Larissa

Hi guys
Just a quick strange question for you all, based on that strange thing we all got told as kids
If I dug a hole through the earth and straight through the core (yeah, I know its technically impossible but this is a purely theoretical question) and out the other side, where would I end up? Lets say I'm digging from London.... going in a straight line... no, I haven't got a globe
Ta
Larissa
(I was really dying to know after 2 glasses of merlot last night )

NickyC

Just had a quick squiz of my giant globe and reckon you'd be about 1000k SSE of Christchurch, New Zealand - not that far off the coast of Antarctica, really!

JackTheLad

Not China then?

They lied THEY LIED!!!!! :scared:

JTL

Larissa

Thanks Nicky, I can now sleep easy at night... but someone's been telling porkies as I was led to believe it would be in Aus (thought it might be somewhere like Melbourne!).
Ahh well, that puts my new tunnel scheme for expats down the pan!

JackTheLad

Try it in reverse. Ask an Aussie what they were told as a kid. Did their parents say if you dig a deep hole you'll end up in the UK?

JTL

Pollyana

I seem to remember reading somewhere that if you dug from Australia you'd end up in Turkey...........

debsy

I'll start digging now then

Larissa

I will ask my babysitter, she already thinks I'm a mad Pom!

Larissa

As Aus is so big maybe thats true?
Note to self... get a globe next time you're in the 2 buck shop

JackTheLad

Make sure you take a compass and a plumb line with you, or you might pop up in Iraq :scared:

JTL

Elaine M

Not sure if this is right but I seem to recall that you'd end up in China if you dug through from the US.... as in the movie title "The China Syndrome".

I haven't got a glode either so could be wrong.

Elaine M

ABCDiamond

I just looked at mine too, and I agree with your approximation, somewhere near Bounty Island ?



PS: A "Globe" in Australian means a "Light Bulb"

Larissa

What's an English "Globe" in Australian then?
NB Not knowing this could seriously jepodise my success as an Expat

Pollyana

A globe is also called a globe..............god, I love this country, its so confusing - chips and chips and now globes and globes!!!

ABCDiamond

In the Australian School Dictionary, a ball is also referred to as a globe

Which brings me on to my favourite discussion subject with my daughter, "Football": she says it's "soccer", as RFL is "Football".

To which I reply - is the object they use a "round ball" - NO
Do they mainly use their feet to control it- NO

She keeps telling me I must adapt to Australian ways (she's 8 !! )

But I laugh longest when she wants a lolly I get one from the freezer for her (Australian Lolly = English for sweets)