How does the water goes down in your sink?

[Aussiephil]

Originally Posted by macca_24

Are you guys really serious?

Engineers never joke !!!!

[macca_24]

um now I know your joking, I think? Forgive us poor plebs, ha,ha

[cubex]

So 'Coriolis Effect' huh, thanks u guys. Question was just a out of curiosity nothin serious as such.
M new to this city n have been finding quite a lot of things upside down....
Was wondering if science has anything to do with that

[StephenM]

Well you are actually all a little bit off, the direction of the water is based on many man made things, my bathroom goes clockwise, but my kitchen anti-clockwise, it depends more on the surface the water is in. Please see below from Wiki!

"Draining in bathtubs and toilets
A misconception in popular culture is that water in bathtubs or toilets always drains in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the other direction in the Southern Hemisphere as a consequence of the Coriolis effect. This idea has been perpetuated by several television programs, including an episode of The Simpsons and one of The X-Files.[28] In addition, several science broadcasts and publications (including at least one college-level physics textbook) have made this incorrect statement.[29]"

[Industrial Nomad]

Originally Posted by StephenM

Well you are actually all a little bit off, the direction of the water is based on many man made things, my bathroom goes clockwise, but my kitchen anti-clockwise, it depends more on the surface the water is in. Please see below from Wiki!

"Draining in bathtubs and toilets
A misconception in popular culture is that water in bathtubs or toilets always drains in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the other direction in the Southern Hemisphere as a consequence of the Coriolis effect. This idea has been perpetuated by several television programs, including an episode of The Simpsons and one of The X-Files.[28] In addition, several science broadcasts and publications (including at least one college-level physics textbook) have made this incorrect statement.[29]"

SSShhhhhhh!!!!! Better hope that Stephen Hawkings and all those other Physicists at Oxford and Cambridge don't find out, or it might just blow "The Brief History Of Time" book and it's theories out of the window.

[Aussiephil]

Originally Posted by StephenM

Well you are actually all a little bit off, the direction of the water is based on many man made things, my bathroom goes clockwise, but my kitchen anti-clockwise, it depends more on the surface the water is in. Please see below from Wiki!

"Draining in bathtubs and toilets
A misconception in popular culture is that water in bathtubs or toilets always drains in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the other direction in the Southern Hemisphere as a consequence of the Coriolis effect. This idea has been perpetuated by several television programs, including an episode of The Simpsons and one of The X-Files.[28] In addition, several science broadcasts and publications (including at least one college-level physics textbook) have made this incorrect statement.[29]"

This is Wikipedia the community encyclopedia to be taken with a large grain of salt??

Quote:- WIKIPEDIA MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY

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[bigdave]

my toilets go counter clockwise

[Industrial Nomad]

Originally Posted by bigdave

my toilets go counter clockwise

Dosn't that make you a bit dizzy when you're knocking out a number two?

[macca_24]

Originally Posted by Aussiephil

This is Wikipedia the community encyclopedia to be taken with a large grain of salt??

Quote:- WIKIPEDIA MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY

Wikipedia is an online open-content collaborative encyclopedia, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information

Wow that confuses this pleb does that mean that you can't believe everything you see and hear on the Simpsons

[macca_24]

You guys are too educated for me I think I'll have to look it up in the Dubai explorer better still I'll go flush some toilets might clean them while I'm at it a bit of housework won't go astray