# So why do toilets swirl the way the direction they do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-toilets-swirl-the-way-the-direction-they-do/252517>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 28, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-toilets-swirl-the-way-the-direction-they-do/252517 "2004-06-28T06:21:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-toilets-swirl-the-way-the-direction-they-do/252517/21 "2004-08-07T03:25:24Z")

</div>

> [@Ponder Stibbons](#):
>
> I believe he is referring to being right or left of the East or West pole. 🙂

Ahh . . . maybe I should change my location: ‘Circling the East Pole’, perhaps, or ‘left of the equator’.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-toilets-swirl-the-way-the-direction-they-do/252517.md?page=1)