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timeline, ... , mobius? #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 05, 2011 16:09 pm   timeline, ... , mobius?
 

Today, when I was reading one of my most favorite blog from Coldplay.com at here: http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=806, a blog that written by roadie 42, in the final line, he mentioned that
"If the timeline feels a little mobius, I apologise, but that’s just how it feels from this end." I couldn't figure out what he could possibly mean by that.
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timeline, ... , mobius? #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 05, 2011 18:04 pm   timeline, ... , mobius?
 

I haven't read it all, but if they end up back where they started, and especially if the journey somehow feels "twisted", it could be referring to the "Möbius strip" (see picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip ).
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timeline, ... , mobius? #3 (permalink) Wed Oct 05, 2011 18:35 pm   timeline, ... , mobius?
 

I see it now! It means that their journey have come full circle but with the mobius strip topology, part of their journey was unpleasant. He used the mobius topology to describe the unpleasant journey, he was really a genius!

Thanks Dozy, without your help, I will certainly not be able to comprehend this final line of the real story. THANKS!
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