[Just another Joe]

You just know this is related to our passing through the galactic plane in the year 2012, don't you?

Think about it, you go across the equator and water swirls down the drain the other way.

Think crossing the galactic equator is any different?

</only slightly tongue in cheek>

[norwaypinesavage]

"you go across the equator and water swirls down the drain the other way."

This is an incorrect observation. The water swirls the same way, you are just looking at it from the other side.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Think about it, you go across the equator and water swirls down the drain the other way.

So if you flush the quarterback in the Northern hemisphere, he'll go down clockwise, correct?

[crazydad]

2012 the end of the Mayan Calender means WE’RE ALL DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

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

[snip] The twisting effect of the Coriolis force is real and does influence certain large things like the movement of air masses, but the effect is so small that it plays no role in determining the direction in which water rotates as it exits from a draining sink or toilet. [end]

[AU72]

Think crossing the galactic equator is any different?

Don't we have to have some ceremony where we have wear costumes and act like morons?