Flyinfool Posted May 26, 2010 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2010 I was in the cafeteria at work today. I normally go there late so it is quiet and calm with not many people around. On the other side of the room I could overhear a conversation between one of the cafeteria managers and a customer. I was not paying close enough attention till I was snapped to attention by the comment "by the end of this year the oil in the gulf will have flowed up the Mississippi and be contaminating the shores in Wisconsin". Too which I could only think WTF!!! They then morphed the conversation to the FACT that rivers can only flow south. It is "impossible" for water to naturally flow North. On my way out the door after I finished my lunch I mentioned to the manager that water will always flow down hill regardless of which direction that is. Water does not know how to read a compass. At that same time as I mentioned this there was another customer that walked in and got all over me, because it is a FACT that water can only flow from north to south. At which point I had to RUN FOR MY LIFE. I did not post this in Jokes and Humor cuz it really did just happen!! I thought that I had a pretty good handle on this gravity thing and how it relates to water. Or am I all wet and therefore doomed to be headed south. I'm scared now. Hiding in my office with all of the lights off. OK flame suit on,,,,,,,,,or should I be wearing a wet suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Owl Posted May 26, 2010 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2010 Thanks for the enlightnment... Now I know it is a figment of my imagination that the Red River of the North flows north out of NDak into Manitoba.... Or maybe Manitoba is really South of NDak and I'm totally messed up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted May 26, 2010 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2010 I live by the Tennessee River....which flows North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painterman67 Posted May 26, 2010 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2010 you only kbeed a wet suit if your setting north of your co-workers David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted May 26, 2010 Share #5 Posted May 26, 2010 if water flowed from North to South .... man would we have POWER over the USA (well, one can wish, can't they? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hig4s Posted May 26, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 26, 2010 Saint John's river in Florida runs North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave77459 Posted May 26, 2010 Share #7 Posted May 26, 2010 The longest river in the world, the Nile, flows from south to north. Wikipedia says this, so it must be true. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utadventure Posted May 26, 2010 Share #8 Posted May 26, 2010 Utah Lake in Utah County flows north via the Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake in SL County. Unless I'm reading my compass wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyR Posted May 26, 2010 Share #9 Posted May 26, 2010 Glad to hear not all of the mo*ons live in Georgia.... But they do seem to be breeding and spreading quickly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted May 26, 2010 Share #10 Posted May 26, 2010 Hmmm, I've never really thought about this phenomenon. For weather, there is the Jet Stream. For bodies of water, I think I have to educate myself further as well. Google time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecdoo Posted May 26, 2010 Share #11 Posted May 26, 2010 Ok you WV riders, doesnt the New River flow to the North? craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennTuc Posted May 26, 2010 Share #12 Posted May 26, 2010 They'd really go nuts figuring out the rivers here in Paducah. The Tennessee, Cumberland, and Clarks river flow north into the Ohio river, which flows from east to west and then not far from here, the Ohio flows into the Mississippi river, which then flows North to South.(Whew!!!!) Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bummer Posted May 26, 2010 Share #13 Posted May 26, 2010 Gravity. It's not just a good idea. It's the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painterman67 Posted May 26, 2010 Share #14 Posted May 26, 2010 maybay this will help. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_all_rivers_run_north_to_south David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted May 26, 2010 Share #15 Posted May 26, 2010 Last I checked, rivers flow downhill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddStar Posted May 26, 2010 Share #16 Posted May 26, 2010 Of course there's always the Orinoco river in South America...Flows both ways:think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillrider Posted May 26, 2010 Share #17 Posted May 26, 2010 If water flowed North to South, what would happen in 25% of the commodes in the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiCarl Posted May 26, 2010 Share #18 Posted May 26, 2010 You'd be amazed how many people think North is "up" and South is "down" therefore water flows from North to South. Up North, down South you know. Just look at your globe and you can see it's true! Annie, time to send this month's shipment of water back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted May 26, 2010 Share #19 Posted May 26, 2010 If water flowed North to South, what would happen in 25% of the commodes in the world? now that's a sh*tty thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maindog Posted May 26, 2010 Share #20 Posted May 26, 2010 It must be a gravity thing ..I'm now ready to stop the earth and wait for all the people to fall off ! except me of course , I will hang on really tight. hey i just realized something , maybe that will work on that oil leak in the gulf, just stop the world when its upside down and all we will have to do is catch the oil as it heads for the sky. but we are going to need a really big bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted May 26, 2010 Share #21 Posted May 26, 2010 Ok you WV riders, doesnt the New River flow to the North? craig Starts in North Carolina and ends up here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1MECH Posted May 26, 2010 Share #22 Posted May 26, 2010 I think most of the water drained out of their parent's gene pool leaving it very shallow with not much to draw from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted May 27, 2010 Share #23 Posted May 27, 2010 I think most of the water drained out of their parent's gene pool leaving it very shallow with not much to draw from. May have been a little low to begin with!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Annie Posted May 27, 2010 Share #24 Posted May 27, 2010 You'd be amazed how many people think North is "up" and South is "down" therefore water flows from North to South. Up North, down South you know. Just look at your globe and you can see it's true! Annie, time to send this month's shipment of water back. :rotf::rotf: This is so funny right now 'cos we just had the "biggest" downpour!! So I think one of your states is bone dry now Water will come upside down to ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Annie Posted May 27, 2010 Share #25 Posted May 27, 2010 now that's a sh*tty thought! exercising laughter muscles...thanks :crackup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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