Smedley Octothorpe was a 98-pound weakling. He figured he ought to be able to impress a girl by being head double-dome in the Chess Club, but bullies kept kicking sand in his face! They carried sand with them at all times for just this purpose.
One day, Smedley decided to put his brainy brain power to good use.
"I shall use the amazing powers of the Fourth Dimension, recently discovered by Professor Einstein with the Palomar magnetic telescope!" he said. "Let's see... how does it go?" He set about plotting his revenge.
The next day, Smedley was trying to work up the nerve to ask Sissy Roseheart to the prom when Brick Newton stepped between them, dumped a small pile of sand on the floor, and started to kick it in Smedley's face.
Smedley acted swiftly. Using impeccable mathematical logic, Smedley cut out a strip of paper, gave one end a half-twist, and pasted the ends together.
"Whatcha doin' now, twerp? Duh." said Brick.
"Observe," said Smedley, tracing a line along the strip of paper. "This is the amazing Moebius Strip. It has only one side. See how I can draw this line along the entire strip without picking up the pen!"
"Duh," said Brick.
"Nearly all of modern double-dome mathematics is based entirely on the Moebius strip, except for the part about the Klein bottle. This twist gives the Moebius strip amazing mathematical powers. Observe!"
Smedley took out a pair of scissors and cut the Moebius strip in two. This caused the Fourth Dimension to give him enormous muscles, and he beat up Brick Newton and got the girl. THE END.