Ocker Quiz #2 Answer

Ok, the trip to Canarvon shall be told in the smugmug gallery that I'm cooking up now. Give it another day or so.

Current situation is that I've been in fair Noosa for the past 4 days, surfing every morning. I finally found a surfboard that I'm going to buy first thing in the morning. It fits my swank rack perfectly. Pics of that to come, too.

So, the answer to:

Here in Queensland, what direction does the water swirl in as it drains from the toilet?

is: Trick question. Toilets in Queensland don't really work the way they do back in the US. Instead of a swirly design, the water just sorta barfs en masse into the bowl and dissapears in a quick gulp-- no swirling. One cool feature of local toilets is the two flush buttons. One gives a little half flush (when it's working properly and it seems that many of the toilets don't), suitable for removing any yellowness in the bowl. The other button gives a full-on, poo removing flush.

And so, despite the trick, we have several points to give out for this round:

• Rich, you earn one whole point for getting the closest. It is inherent in the design. Good on ya.

• Karl, you copied Rich's argument and also happen to be from Queensland, so you get zero points, considering you could have used your authority to make up something much more imaginative.

• Velma was also almost close and she's also recently engaged, so you get 0.5 points. Mazel tov!
  

• Gnuheller had the funniest response, from a nerdy perspective. Normally that would be worth a hearty 0.5 points as well. Considering that I don't know who the hell this chap is though, makes me nervous. Therefore, I give Mr./Ms./Thing gnuheller 0.6 points. Please don't hurt me.

Stay tuned. The next quiz is ready and will be released shortly. Please keep playing! No one really has any serious points yet, and the point value for future questions will surely increase-- so join in the fun!

Standings after round 2:

gnuheller 1.1
Dad 1
Rich 1
Velma 0.5
Karl 0