Re: so much wrong here...
Australian plugs also have the earth pin at the bottom, and there's method in this. Since the earth pin is longer than the others, if the plug starts to fall out (not unlikely since, unlike UK plugs, the prongs are thin ad do not lock in place), the earth pin stays connected until the other pins have become disconnected, thus avoiding whatever would happen if it weren't (do I LOOK like an electrical expert to you?)
Australia also has a curious habit of switching lights on the live core, with an additional live spur at the switch to avoid switching off all the lights in one go. By the time you get to the point furthest away from the consumer unit, you usually have a loom of live cables the size of your thigh coming into one switch.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
