Comments on: Happy Left-Handers Day!

By: Robert Amerson

Robert Amerson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:19:07 +0000

I'm Lefty, well actually, now I am AMBIDEXTROUS. I am a Left-handed guitarist, however. I turned a right hand guitar upside down (Hendrix-Albert King STyle) and started plucking away. I taught my self how to play, 1 because I am a natural musician (most left handers are more talented in their field than the righties; especially in creative arts such as MUSIC), 2 because no righty guitarists would teach a lefty. I actually was born lefty, and MOM drilled me to write with my right hand. I mostly write with my right hand about 60% of the time, and write with my left about 40% of the time. Everything else, I either do mostly with the left, or half and half. I get proud when I discover someone else is lefty, esp. other musicians; but the funny thing is, most if not all lefties tend to be ambidextrous. right handers, on the other hand, are NOT. HURRAY Lefties.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:52:34 +0000

I'm left-handed and August 13th is my birthday! I feel so special!

By: Reese

Reese — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:35:16 +0000

I'm left-handed too, I agree with the ambidextrous thing though. Being that I was taught how to do every day things all by right-handed people, I learned to do most things with my right hand. I do have an aunt who is left-handed, but she was forced to use her right hand in school, so now she only eats with her left.

I'm also with everyone on the scissors, I can't cut worth a flip even with left-handed ones. As for spiral notebooks, I used to be able to find ones without the three holes punched and just use them backwards, then punch holes if I needed to.

And Steve, the desk thing was hard! I was lucky to be thin enough that I could usually just turn the desk sideways and site with desk part on my left side and my legs between the metal bars.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:15:25 +0000

I'm a leftie. I still remember the years of frustration taking tests before my school got a few left-handed desks!

By: zoomboy

zoomboy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:37:35 +0000

soon the SOUTHPAWS shall rise up against their right handed masters!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:34:56 +0000

bah I missed my special day!

By: pol x

pol x — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:23:21 +0000

I'm the only righty in my family.

Which is statistically very unusual. I grew up with backwards scissors and cork screws. But I was the only one with good hand writing.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:53:48 +0000

I am ambidextrous too! I pity the single minded right hand user.

By: Ty

Ty — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:32:58 +0000

Lefty here.

By: shihui

shihui — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:31:52 +0000

i love being left-handed. acquaintances get so excited over the first time they see you write!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:57:24 +0000

I've always resented "right handed" notebooks. Lefties unite!

By: eurudite

eurudite — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:29:31 +0000

I'm a leftie! Or, at least, I write with my left hand.

However, everything else I can do with my right hand. Probably because I had to adapt, as CatsVilliage said.

Whenever I see a left-handed actor in a movie, I cheer! Anyone else get excited by being a part of the southpaw community?

By: CatsVillage

CatsVillage — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:56:55 +0000

couple of points... I am a southpaw, bought myself left handed scissors, spiral notebooks, and can opener... now if I could find a left hand toilet. Yup that too is for you right handed normals. hah hah
screwing in a screw... etc.

of course we lefties are the only ones in our right mine... har har

also, you can change your mouse to accomodate your special powers of leftyness

my poor husband had a heck of a time getting used to our kitchen, all set up for his lefty wife... heee hee (he uses out computer mouse with his left hand now HA HA HA)

as to being ambidextrous... most lefties are... we HAVE to be in most cases

well to all a HAPPY Left Handers DAY!!!

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:54:41 +0000

I am ambidextrous in all fields! yay for ambidextrous peoples!

By: pam

pam — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:47:05 +0000

I don't mind the scissors or the notebooks, but I sure did resent having to learn to use a computer mouse with my right hand.

Did you see the Bizarro cartoon on Fark today? I snagged it for my blog. It really nailed the parallel between yesterday's religious objections to handedness and today's religious objections to homosexuality.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:51:24 +0000

I'm not a leftie, but my brother is. And being a cashier, I sympathize with all the southpaws that have to contend with pathetically-designed rightie-biased check-writing counters. They have to hold their elbows WAY high over the little card machine. It makes me wince!

--TwoDragons

By: Lara

Lara — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:08:00 +0000

I'm a leftie! Hear, hear!

By: GeekAlerts

GeekAlerts — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:44:29 +0000

Hello there left-hander. And how about those annoying scissors?

By: DM

DM — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:42:32 +0000

here! let the commiseration about writing in spiral-bound notebooks begin!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:37:58 +0000

left-handed peoples' lifespans are shorter than those of their right-handed counterparts. Let them have their day...