Dogs Align Themselves With Local Magnetic Field When They Go.

[swamidog]

yes

"the myth of the killer ape is true"

Is that a polite way of saying 'ass with both hands'?

Re dogs, I'm fairly sure I've seen two or more dogs shitting at arbitrary angles at the same time. It's been a long time since I was in company of people and many dogs, but I think if we'd seen dogs align north/south to shit, then many times dogs would have been aligned to each other routinely when they shat at same time. That kind of thing tends to get noticed and remembered, and I don't remember it ever happening.

Re dogs and sunspots, not for a while! The sun hasn't been this quiet since the 'little ice age', the Maunder Minimum about 300 years ago.

[The_Doctor]

yes

"the myth of the killer ape is true"

Ok. Now we come to the perplexating Venn diagram that shows where 'killer ape' and 'unable to find ass with both hands' overlaps. As knotty a bit of calculus as I ever saw.

Edit: I lived in a house once that was strictly aligned north-south etc My bed was, too, it was easier that way. I don't think it ever felt special, other than because it was old.

[swamidog]

it is my secret shame.... one of many

Ok. Now we come to the perplexating Venn diagram that shows where 'killer ape' and 'unable to find ass with both hands' overlaps. As knotty a bit of calculus as I ever saw.

Edit: I lived in a house once that was strictly aligned north-south etc My bed was, too, it was easier that way. I don't think it ever felt special, other than because it was old.

[The_Doctor]

it is my secret shame.... one of many

I'd watch that. Looks cool. Also has an unsettlingly very young Mel Gibson lookalike which adds to weirdness. Or is the movie that old, and I missed it?

[swamidog]

1995... i saw it in the theatre. it's not good, but it is fun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112715/

I'd watch that. Looks cool. Also has an unsettlingly very young Mel Gibson lookalike which adds to weirdness. Or is the movie that old, and I missed it?

[The_Doctor]

Not good, but is fun, is even better. Just not a keeper, perhaps.
One that works for me enough to keep is The Keep. Partly for the (sorely underused and hacked up) Tangerine Dream soundtrack music and the general weirdness.

Edit: IMDB score 4.9! Yep, that looks like fun.

[Laserman532]

when I turn around three times i get dizzy and shit on the floor...

[dsli_jon]

it is my secret shame....

..It's ok, swami, we fully-understand.. http://www.laserium.com/video/Congo.html

Disclaimer: No Gorilli were blinded / actually set on fire during the making of this film; However, I have no idea whether or not the lasers may have disrupted their 'magnetically-poled poo-positions'... though I suspect being after being hit with 20W argon beams, they had little trouble 'evacuating'..

[TechJunkie]

No this was not a fad. This was something that people did subconsciously (not on purpose) .

Not true. I'm not going to spend the time quoting Feng shui, and other cultural beliefs on why people do it "deliberately." You can look up your own answers. The fact is the human body makes a terrible compass, unlike dogs, and other animals. People naturally set their beds up to the position of the door of the room at their feet. This is for security. They also set their beds up to the largest wall in the room. This is security too, because it gives more room to move in case of conflict. Subconsciously all people are afraid because at sleep we are at our most vulnerable state. Even if the pull from the North were true, the fear factor would completely override it. People who deliberately set their heads to North think it will give them some sleep, and life benefits. Look it up, its all out there.

Funny note, I always sleep with my head at the bottom of the bed.

[norty303]

They also set their beds up to the largest wall in the room. This is security too, because it gives more room to move in case of conflict.

I suspect it's more to do with the fact people just like to have some room to move at the side of their beds. In the UK, where houses are on average half the size of their American counterparts (based on relative cost/social demographic), thats even more pertinent.

My missus sleeps nearest the door, so in the event of an intruder, her gurgling/screaming death throes will alert me, and I can make good my escape via the window (after coshing her on the head for good luck with my handily placed truncheon, of course!)