why is north "up" ?

The Mad Rapper · 21 Oct 2010 at 12:15

MagicalTrevor said:
During the ice age as all the water was stored as snow/ice around the poles this meant the water level was a lot lower than it is today, so there was a land bridge between continental Europe and the UK. After the Ice Age there was a large amount of sediment that was deposited between the English channel which allowed this possibility as well, however as this was mainly clay and other fine sediments this eroded quickly. You see some of this ice age sediment along the east coast which is why East Anglia has a problem with coastal erosion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Britain

Read the section on the lower palaeolithic.

Almost right. There was a glacier covering what is now the North Sea, which allowed one to walk from the Continent to England quite easily. As the Northern Glaciers retreated, the ice behind the dam melted and the dam failed, creating the English Channel. Apparently, the failure was so sudden and massive that it created deep gouge marks in the sea bed in the Channel, which can still be seen today.

scotty365 · 21 Oct 2010 at 12:19

Bubo said:
Why do cockneys say "Are you going up west?". Surely it should be "Are you going sideways to the left a bit west?"

Meaning up river (thames flows west to east)? Do they say 'going down east' too?

wordy · 21 Oct 2010 at 13:23

I've just had a StarBar.

Snograt · 21 Oct 2010 at 13:30

Try working on the railways. No matter whether you're North, South, East or West, London is always "up."

Luke · 21 Oct 2010 at 13:42

Odd, he already has MM access.

The Dread Pirate · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:35

I suppose the real answer is because North is better than South!

Priapus · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:40

emailiscrap said:
Odd, he already has MM access.

Wrong thread? :confused:

misterPK · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:47

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Why are we here?

Because OcUK is much more fun than actually working.

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Why do women go to the loo in groups?

The same reason women do a lot of things, so they can gossip.

Capn' $qu!ff said:
How am I able to function without a brain?

The random movement of paritcles on a quantum level mean that although it is highly improbable, this is actually possible.

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Does the pope **** in the woods?

This is a guess, but I'm going to say yes he probably has, depending on how you define the pope. IE has the current pope at anypoint in his lifetime.

Capn' $qu!ff said:
All questions like the OP's that just can't be answered.

I think you'll just find I proved you wrong. Any question can be answered, even if that answer is "shut up or I'll remove your kidneys with my fists."

PK!

Rameses · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:48

This is all derp science to me.

Aslong as the crazy scots are above me, and the fairy-sotherners are below me I'm good.

The Dread Pirate · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:50

misterPK said:
Because OcUK is much more fun than actually working.

The same reason women do a lot of things, so they can gossip.

The random movement of paritcles on a quantum level mean that although it is highly improbable, this is actually possible.

This is a guess, but I'm going to say yes he probably has, depending on how you define the pope. IE has the current pope at anypoint in his lifetime.

I think you'll just find I proved you wrong. Any question can be answered, even if that answer is "shut up or I'll remove your kidneys with my fists."

PK!

Where is your proof I want a full report with references & appendicies!

misterPK · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:54

Capn' $qu!ff said:
Where is your proof I want a full report with references & appendicies!

misterPK said:
Any question can be answered, even if that answer is "shut up or I'll remove your kidneys with my fists."

PK!

spoogle · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:54

Is this thread for real?

Stretch · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:56

SlyReaper said:
If it were the other way round, would you have created a thread titled "why is south up?"

Lol.

Deadbeat · 21 Oct 2010 at 15:01

OP doesn't appear to have responded since everybody started laughing at his stupidity. Shame.

shifty_uk · 21 Oct 2010 at 15:02

I feel dizzy when I think of the map being upside down!

The Dread Pirate · 21 Oct 2010 at 15:04

misterPK said:
PK!

Ow does anybody have a spare Kidney or dialysis machine they're not using?

Bumhucker · 21 Oct 2010 at 15:27

I think it was an interesting idea, just not worded particularly well.

This would have been better: How did civilisations orient their maps before the universal idea of 'North' was decided and how and when was North decided.

To which norm and alex_tank gave some interesting replies.

neil_g · 21 Oct 2010 at 16:35

the OP is wrong.

north is definately "oop"

Hank_Marvin · 21 Oct 2010 at 16:38

I just thought about planes flying over the poles to make flights shorter, quite interesting.

iamTakeo · 21 Oct 2010 at 16:52

Mind Blown

What would the map look like if you map East or West as North? I can turn my head yes, but it looks way cooler as an actual map. Sun rise and sun set go from top to bottom.