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Subject: Re: Definition of term
From: Steven Tripp (tripp@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 03:31:26 EST
On 1/25/03 5:28 PM, "Peter Fogg" <ffive@XXX.XXX> wrote:
> There is a TV show called 'Survivor' or something similar. They did a series
> using Americans (supposedly) surviving in the bush in Cape York (S15d E143d).
> They got comprehensivly lost at one stage because they supposed that 'down
> here' the compass needle must point in the opposite direction, just as the
> seasons and day and night are reversed, compared to where they come from ...
>
I heard that the Sydney Olympic Committee solicited questions about
Australia before the Olympics and got this one: In Australia which
direction is north?
Steve
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