Topic: Daft questions Thread

[Keefaz]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes.

[shido]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yep..they did an experiment either side of the equator in Long Way Down. Was craaaazy.

[LBW]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes, isn't that polar magnetism?

[Wullie]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

No.

[Dave]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes. On Long Way Down they proved it as they crossed the line.

Nice, shido.

[GM]

Which international time zone applies at the North and South poles? And why?

[Keefaz]

Which international time zone applies at the North and South poles? And why?

Hammer time?

[Dave]

If I take a cup of tea and stir it to create a vortex, then repeatedly tap the side of the glass why does the pitch get higher as the the liquid stops moving?

I don't know if this is a daft question or a difficult question, but I don't know the answer.

Vortex = air/space. Think of a milk bottle half full.

As the air moves out of the vortex the note gets progressively higher. Think filling the milk bottle up.

There's less space for the sound to resonate.

Hmmm. I'm dubious. I'm not sure you really need a vortex, you just need to get the tea moving. I don't have a cup of tea with me, someone will have to experiment.

It's the only logical explanation for a note change. A sound only changes by a variance in tension (a tightening of a string) or pressure (the 'space' in the tea), surely?

[James]

Which international time zone applies at the North and South poles? And why?

I think inhabitants in those regions go by dawn and dusk, or at least as close as you can get to dawn and dusk during the Winter.

[LBW]

Which international time zone applies at the North and South poles? And why?

Who gives a f***?  the polar bears and arctic monkeys?   

[Toon's Taylor]

Where would the world be without rhetorical questions?

[GM]

Which international time zone applies at the North and South poles? And why?

Who gives a f***?  the polar bears and arctic monkeys?   

There's people live in them there igloos.

[Wullie]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes. On Long Way Down they proved it as they crossed the line.

Nice, shido.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets

It's a myth, largely brought about by the Simpsons.

[Dave]

Where would the world be without rhetorical questions?

I think you know the answer.

[LBW]

Where would the world be without rhetorical questions?

I think you know the answer.

How's this for a rhetorical question -

"What is a rhetorical question?"   

[Keefaz]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes. On Long Way Down they proved it as they crossed the line.

Nice, shido.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets

It's a myth, largely brought about by the Simpsons.

I read this in a pissing book when I was a kid. f*** books.

[shido]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes. On Long Way Down they proved it as they crossed the line.

Nice, shido.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets

It's a myth, largely brought about by the Simpsons.

But..but...we saw it on the TELLY!

[Keefaz]

Where would the world be without rhetorical questions?

I think you know the answer.

How's this for a rhetorical question -

"What is a rhetorical question?"  

That isn't a rhetorical question.

[Dave]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes. On Long Way Down they proved it as they crossed the line.

Nice, shido.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets

It's a myth, largely brought about by the Simpsons.

The toilet thing might be, but I've seen with my own eyes things spinning the opposite ways on that programme. Must have been some other phenomenon.

[shido]

I know from Call of Duty 4 that coriolis affects long distance sniping

Wooo.

[Dave]

Does a flushed toilet really spin the other way South of the Equator?

Yes. On Long Way Down they proved it as they crossed the line.

Nice, shido.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets

It's a myth, largely brought about by the Simpsons.

I read this in a pissing book when I was a kid. f*** books.

No wonder if you read it in a porno mag tbh.

[LBW]

Where would the world be without rhetorical questions?

I think you know the answer.

How's this for a rhetorical question -

"What is a rhetorical question?"   

That isn't a rhetorical question.

 

[Dave]

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/long-way-down-clip/1590101452

What is it then?

*is confused*

[James]

Are people on average more intelligent if they were born between September and December because they spend six months longer at school than those born between May and August?

[jimburst]

As babies we know to hold our breath underwater, and are comfortable there, commonly believed to be because we have the instinct of swimming from childbirth. So why do we lose that instinct, ie people afraid of water/to swim?

Cuz once you're out the womb and you don't get oxygen via your mums blood, you need to start breathing rather than getting the oxgen from elsewhere. I assume we lose the instinct so children don't just lie calmly and drown if they fall in a pool/river, and thus struggle for air?