Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:11 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by dotnron
Does that mean that at north and south poles the water goes up?
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:12 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by dotnron
Does that mean that at north and south poles the water goes up?
oh no....I can't take any more!
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:15 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by Mrs JFW
oh no....I can't take any more!
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:18 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by dotnron
Does that mean that at north and south poles the water goes up?
I just tried again and again and again. kept on changing mid flow !!! Think my sinks are bi-polar !!!! It's too early for this !!! Daughter is now late for school and water bill has gone up loads !!!!! Will someone ban me from looking at this site !!!!
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:20 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by grahampaula
Got you thinking as much as it did me though.
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:37 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Why does water go down the plughole clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise here?
Sorry folks, it doesn't.
This one probably came from someone who understood the Coriolis effect better than they did household plumbing. The thing is that while the big C has a major effect on fast moving winds (as explained in fabulous detail and full living colour below), its effect on a bathroom-sized scale is pathetically small.
Things like the "spin" of the sink itself (from the way it's built), the direction of movement of the water just before you pull the plug out and the colour of your Grandad's undies are the real deciders on which way the water goes.
According to popular myth, in the Southern Hemisphere, all cyclones spin clockwise - and so does the water in toilet bowls, bath tubs and hand basins.
The story is correct about the cyclones. But the water going down a drain - well, half the time it's right, and half the time it's wrong.
I have lived in both hemispheres and witnessed water travelling in both directions in the UK and Australia.
Mar 2nd 2006, 7:41 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by dotnron
Does that mean that at north and south poles the water goes up?
Mar 2nd 2006, 8:54 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Why does water go down the plughole clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise here?
Sorry folks, it doesn't.
This one probably came from someone who understood the Coriolis effect better than they did household plumbing. The thing is that while the big C has a major effect on fast moving winds (as explained in fabulous detail and full living colour below), its effect on a bathroom-sized scale is pathetically small.
Things like the "spin" of the sink itself (from the way it's built), the direction of movement of the water just before you pull the plug out and the colour of your Grandad's undies are the real deciders on which way the water goes.
According to popular myth, in the Southern Hemisphere, all cyclones spin clockwise - and so does the water in toilet bowls, bath tubs and hand basins.
The story is correct about the cyclones. But the water going down a drain - well, half the time it's right, and half the time it's wrong.
I have lived in both hemispheres and witnessed water travelling in both directions in the UK and Australia.
ACE
Mar 2nd 2006, 8:57 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
This thread's too intellectual for me, am bailing oot
Mar 2nd 2006, 9:02 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Hi,
They tested this on "BRAINIAC" with John Tickle (from Big Brother) in a house in Sydney and the guy from "TOP GEAR" in a house in the UK. Appartently that water is supposidly affected by the Correalis Effect" which is supposed to cause the water in different hemispheres go done the plug hole in opposite directions.
However, when they tested it the water drained away in the same direction in both hemispheres.
They also did some tests in other capital cities which produced bizzare results.
Maybe it's just down to the type of fixtures and fittings you have!!
Hope this helped....
They tested this on "BRAINIAC" with John Tickle (from Big Brother) in a house in Sydney and the guy from "TOP GEAR" in a house in the UK. Appartently that water is supposidly affected by the Correalis Effect" which is supposed to cause the water in different hemispheres go done the plug hole in opposite directions.
However, when they tested it the water drained away in the same direction in both hemispheres.
They also did some tests in other capital cities which produced bizzare results.
Maybe it's just down to the type of fixtures and fittings you have!!
Hope this helped....
Mar 2nd 2006, 9:36 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
right u lot we got a water shortage here...stop wastin water u shower of saddo's lol
Mar 2nd 2006, 11:22 am
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by dotnron
Does that mean that at north and south poles the water goes up?
Mar 2nd 2006, 12:05 pm
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
It can't be a myth. It was on an episode of the Simpsons LOL. 
Mar 2nd 2006, 12:10 pm
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Just tried it here Depending on what side of the sink the tap was over determined which way the water went. Don't care personally, as long as it goes 
Depending on what side of the sink the tap was over determined which way the water went. Don't care personally, as long as it goes
Mar 2nd 2006, 12:57 pm
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Re: Something I Didn't Know!!!!!
Originally Posted by ACE
I saw an episode of 'Brainiac Science Abuse' where they phoned people in Oz and various other places to test the theory and as you say the results were inconclusive and did indeed quash the clockwise anti-clockwise myth.
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If we didn't have level 2 water restictions, i'd test all my sinks
