> > I saw this on digg.
> >
> > I've decided not to dig a really deep hole, since mine would come out somewhere in the middle of the ocean off the southwestern coast of Australia.
> >
> > Where does your RDH come out?
> >
> > Gri"promoting frivolous internet usage since 1995"shny
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> I'm curious. (I'm also old, at a loose end, and living in Christchurch, New Zealand.)
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> All my life I've heard variations on the concept "Keep digging that huge hole and you'll end up in China!" The movie "The China Syndrome" reinforced this idea in the late 70s (the same year as the Three Mile Island incident, I think.)
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> My point (at last!) is: "China at the other end of a hole through the Earth" is as inaccurate for me in New Zealand as it is for the majority of RinkWorks Regulars, but I (and many cartoonists) still accept the concept (China *is* at the other end of a hole through the Earth) without question.
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> Anyone else? Have you heard someone say, "blah blah ...end up in China," and understood the concept without considering the geography?
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> Misty"I must order more parentheses, I seem to be running out"Cat

Yes, the "China at the other end of the hole" thing has been very popular in Finland too, although not so much recently. If you consider the geography, it's impossible, as Finland and China are on the same hemisphere. But I guess people just didn't know that.