So people always talk about the way the water circles differently depending on which hemisphere you happen to be in. A toilet will drain one way in North America, but down in Australia (where I happen to hail from), the water will in fact drain in the opposite direction.
This is false.
For you see, an Australian toilet is not the same as it's Northern counterpart. It is a far less forgiving machine.
Here in Canada I have been struck by just how gentle a toilet can be. A turd is gently carried around the bowl, softly and quietly circling before being whisked softly down the pipe, presumably away to a far off land where it can be live it out days with friends in blissful harmony. It is a carefree life, one that an Aussie dump will never get to experience.
The Australian poo barely has time to bob its head up and survey its surroundings when a torrent of water is unleashed at blinding speed, crushing it from above, forcing it terribly into the darkness like a gushing riot of assailants. All remnants of its existence are obliterated in moments. There is no circling water in an Australian toilet to be observed; if it were asked of someone to describe the direction of water flow, their only option would be to write "a violent torrential barrage of such fury that no observable direction could be discerned".
So no, the water doesn't flow the other way. You can't call someone in Australia and ask them to check which way the water flows in their toilet a la The Simpsons. It doesn't work.
Ask them to check the sink.
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