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drain or toilet bowl in a clockwise motion in the Northern Hemisphere and in a counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. They believed this even though the Coriolis Effect applies only to big things, such as weather patterns or ocean currents.
The major problem for the Pi Day people, though, was that the Coriolis Effect people wanted to celebrate Coriolis Effect Day on March 14, at 1:59 p.m. The very same month, day, and time as the Pi Day people.
Now, Pi people are a meticulous bunch, very savvy, tenacious, and known for their preciseness in all matters. The Coriolis Effect people on the other hand are vague, slow thinking, easily diverted, and given to great generalizations.
The first thing the Pi people did was to buy some time. They sent the Coriolis people on a wild-goose chase. They asked: “if the left-hand side of the V formation of a flight of geese was longer than the right-hand side, was this evidence of the Coriolis Effect?” Well, I mean, Duh!
The Coriolis people spent six months working on this problem. They asked hunters, who just looked at them and then locked and loaded a round. They watched flights of geese and took notes. They went to a conference in Canada. They finally told the Pi people that the geese flew clockwise in Virginia. The Pi people then asked, “is that when the geese are viewed from above, or below?” Well, I mean, Duh! again.
The Pi people then asked a corker. If you die and go to Hell from Virginia, do you descend into Hell in a clockwise or a counterclockwise manner. Much buzzing and humming about this one. Many questions.
The Corilous people soon realized they were getting in over their head. They were as confused as a termite in a yo-yo. They decided to meet with the Pi Day people to work out a celebration date different from March 14, at 1:59 p.m. The Pi people suggested March 28, the birthday of the corkscrew. It would be fitting. Corkscrews turn clockwise. The Coriolis people became suspicious. You had to remove the corkscrew from the cork in a counterclockwise direction.
The Pi Day people then suggested March 10, National Blueberry Popover Day. The Coriolis Effect people went for it. Piece a cake.
Archimedes prefers to remain anonymous for obvious reasons.
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