class.  When juxtaposed with the closed 'bottle' described above, it acts to disrupt the continuity thereof, canceling the outdated paradigm of distinction between interior and exterior. This enables interaction between the beer and the self.

In summary  You need one. 

 
[1]  This sculpture is hand-finished.  It's more textured, less glossy, and more steely in color than the machine-finished version, and is signed.  It is made to order on four weeks' notice, please write to commission yours.

Klein Bottle Opener metal print, 3" tall - $110

[2]  A tip of the manifold to Acme Klein Bottle.  Add a Klein Stein to complete your nonorientable drinking experience!