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12/24/2006 5:24 PM

Why do the water spin in opposite direction in all American Toilets as compared to all toilets in Australia?
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Re: Engineer

12/25/2006 7:35 AM

Have you researched all toilets in these countries thoroughly??

The answer is that the water doesn't spin in opposite directions or in the same direction...

The water spins in the direction the design od toilet directs it to, and please do not mention the Coriollis effect, it is tiny compared to the design and shape of water jets and toilet bowl...

Next daft question!....it is Xmas after all I guess!!

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12/27/2006 10:11 PM

I just referred to a globe, and your toilets in Australia are mounted "upside down" from ours, so how do they even hold water, let alone flush?

Actually, it is a consequence of how our rolls of toilet paper are wound during manufacture.

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12/28/2006 8:37 AM

Bingo!
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01/04/2007 3:57 AM

I think it's because the beers better in Oz!

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