Happy Australia Day.

[lashbear]

There's a link in the original post that takes you to the official Government page, but if you aso want the Non-Propaganda side of things ("invasion day" anyone?) check out the wiki entry.

[bewitched]

Happy Australia Day!

I got out my pictures, turned up the heat and bought some Foster's to celebrate.

[lashbear]

It wouldn't be easy - your toilets are all weird.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by lashbear

It wouldn't be easy - your toilets are all weird.

Do I want to know the difference between our toilets and yours? That's a scarry thought!!!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by RStar

Do I want to know the difference between our toilets and yours? That's a scarry thought!!!

I believe this string of conversation is referring to the false belief that water flows down drains (and toilets) in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. This is not true.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I believe this string of conversation is referring to the false belief that water flows down drains (and toilets) in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. This is not true.

That's not necessarily what they're talking about. The toilets in Europe are weird, in that the seat is generally higher off the ground than ours, they have less water in them, and the shape of the bowl is very different. I found myself trying to figure out how to flush the thing on many occasions, too.

[Alex]

No, I was referring to the supposed effect of the Coriolis Effect on a flushing tolet (or a draining sink).

And I meant it purely as a joke. I am completely aware (having been involved in debunking it many times) that the Coriolis Effect only has a role in the airless, frictionless, non-elastic world that only exists in the word problems at the end of chapters in physics textbooks.

Since it was essentially a joke that has also appeared in The Simpsons (which I don't watch but it appears everybody else in the world does) I assumed it could pass without explanation.

[lashbear]

It's a small world after all, but nevertheless, our water closets are sedate refined tall elegant "Crash flush" bowls, sith a modest amount of water in the bottom, where the flush mechanism releases cascades down the sides of the bowl to instantly remove any "articles".

Yours are vertically challenged Marie-Antoinette Champagne Glass Horrors, jet-driven, and designed to flood ones nether parts, should they be sufficient to dangle in the all-too-close waterline, as well as taking your "articles" and swirling them around for inordinate amounts of time providing a carousel of horror becore jet-streaming them off to the back of the unit like a LIM launch.

Bring on the Washlets !!

[~MS~]

Leave it you Lash..I drop by to wish you a belated Happy Aussie day only to find myself laughing so hard I have tears .....I can't wait to hug you ...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Lashbear, I'm looking at you.