Who's a Leftie?

I don't know about the left handed thing but Emma is certainly in League with the devil. She is also in the same league as Buddha, The Staypuft Marshmellow Man, Hunter - out of the 8-'s TV show Hunter, Paul ex-of S Club 7. The smart money is on Paul to get relegated.

The majority of my office is, which is a bit weird.

I like being left-handed in a world where right=correct and left=what's remaining after taking something away.

I also really appreciate the humor in the fact that the only cigarettes I smoke (for reasons unrelated to my handedness) just happen to be referred to as "left-handed cigarettes".

I have never been to the leftorium that is virtually next door to the Glasshouse Stores - has anyone?

http://www.lefthander.com

From that "Lefty" website:

We will have travel and social events for all lefties including Single Lefties, Married Lefties,and Senior Lefties. These events will be tailored for each group.

So they say. But what happens when (inevitably) one group wants to have "unusual activities" with another?

Also, notice how that left-handed camera costs $40, when you can buy an "ordinary" one for under $20.

That story about lefthanders living much shorter lives than righthanders was debunked ages ago.

Also, I learned to play drums right-handed, which has caused some problems. Playing drums requires a ton of fine motor/finger control, and in general you use your right hand a lot more...my left hand developed really fast, but I co-ordinated everything for right hand lead, and as such had to endure a lot of suckage that most people can avoid because their weak hand=the one you don't use as much. I've only recently started getting my right hand up to proper speed, and in the long run I'll probably be better off, but I wish someone had thought to tell me to learn left-hand lead in the beginning.

That was probably more complicated than anyone wanted to know...it also strikes me as weird that right-handers automatically are taught to use their left hand as the fretting hand on guitar, wouldn't it make sense to use the hand that automatically has more finely developed muscles to better use than holding a pick?

I don't think i could use a mouse left handed now, and I've never used cutlery left handed.

That's odd. I'm not a skater, but everyone I ever knew (except me) used to skate left foot in front. I always thought it was my one concession to leftyness to skate goofy-foot.

I do the 'curling arm and pen-hand to avoid ink-smudging' thing (I believe the technical term is 'the hook'); I recall being taken aside for re-conditioning at primary school, but it's a habit they failed to break (for which I'm glad, because it makes it look like you are writing SECRET STUFF of TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE).

hmm, well i am reg, but everyone i skate with is goofy (right ft fwd). they are also right footed when it comes to kicking, playing drums, etc.

maybe i just skate with a bunch of goofs...

Emma is so right about people feeling the need to point out that they have noticed you are left handed. Blimey I am? Well I never! Usborne Junior Detective badge for you!

That said I love being left-handed as it gives you an inbuilt from birth sense of your own specialness.

I use my mouse right-handed.

After doing it a few years, I realized how much more appropriate it seemed to fret/finger with my accurate hand and to strum with my plunker hand.

I also use a rightie mouse. However, alot of the time I type one-handed with my left-hand...I'm doing it right now.

Thank god we don't still think that left handers are evil.

We will have an online newsletter which will inform you of all the interesting and important happenings for lefties including articles of Left Handed Health, Left Handed Travel, Left Handed Investing, Left Handed Advice to the Left Handed Lovelorn.

I know that playing keyboards, the left-hand accompaniment thing frustrated me a little 'cause I've not got the accuracy-ability with my right I do with my left...but when I was in a group playing Ray Manzarek-style bass-with-left/organ-with-right, and we were playing some dubby reggae (where the bass-lines are more melodic while the organ just goes "squonk, squonk" on the up-beat) I owned that!

any right-handers out there use their mouse to the left?