Today is Left-Handed Day!

[plantlvr]

Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.

Left-handers excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming and fencing

Left-handers usually reach puberty 4 to 5 months after right-handers

4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed

1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed - 250% more than the normal level.

Left-handers are generally more intelligent, better looking, imaginative and multi-talented than right handers - based on discussions among members of the Left-Handers Club!

Who else is in their right mind?

 

[KTaylor]

Oh me me!!! I'm a lefty!! Of course being in a right hand world you have to adapt, but I'm primarily a good ole lefty. Damn desks in school

 

[Morandir835]

I was supposed to be left handed Ms. Plantlvr....

 

[Pamdane]

Where do those of us who are both fit in?

 

[been there]

Where do those of us who are both fit in?

And what about those of us who are neither?

 

[plantlvr]

i had fun with this today at work, lots of jokes about leftys...When I was a kid in the late 50's early 60's it wasn't so fun. One teacher in particular made me feel awful for being lefthanded. She put a big 'X' in the palm of my left hand and made me stand out in the hall for hours.
My Mom fared worse in school, a teacher slammed her face into the slate blackboard, breaking her nose! And she was just a little girl

 

[36tinybells]

I am a lefty too- didn't realize today was our day!

 

[Morandir835]

Ms. Plantlvr my wife's grandmother used to smack the crap out of her any time she used her left hand. She's another lefty trapped using their right because of it...

 

[been there]

I never new there was an issue in which hand you wrote with. I had some bad problems in grade school but it had nothing to do with right or left hand writing.

 

[EleanorR]

I'm left-handed . . . What do I win?

 

[zerominusone]

My mom is a lefty. Does that count?

 

[Laomi]

Oh me me me!
I'm a lefty

My Gram was also a lefty, and she marched into my school, and told them NOT to even think about trying to make me switch...it happened to her, although she always remained a lefty. Yay Gram, I miss you!

 

[biidaaban]

one day my dr. told me AMA study said righties live longer than lefties. i told him they had to scrap the whole study because so many lefties in that age bracket were forced to be right handed.

btw, a very special shout out to my 3rd grade teacher for pointing my left handedness out to the entire class by saying we were once considered to "be in league with the devil"! not at all traumatic...

 

[Tracker II]

I had no idea that there were so many left-handed people in the V4L forum and all I can say is - eww ... gross! Truth be told, there are only two types of people that I can't stand in this world; left-hand people and those with red hair.

Okay, settle down people ... I was just kidding. I actually like people with red hair.

 

[biidaaban]

I had no idea that there were so many left-handed people in the V4L forum and all I can say is - eww ... gross! Truth be told, there are only two types of people that I can't stand in this world; left-hand people and those with red hair.

Okay, settle down people ... I was just kidding. I actually like people with red hair.

wow so sorry

 

[KrisBKream]

I had no idea that there were so many left-handed people in the V4L forum and all I can say is - eww ... gross! Truth be told, there are only two types of people that I can't stand in this world; left-hand people and those with red hair.

Okay, settle down people ... I was just kidding. I actually like people with red hair.

I'm a lefty with a red-headed daughter

Left handed, but adjusting to a right handed world has made me more proficient with my right hand with a variety of tasks. Scissors, right handed. Writing, left handed. Fielding in baseball (when I still played), right handed. Batting, left handed. Pretty much anything that is designed for one handedness or the other (guitar, baseball glove, scissors) I learned to do right handed. Anything that can be used with either/both hands (piano, baseball pat, pencil) I stuck with being a lefty.

 

[katz-in-boots]

Rats, I missed our special day!
I am left handed, though I play a lot of sports right handed and am fairly ambidextrous. My husband is a total lefty, not at all ambidextrous, and our daughter is completely right handed.

The reason left handed people don't live as long is that the world is set up for right handers and therefore lefties have more accidents.

 

[Morandir835]

You might be right on that one Ms. Katz, though lefties seem to live life to the fullest, which is more important than the number of years.

 

[incantius]

my brother is a lefty & smarter than me but i'm more intelligent

(note: to truly understand that you'll need my definitions:

• smart means using the knowledge you have
• intelligence means knowing a lot

also you won't find many folks that have both...)

 

[ThankU4Vaping]

Another lefty (or in league with the devil) checking in.