"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Sunday, March 28, 2021
You can still get the truth about Joe Biden in the media
Cory Bernardi, for the uninitiated, is a former Senator. He quit the Liberal Party and formed the Australian Conservatives, which unfortunately gathered members but not votes.
Bernardi dared question global warming/climate change, islam, and Malcolm Turnbull. His exit from politics was Australia's loss.
Veeshir, no, the toilets don't flush up, but they do flush in the incorrect counterclockwise direction. Our scientists have achieved some success in correcting this crime against correctness by installing rocket propelled waterjets in our loos.
The first time I ever heard about water swirling in different directions based on whether you're in the northern or southern hemisphere was on an episode of The X Files. I never bothered to check and see if it's really true.
Could be true, though. I mean, in Australia they have drop bears, and here we have jump bears.
Seriously - Apparently American (and Euro?) toilets have a lot of water where you can see the flush going in a circle. The newer Australian toilets, you barely see any water at all, maybe a pint total, way down in the hole. May have to flush twice or more, which makes no sense to me.
So I've kept my 50 year old setup, old style bigger flush but still not as much water as American it seems. Our water just goes straight down and through. Yours seem more horizontal, ours more vertical.
It was clever to make a joke about some imagined micro-Coriolis effect, because the real thing which freaks visitors out here is 'Where's the water?', and that doesn't make a good punch line.
That was one of the more annoying things about the Obama years, you had to get real news from foreign sources.
ReplyDeleteWith Biden, it's become worse.
Cory Bernardi, for the uninitiated, is a former Senator. He quit the Liberal Party and formed the Australian Conservatives, which unfortunately gathered members but not votes.
ReplyDeleteBernardi dared question global warming/climate change, islam, and Malcolm Turnbull. His exit from politics was Australia's loss.
Rita Panihi is terrific as well.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's because everything is inverted Down Under. Their media tries to lie, but it comes out as true.
ReplyDeleteYou can prove this by asking an Aussie if he likes Vegemite. He'll say "yes," which is blatantly untrue.
Also it's tomorrowland here, always the day after. So we are visitors from the future, and maybe an alternate universe.
ReplyDeleteIs it true that toilets flush up there?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean? We all assumed that when we flushed ours in the Up Above, it went to you guys...
ReplyDeleteVeeshir, no, the toilets don't flush up, but they do flush in the incorrect counterclockwise direction.
ReplyDeleteOur scientists have achieved some success in correcting this crime against correctness by installing rocket propelled waterjets in our loos.
^Seriously? They really do flush counter-clockwise?
ReplyDeleteI always thought that was made up.
The first time I ever heard about water swirling in different directions based on whether you're in the northern or southern hemisphere was on an episode of The X Files. I never bothered to check and see if it's really true.
ReplyDeleteCould be true, though. I mean, in Australia they have drop bears, and here we have jump bears.
And hot tub bears!
ReplyDeleteSeriously -
ReplyDeleteApparently American (and Euro?) toilets have a lot of water where you can see the flush going in a circle. The newer Australian toilets, you barely see any water at all, maybe a pint total, way down in the hole. May have to flush twice or more, which makes no sense to me.
So I've kept my 50 year old setup, old style bigger flush but still not as much water as American it seems. Our water just goes straight down and through. Yours seem more horizontal, ours more vertical.
It was clever to make a joke about some imagined micro-Coriolis effect, because the real thing which freaks visitors out here is 'Where's the water?', and that doesn't make a good punch line.