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To win the Möbius's Trip Award, the
successful competitor must circumnavigate
the globe using any means of transport they
want, but at the half way point, they must
gradually turn upside down and complete the
journey in this inverted orientation.
Left-handed proteins vs. right-handed proteins
http://en.wikipedia...irality_(chemistry)
[RayfordSteele, May 12 2008]
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may I tuck my skirt in my knickers? |
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I suspect this will be claimed by someone
on the ISS. |
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Turned out nice again .... [+] |
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Better do the second half in an hour or less, or in space... hanging upside down for too long is no good adventure |
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hmmm, I wonder if an F15 Tomcat can refuel inverted. |
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To truly complete the Möbius's Trip, wouldn't they have to circumnavigate the globe twice, once inverted and once right side up, changing orientations at the same point each time. |
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Also, if a person stands on their head for 24hrs, then stands upright for 24hrs, their path around the center axis of the Earth will be about what you are trying to get at here. |
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Other details of the competition: |
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1) You must travel in a group, and all members of your group must call each other "Moe". |
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2) You must tell fabricated stories (lies) nonstop, in an accent (Bostonian?) that invloves truncating "-r" or "-re" endings of words. |
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What other bad puns can we think of? |
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po: no, here, let me do it for you.
xenzag; the usual mathematical thinking on this one is that you would have to come back fully right-left inverted, down to the protein isomers making up your cells. |
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Ew, you don't want to do that to your proteins. They may be inclined to become anti-teins or con-teins instead. |
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Haha, this is brilliant! Suggest a wheeled bowler as means of generating forward motion. |
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Does it count if I stand on the dark side of the moon, run really fast, and then arrive on the bright side exactly 1 moon orbit later? |
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As long as you wear a mirrored boiler suit,
so that I can watch you with a telescope,
and you pump up my inflatable lunar cows,
I will consider it. |
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Really, they should have to circumnavawhatever twice, each time making the flip, to fully take advantage of the mobius. |
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