Silly topic, but..... Urban myth or truth in which way Aussie bathubs drain..

[1feral1]

Well, since I am rather crook with a wee tad of a wog (Aussie slang for flu), I have decided to pay attention to detail WRT which way the tub drains.

I've just had yet another hot bath here at 0630h on this clear sunny spring morning.

So, which way does the tub drain?

Counterclockwise confirmed.

We are talking tubs here, not toilets.

So I am asking fellow members in the northern hemisphere to report back to me which way their tubs drain.

According to the urban myth, your tubs should drain clockwise, opposit to the southern hemisphere.

You tell me  ;D

Thanks,

OWDU

 

[Zell_Dietrich]

You're talking about the "Coriolis force"  On really small bodies of water it doesn't work. 

 

[Blackadder1916]

We are talking tubs here, not toilets.

Need a clarification.  Is the urban myth about the direction of the swirl or that Aussies have (and use) indoor plumbing? 

 

[Greymatters]

Need a clarification.  Is the urban myth about the direction of the swirl or that Aussies have (and use) indoor plumbing?   

 

I think its been proven that they have indoor plumbing, but still needs verification as to whether they are willing to use it.  In past drinking bouts, Ive observed that most of them prefer to go outside and use the bushes, usually while waving at passers-by...

 

[1feral1]

I think its been proven that they have indoor plumbing, but still needs verification as to whether they are willing to use it.  In past drinking bouts, Ive observed that most of them prefer to go outside and use the bushes, usually while waving at passers-by...

:rofl:

The passers by, ha!, but not blokes passing by, especially on Oxford St, Sydney.

On a semi serious note, any check their drains for direction of flow??

Ack.

 

[Niteshade]

I've got good venting on my tub, so hard to tell. I am in Ontario, so northern hemisphere.

I tested the sink. Definitely a counter-clockwise twist. Toilet is counter-clockwise too.

Nites

 

[TCBF]

- Just a bunch of old farts like me on at this time of night.  I spent most of my summers as a kid at the lake using an outhouse, and just finished putting into operation a composting toilet on same lake.  I lack the civilized toi-toi time the young-uns have.

- You being from "The 'Skatchen" will no doubt unnerstan'.

;D

- 'Sides, real men pees anyplace.  It's how we mark our territory.

 

[SupersonicMax]

:rofl:

The passers by, ha!, but not blokes passing by, especially on Oxford St, Sydney.

On a semi serious note, any check their drains for direction of flow??

Ack.

I didn't check, but my engineering education makes me think that the slant on the tub will dictate the direction the water swirls. That force (gravity, in effect) is much greater than coriolis!

 

[1feral1]

Blokes - I am just asking for someone to watch what way the water goes, not some sci-fi freakshow explanation  :rofl:

 

[ExSarge]

Gentlemen,

Seriously, it’s time to get out of the toilet and go find a life. There are these other people out there. We call them WOMEN. They look better then you, smell better then you and wear frilly underwear (No not the New Zealanders! Well not all of them, I said smelled better, not like sheep!). Find one, explore new ideas, what the heck live on the wild side take her to a restaurant where the staff don’t wear paper hats, but for god sake forget about the swirl!

Anyway the direction of swirl is determined by cosmic forces that can only be explained by the truly enlightened! For those wishing to achieve total enlightenment I include the following directions;

• Wrap head in tin foil.
• Place right foot (minus sock) in basin of room temperature water.
• Place two slices of light rye toast in toaster (light rye, not white brown or multigrain! Pumpernickel may be used in a pinch!) and push lever down.
• Wait for heating elements to glow cherry red, thrust fork into toaster!

There will be one brief flash of total enlightenment. By the way if you ever reach total enlightenment while you're drinking a beer it makes beer shoot out your nose! Other things tend to shoot out of other bodily orifices and your eyeballs rattle around your head for a few minutes but other then that there are no side effects. Well maybe a minor problem of slurred speech, double vision and inability to speak coherently. If you keep drinking nobody notices!

 

[GAP]

Actually Discovery channel did the experiment last winter.

They found there is no, I repeat no, standard. The Coriolis effect does not effect it, but it is roughly 50/50. whatever side spills into the drain first is the direction the water will start turning.......ALL DRAINS ARE EQUAL!!!  STAND UP AND UNITE!!!!

 

[xo31@711ret]

We call them WOMEN............. , but for god sake forget about the swirl!

Forget about the swirl???...wasn't that a Seinfield episode - the swirl being a 'technique    ;D

 

[NL_engineer]

Well, since I am rather crook with a wee tad of a wog (Aussie slang for flu), I have decided to pay attention to detail WRT which way the tub drains.

I've just had yet another hot bath here at 0630h on this clear sunny spring morning.

So, which way does the tub drain?

Counterclockwise confirmed.

We are talking tubs here, not toilets.

So I am asking fellow members in the northern hemisphere to report back to me which way their tubs drain.

According to the urban myth, your tubs should drain clockwise, opposit to the southern hemisphere.

You tell me  ;D

Thanks,

OWDU

Wes, you should email the Mithbusters ;D

Gentlemen,

Seriously, it’s time to get out of the toilet and go find a life. There are these other people out there. We call them WOMEN. They look better then you, smell better then you and wear frilly underwear (No not the New Zealanders! Well not all of them, I said smelled better, not like sheep!). Find one, explore new ideas, what the heck live on the wild side take her to a restaurant where the staff don’t wear paper hats, but for god sake forget about the swirl!

They also have many down sides: like expensive up keep, nagging tone, don't let you go out with the boys..........  Well I'll leave out the upsides to keep this post rated "G"