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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 01:19 PM
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Water goes down the plug-hole clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere - as explained by the hypothetical force, theCoriolis effect. Presumably it goes straight down at the equator
Without the Coriolis effect water at the equator, in fact, cannot go down the plug-hole (jedwards: that means drain); the water just sits in the tub or basin or sink, suspended.

Corollary: people at the equator take fewer baths per capita than anywhere else on earth.

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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 02:11 PM
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That reminds me of the cat/buttered bread paradox.

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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 04:06 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by magician
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Without the Coriolis effect water at the equator, in fact, cannot go down the plug-hole (jedwards:
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 05:34 PM
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Fact: This thread attracts retards.


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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 02:20 PM
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This thread hasn't been yanked into The Corner yet.

Shhhhhh.

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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 02:35 PM
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Originally posted by magician
This thread hasn't been yanked into The Corner yet.

Shhhhhh.
Spake too soon.

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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 03:23 PM
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hahah....please don't mind me, I just feel great!!!!
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 03:24 PM
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Originally posted by AVXs2000
hahah....please don't mind me, I just feel great!!!!
Caught again.
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 03:34 PM
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Sad, very sad. This thread was great till the whores turned up.

Post Whores are the graffiti vandals of cyberspace.
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 03:36 PM
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Originally posted by AusS2000
Sad, very sad. This thread was great till the whores turned up.

Post Whores are the graffiti vandals of cyberspace.
*gasp*

You need a stoning for that.
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