OT Poll, Coriolis Effect and your toilet

Reply #18

Rick G — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:30:02 GMT

Very interesting......but I have a test for us and our New Zealand friend to try. Fill a sink with water, let it sit until it is completely calm, then pull the plug out (straight upwards) and see which direction it drains.

Reply #17

megamillionaire — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:57:07 GMT

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Reply #16

Thomas Covenant — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 02:33:03 GMT

Ok, after some extensive resea

Reply #15

visiondude — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:59:33 GMT

now if i am visiting the south of france and what i have eaten earlier is giving me problems in the southern hemisphere, i take a few of these and suddenly all is balanced in the world. icannotaffordtositinoneplacetoolongasihavevision

Reply #14

WIN D — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:17:38 GMT

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Reply #13

Irvin — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:58:08 GMT

This forum has proved that it

Reply #12

WIN D — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:45:04 GMT

This site is fun ...but doesn't really help clarify the question does it? http://www.eoascientific.com/interactive/the_coriolis_effect/the_coriolis_effect.html

Reply #11

Thomas Covenant — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:28:17 GMT

Oh, I had my toilet shipped from the southern hemisphere, I guess it hasn't realized where it's at.

Reply #10

WIN D — Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:09:39 GMT

Thomas .......still just having fun with this topic. Your right on the mild effects of the Coriolus in the face of stonger influences. You will have to admit the effect still has some powerful manifestations, however. It is funny.. that your particular toilet is contrary to all the others in the northern hemisphere. One can only guess at the entropy that has been introduced to affect this Random dvent .That was a real crack up! No pun.... LOL

Reply #9

RJOh — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:58:24 GMT

I wanted an answer so I checked out this link:http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.htmRJOh

Reply #8

dvdiva — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:41:38 GMT

http://www.terrylove.com/wc/totocst744s.htmwhen it comes to toilets thats the one to get - its designed to handle 900 grams of waste and has a 3 wide valve. you could poop out a thanksgiving turkey and never need a plunger. had a plumber recomend the toliet because my old one took forever to unplug.http://www.totousa.com/toto/viewperformancetoilets.aspi only mention that because after spending weeks with a plunger now i dont need one

Reply #7

Thomas Covenant — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:38:57 GMT

Is it human nature for a person to hold on to their closely held beliefs, in spite of tons of scientific evidence to the contrary? By the way, www.snopes.com is a good place to start bursting your bubble.

Reply #6

WIN D — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:58:13 GMT

The power to move oceans......but evidently not of sufficient power to over come the magnitude of the gargantuan obstacles that are found in Thomas' toilet. Thats not a fair test Thomas. LOL .

Reply #5

Irvin — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:19:51 GMT

Any volunteers to prove this t

Reply #4

Thomas Covenant — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:13:23 GMT

I don't know, I have neve

Reply #3

Irvin — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:51:52 GMT

Heres one for you then;If there is a satelite in space hovering around the equator in one constant direction and the people in the Northern hemisphere say it is moving from left to right, What would the people in the Southern Hemisphere say?Same can be said with the motion of water when in a bowl.When looked at from the top it would be rotating in a different direction to the view from the bottom.Therefor I vote yes....Are there any mad scientist out there to prove this.

Reply #2

WIN D — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:38:10 GMT

If your toilet is big enough. LOL I'm not going to go against Thomas on this toilet subject thing. In a court of law he could easily and legally be certified an expert witness on this subject. Things that go in reverse...that is. I'll bet ya one thing however....if our's swirl to the right or clockwise ....Thomas' Toilet goes the other way..... and flushes counter clockwise.... for sure. LOL

Reply #1

Thomas Covenant — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:28:49 GMT

Stolen from a couple of websites. Compared to the rotations that one usually sees (tires on a travelling automobile, a compact disc playing music, or a draining sink), the rotation of the Earth is very small: only one rotation per day. The water in a sink might make a rotation in a few seconds and so have a rotation rate ten thousand times higher than that of the Earth. It should not be surprising, therefore, to learn that the Coriolis force is orders of magnitude smaller than any of the forces... [ More ]

OT Poll, Coriolis Effect and your toilet

Thomas Covenant — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:38:54 GMT

Hmmmm, maybe I should get a li