# What is the Universe like, in your opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-universe-like-in-your-opinion/679901 "2014-01-27T14:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
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> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > The universe is like a chocolate donut with sprinkles. No, the Universe is the juice you can drink after having the donut. Actually, not the juice - only the bottle. The Klein bottle. > [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > It seems great on the surface. But it has a big hole in the middle and a chocolate covered coating. No, it is a non-orientable surface. And there is a hole, indeed, but there’s no chocolate coating. It’s a bottle. > [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > The hole is a warning that bad things can happen if you are not careful. They say a non-orientable Klein-bottle hole is also a perfectly valid solution to the Einstein equations. > [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > The chocolate topping is a clue that life can be delicious if you take good care of things. > > The sprinkles on top is a reminder that if you look carefully, you can find some wonderful rewards - providing you don’t fall into the hole. > I voted for the universe is homogonized because everything in life is fattening if you don’t choose two percent. > Just joking 🙂 Yeah, me too. What difference did it make for the dinosaurs whether the Universe had a flat curvature or not when the Chicxulub asteroid plunged into Earth’s crust? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-universe-like-in-your-opinion/679901)._