TIL the Hairy Ball theorem

The theorem has been expressed colloquially as "you can't comb a hairy ball flat without creating a cowlick" or "you can't comb the hair on a coconut".

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Shave 'em. I don't want no cowlick near my balls
- You haven't lived until a cow licks your balls.
  
  I guess the closest I've gotten to that is to have a cow lick the "T" off of the "Passat" lettering on my trunk a couple years ago.
  
  ...where were your balls when that happened?
  
  nowhere near the trunk of the car, thankfully. :-)

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