I don't want to counter Lakoff, but for some reason this made complete sense to me. hmmm?

wow I didn't even notice that! i just assumed the right was the future!

There is something about the visual of an image followed by a heading, followed by a thread, that gives the imagery of tadpoles swimming ...

For me this leads to a different understanding of the directionality that cwodtke correctly assumes. So for me it works.

I had the same response, Christina. Had to rewire my spatial perception of where the past plurks were