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[โ€“] 3 points 3 months ago (7 children)

If you're looking for a doco on porridge competitions The Golden Spurtle on Netflix is your show. 5/5 for entertainment.

*A golden spurtle is a spurtle that is golden that has its own suitcase. Not my words

**Porridge must be stirred clockwise or the devil might come out. Also not my words

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The clockwise bit is for the northern hemisphere. Like bathwater, it goes the other way south of the equator.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Are you havin' a lend of me lassie?

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Nope. Saw it for myself on a trip to Zimbabwe. The tour guide bloke had a bucket of water with a hole in it - suspended a toothpick that rotated clockwise when north of the equator as the water ran out. We then walked 50 metres to south of the equator and repeated the bucket/toothpick bit. Spun anti-clockwise. Physics is wonderful but sensitive to location on the globe's surface. I am not responsible for the devil's presence/absence - physics is fundamental. I also stir sauces anti-clockwise against the advice in my great-grandmother's handwritten cookbook from approx 1880. The sauces taste just fine. Bite me.

    EDIT: I think it's called the Coriolis Effect. Presumably works on devils too.

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