Toilet flushing
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- unknown
Ok it's 4:46 in the morning, I just got to know this:
When you flush your toilet, is it going down clockwise or not? Is it different depending on where you are? what about those leaving ON the equator? What's up with that?
So yeah, if someone can tell me where they're from and their flushing situation, that would be great.
- unknown0
southern hemisphere goes clockwise
northern hemisphere goes anti clockwise
- Stanton0
or counter clockwise ;)
- carver0
i got a chemical flusher, like you find on ordinary household busses...we had to get an incinerator installed for my wifes fannypads, daft cow stuffed them down the toilet and blocked it!! jeesus
- Jnr_Madison0
Carver, you have such a way with words.
- unknown0
I want a household bus!
- jox0
There's a Simpsons episode about the exact same thing, it's called "Bart vs Australia".
Very funny one too.
- pascii0
mine goes upward....
- unknown0
oh, seriously wouldn't it have to do with the direction the water is forced out along the rim of the bowl?
I doubt the direction of the water outputs is directly vertical, it's probably at an angle forcing water in the direction of flow-that causes the overall movement clockwise or counterclockwise (the "anti" clockwise-that was sharp).
right? yes?
- mrming0
I thought it was the rotation of the earth???
- unknown0
rotation of the earth causes gravity
- mrming0
Isn't it the mass of the earth that causes gravity?
- unknown0
http://allsands.com/Science/what…
think its best left to people cleverer that me
- mosko0
It's called the Coriolis effect. It's a consequence of the earth’s rotation around its own axis not the sun. The force is very small and completely unnoticeable in a toilet. You will need an extremely smooth symmetrical bowl to see anything.
It does have huge consequences for things like projectile motion (i.e. long range missiles).