# Which way is she moving? Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101 "2008-09-18T04:53:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/21 "2008-09-18T17:19:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Hmmm. I see her spinning clockwise. Her grounded foot is sorta like the hour hand, and the raised foot would be the minute hand. I don’t seem to be equipped to see her reverse direction. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/22 "2008-09-18T17:22:33Z")
At first she was going counter-clockwise, but it wasn’t too hard to make her go the other way. I just kept telling myself to see it the other way, and POOF, she started turning clockwise. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/23 "2008-09-18T18:38:41Z")
I was reading the text and she went counter-clockwise for half a second. Damn, this is frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/24 "2008-09-18T18:44:21Z")
I did it! I can make her switch! If I look at the toe she’s pointing when she’s got it extended as close as it will go to the right or left edge of the frame I can switch her back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/25 "2008-09-18T18:48:18Z")
Initially clockwise, then counterclockwise, then clockwise again. If I close my eyes or look at something else, I can sometimes get her to switch directions when I look again, but not always. I can’t figure out any rule. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/26 "2008-09-18T18:54:51Z")
Try to imagine it like Hampshire said - instead of rotating, she’s waving her foot back and forth in front of you like a pendulum. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/27 "2008-09-18T19:31:29Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Try to imagine it like Hampshire said - instead of rotating, she’s waving her foot back and forth in front of you like a pendulum. Fascinating - I can only see her going clockwise and I can’t imagine her waving her foot back and forth in front of her because to me she clearly shows her back (makes a full revolution). I’ve tried to follow everyone’s tricks - but she only goes in one direction for me (boyfriend immediately mentioned the nipple when I sent the link). ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/28 "2008-09-18T19:36:23Z")
I saw her moving clockwise at first. I tried the trick and got her to spin the other way, but I couldn’t swing her back to the original unless I Xed out of the page and went back. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/29 "2008-09-18T19:37:09Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > Fascinating - I can only see her going clockwise and I can’t imagine her waving her foot back and forth in front of her because to me she clearly shows her back (makes a full revolution). > > I’ve tried to follow everyone’s tricks - but she only goes in one direction for me (boyfriend immediately mentioned the nipple when I sent the link). I was exactly the same way and pretty much resigned to “I’m just a clockwise person” until I went to lunch and came back and tried again. ---
**Author:** ![4everkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/76d3ee/32.png) [@4everkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4everkid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/30 "2008-09-19T03:46:42Z")
I have looked at this page several times in the past and have never been able to see it move any way but clockwise. I’m an artist, so that makes sense. I have tried to see it counter-clockwise many times, but just couldn’t… till now. I tried what Elfkin said and looked at where the shadow meets the foot, and she switched on me! And now, each time I look back at the page, she starts out counter-clockwise, then switches to the normal clockwise rotation. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/31 "2008-09-19T05:41:06Z")
> [@4everkid](#): > > I have looked at this page several times in the past and have never been able to see it move any way but clockwise. I’m an artist, so that makes sense. I have tried to see it counter-clockwise many times, but just couldn’t… till now. > > I tried what Elfkin said and looked at where the shadow meets the foot, and she switched on me! And now, each time I look back at the page, she starts out counter-clockwise, then switches to the normal clockwise rotation. So, perhaps this proves my contention that physicist have more in common with artists than engineers. I’m a physicist, and damned if I can make her go counter-clockwise. Of course, it is almost midnight, and I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/32 "2008-09-19T07:20:51Z")
She looked clockwise at first glance, counter-clockwise after I read some of the article, then clockwise again after I finished it. I now can’t get her to switch back to counter-clockwise. That said, I strongly doubt that this test indicates any sort of brainedness. (Then again, I don’t really believe in that concept.) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101/33 "2008-09-19T15:57:07Z")
She’s moving from Left to Right on the screen, so I guess if you are looking at her from the top-down, she would be moving counter-clockwise. ETA: Also, nice tits. ETA AGAIN: I tried to force myself to see her moving in the other direction, and I did! Neat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-moving-poll/464101.md?page=1)