Questions for people south of the equator

[The Rogue Wolf]

Maybe you guys just don't like to run too much.

Nah, it's just that we don't like sports that can end in a 0-0 tie. Really, what's the point?

 

[Merkavar]

i live south of the equator and it never snows where i live. but yes it is winter here right now. and its like 20 degrees.

in summer its like 30-40 degrees

In the southern hemisphere, is it true that you treat soccer like a real sport?

I thought England was in the northern hemisphere?

and spain netherlands germany and the united states. soccer is the world game. try to think of a country that doesnt play soccer.

 

[Rodrigo Girao]

Nah, it's just that we don't like sports that can end in a 0-0 tie. Really, what's the point?

Seriously, what's the point of any competitive sport?

 

[Marik2]

Same season names.
Unless you're ON the equator. Then you have a rainy or dry season, and even then, the weather tends to do what ever the hell it wants to do.

LOL I was just looking into this thread just to see if you would post in it

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Nah, it's just that we don't like sports that can end in a 0-0 tie. Really, what's the point?

Seriously, what's the point of any competitive sport?

To win, usually. Or at least that's my take on it.

A 0-0 tie in soccer- err, I'm sorry, football- is just a bunch of guys running around on a field in colorful clothing. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[DarthFennec]

Also, if I may ask a question of my own: Does the toilet really flush backwards down there? I have always heard that.

I personally have no experience with that kind of thing, but I do know a thing or two about the effect you're describing. From what I understand, that kind of thing only happens with big stuff like weather patterns, like hurricanes or whatever, not with small things like drains or toilets. Toilets flush both ways in both hemispheres, it really just depends on how they're made.

 

[imagremlin]

In the southern hemisphere, is it true that you treat soccer like a real sport?

Do they also ride kangaroos to work?

Of course not!
That is a stupid assumption and I hate when people think of us like that...

We ride emus to work....

Anybody worth their salt knows that kangaroos went out of style in the seventies.

 

[jumb]

In Australia, Christmas is in Summer. I shit you not. Toilets ARE backwards, as are roads. We also have four seasons: summer, winter, autumn and spring. Pretty shitty weather.

I LOVE having a warm Christmas. There's nothing better than sitting in a pool drinking a beer on Christmas afternoon. Even better on Boxing day when the cricket's on.

You people from the northern hemisphere can keep your eggnog in front of the fireplace.

 

[Rodrigo Girao]

Indeed. Remember the zen proverb: "The journey is the reward."

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Same season names.
Unless you're ON the equator. Then you have a rainy or dry season, and even then, the weather tends to do what ever the hell it wants to do.

LOL I was just looking into this thread just to see if you would post in it

It was relevant to me.

 

[octafish]

In the southern hemisphere, is it true that you treat soccer like a real sport?

I thought England was in the northern hemisphere?

and spain netherlands germany and the united states. soccer is the world game. try to think of a country that doesnt play soccer.

We don't really play soccer down in NZ. We just pretend.

Come now, New Zealand were unbeaten in the 2010 World Cup. A fantastic effort.

The USA don't even know they have the best Football team in the world. Their Women's team is Number one in the world rankings. Women's football is a lot more fun to watch than mens as they never dive. The only thing I hate about Football is the damn diving.

 

[KaWaiiTSuKI]

Same seasons, just a different time for you northern peoplez
I have a few friends in America (I'm in Australia now) and they're all bitching about how hot it is when here... it's rather nice but then again, I love the cold. Might have to move to Norway once it gets to the typical blistering heat this place is known for in the summer

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

In the southern hemisphere, is it true that you treat soccer like a real sport?

I seriously don't get this. What is it with Americans insisting on playing and watching sports where most of the time is spent getting onto positions or standing around? Baseball and handegg should be the first victims of globalisation. Maybe you guys just don't like to run too much.

haha oh god please don't take those stupid troll flame posts seriously, where i'm from, and especially in quite a few states i've played against, soccer(football) is huge, it's just our media would have you think otherwise, which is from what i've noticed alot of foreigners get their "info" on what is going on in america.

soccer/football= just as important if not more important than football/baseball in some areas of the US, hell this past year alone i converted a good 20 or so of my friends to preferring to play soccer over football/basketball when we are just playing sports in the park or whatever


in the next decade, you'll see a huge rise in the media for soccer over here, just wait. Most "old folks" who run the media/are the media, are bias against soccer, especially a bunch of the talk show hosts, that is also another reason why it's "talked down" over here.

 

[Dags90]

No, we eat them. But only in Australia. Much of the southern hemisphere is not Australia.

I hear the scrotums are used as change purses, confirm/deny?

Also, I hear 60F is "winter weather". Confirm temperature mildness?

 

[manaman]

I am ice-eating, polar bear-fighting Norse guy from just south of the Artic Circle and I have a rather dumb question for people from the southen half of our planet. Up here winter strech från December to March (in reality från October to May). We have snow, ice and all that stuff. This is winter for us. Summer time we have 25-30 degrees celsius.

From what understand on the other half of the planet it is reversed, that it is snow during May-Aug and warm during dec-jan.

My question is: what do you call these seasons. Are the names "winter" and "summer" applied by dates in the calander or the actual weather outside (warm/cold).

We have the exact same seasons as the northern hemisphere.
However we have them the other way around.

We get summer and Christmas at the same time XD

Also, if I may ask a question of my own: Does the toilet really flush backwards down there? I have always heard that. Also, sorry for my lack of cultural diversity, but what the hell does fran mean?

No they don't....

Your toilets flush backwards!

Nobodies toilets flush backwards. The coriolis effect is so minor it's only noticeable in large systems, like storms. Water in your toilet or drain isn't a large system, definitely not large enough to overcome the force of the water spiraling down the drain. It's residual movement, or the movement of the water flowing in that determines the spin.

Try it your self. Plug your sink and fill it with the faucet on one side of the sink so the water spins clockwise. Allow it to drain and not the direction of the spin. Move the faucet over fill so it flows counter clockwise, not the spin when you pull the plug. There you go.

 

[infohippie]

I hear the scrotums are used as change purses, confirm/deny?

Also, I hear 60F is "winter weather". Confirm temperature mildness?

In a proper temperature scale, winters get as low as 3C in the middle of the night, in rare cases sometimes down to 0C. Daytime winter temperature (in West Oz, anyway) are up to 20C or sometimes even 25C. So yeah, mild by northern hemisphere norms.

Summer is the real extreme weather here. Weeks at a time of 35C minimums and 45C maximums. Sometimes in summer if we're lucky it might cool down to only 25C in the middle of the night. Of course, that's in the cooler southern part of the country. Up north, it gets hotter and stays that way for longer.

If you absolutely need those temperatures in that bizarro Fahrenheit system, Google can convert easily. For a quick comparison, that 60F you mentioned is around 15C.
And yes, kangaroo scrotums made into change purses can be bought here.