Loren: You were very cleaver to spot that little difference. However, you must remember this was before Britain joined the EU. That French fellow described the coriolis force as going clockwise down his drain, however south of the equator it is going counter clockwise or widdershins from the German point of view. Over here in N America we’re very democratic and thus we race in a “figure eight” with our VW's (Hey- Van content!) to give both opinions an equal try-out… On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:01 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Many years ago an English friend of mine and his mates decided to invent >> the >> ancient game of Dwile Flonking, a pub game. >> > > Did anyone else notice the difference between the European Rules and the > rules used here in N. America? I'll explain. In NA the rotation is counter > clockwise, not clockwise, as in the video. I was not aware of that > difference in the rules. But then again I believe that the same holds true > for horse racing so maybe that explains it. > > |
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