Coffee question
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David Wulff wrote: water spins down the drain one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere Is that not a myth? If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Suzanne Boyle wrote: Is that not a myth? No, it's for real. I noticed it myself while I was in Oz. It's really unnerving at first, because something looks wrong when the water drains and you can't quite put your finger on it, and then you twig :-)
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Nope, it's the Coriolis Effect. Ask Chris, he saw it with his own two eyes when he moved to Canada. Chris is quite the stickler for scientific fact so if he saw it, I believe it ;) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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If water spins down the drain one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere, does that mean if you stir your coffee the same way in each it will in fact stir faster?
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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Does his mother smell of elderberries ? The tigress is here :-D
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If water spins down the drain one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere, does that mean if you stir your coffee the same way in each it will in fact stir faster?
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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Does his mother smell of elderberries ? The tigress is here :-D
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Does his mother smell of elderberries ? The tigress is here :-D
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To be honest, I'm not sure the link I posted is absolutly right and its answer definitive :sigh:
Собой остаться дольше...
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:rolleyes: If I wasn't so lazy busy I could test it. If I had a better memory I would remember more.
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David Wulff wrote: water spins down the drain one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere Is that not a myth? If I had a better memory I would remember more.
An episode of The Simpsons[^] addresses this question. :rolleyes: Bart: "Do the toilets go backwards in here?" U.S Embasy guy: "No. To combat home sickness, we've installed a device that makes them swirl the correct American way." *Flushes toilet. Machine kicks in and water swirls the other way* Homer (weeping, singing): "Sweet land of liberty..." Steve