South is Up

10 responses to “South is Up”

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   angry shock

   Oct 2, 2004 at 8:36 pm

   oh… It feels a whole lot better now =)

   (Now I know why my head was aching)

   Tu es an excellent sorcier!

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   morrissey

   Oct 9, 2004 at 9:36 pm

   Mafalda (a cartoon character from Quino) already did it the same joke

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3. 

   jurvetson

   Oct 10, 2004 at 12:50 am

   What is the punch line?

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4. 

   angry shock

   Oct 10, 2004 at 3:29 am

   Mafalda is my heroine since I am 7 years old…

   So nice that morrisey brings her here. He is veeeery right. In Mafalda´s first year of publishing, 1964/65, there was a secuence about her turning upside down her own globe.

   Great memories!!!

   Mafalda talking as usual to the world, this time telling it about the importance of respecting the 10 Universal Rights of Children in a global campaign for UNICEF

   Here the list of characters

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5. 

   Scootie

   Dec 24, 2004 at 12:03 pm

   We have a solution in the antipodes.

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   jurvetson

   Dec 24, 2004 at 4:57 pm

   thanks for the link! Those are some great maps.

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7. 

   valuable silk

   Apr 5, 2005 at 6:19 am

   Both poles are up. But the world spins one way, between the poles, so it’s obviously rolling which is why the globe’s equator should be on the ground. Then its north and south are left and right, facing the real north and south. Then all is well.

   Edit: Oh shoot, I forgot about how to put the words on. Write for room, I say.

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8. 

   cloistered icicle

   Jul 18, 2005 at 1:27 am

   Do globes south of the Equator show the South Pole as ‘up’? Do they learn the countries’ shapes 180 degrees from those north of the Equator.

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   Aug 6, 2008 at 9:01 am

   I work with an Aussie. He definitely sees the world "upside-down". Then again, he thinks Vegemite is high cuisine.

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    angry shock

    Oct 13, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    What a wonderful memory! *happy alieness* |-D

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