flyellow

Down Under, whey you flush your comode (toilet) which way does the water flow? Mine goes counter-clockwise. I have a bet with a work mate that it doesn't matter, above or below the equator. Can you tell me?

Iggy_Type_R

Watching The Simpsons again?

DaveFromSydney

The answer is that it is neither clockwise nor anti-clockwise (which is the term we Aussies and many other English-speaking countries use for "counter-clockwise")

It may be hard for you to imagine but toilets in different countries are not constructed according to the
same principles as those in the USA. The type generally used in Australia does not start with a fairly full bowl and empty itself and slowly refill. It starts with an almost empty bowl which is flushed by a powerful downflow of water.

Now if you had asked about bathwater the question would be potentially answerable but I am afraid that after 52 years here I still cannot say that I have noticed a tendency towards one direction or the other.

naishou

The often heard story that baths and sinks etc swirl in opposite directions in northern and southern hemispheres is a fallacy. The effect of the Coriolis Force is too weak to create a consistent bias one way or the other. Laboratory experiments to demonstrate it require perfectly symmetrical vessels that are allowed to settle in carefully controlled conditions for days. The slightest disturbance can bias the flow. On the other hand our weather systems do rotate in the opposite direction to those in the northern hemisphere.

szooo_r

mine flushes down... and then to the back somewhere

flyellow

Thanks gentlemen You have been quite helpful!

RS4will

[QUOTE]Originally posted by naishou
The often heard story that baths and sinks etc swirl in opposite directions in northern and southern hemispheres is a fallacy.

Austblue

I love that movie Tell me naishou, what do they call a Quarter pounder with cheese in France and why is it so?

DaveFromSydney

I dont remember the QP w/cheese translation but when I was in Montreal 11 years ago they called Chicken McNuggets "Poulet McCroquet".

Alister

I believe it's Royale with Cheese