I can't remember the first time I made a Mobius strip (well, a representation of one, anyway), or how I learned about them. The whole idea just fascinated me and I spent a fair amount of time cutting strips of paper to fashion into that simple, twisted loop. I believe I first read the following poem in one of Isaac Asimov's essay collections. I never forgot it. When my children were young, I used to recite this little poem to them, and I taught them about the Mobius strip. Then I had to contend with my kids cutting any paper they could find into long, thin strips as I had done at about the same age. I can hardly wait until my grand kids are old enough to do the same thing. Anyway, here is the poem. I have no idea where it originated....(yeah, I know, I'm weird. I've never claimed any different!)
Flappity, Floppity, Flip!
The mouse on the Möbius Strip.
The strip revolved,
The mouse dissolved, In a chronodimensional skip!
The mouse on the Möbius Strip.
The strip revolved,
The mouse dissolved, In a chronodimensional skip!
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