View Full Version : National Left-Handers Day
Judy Canty
08-13-2006, 06:52 PM
Today, August 13th is National Left-Handers Day. How many of us creative and wonderful lefties are out there in Opti-Land?
:cheers:
mullo
08-13-2006, 10:30 PM
My son is a lefty.....my wife and I are not.......
Framebender
08-13-2006, 10:39 PM
We have our own day?!? I've got a sign that says "Hire the left handed we're fun to watch!"
It's amazing how many patients notice I'm left handed. It is also amazing how many of the 70+ then say "I was left handed too, but then they....." and some story involving being hit on the knuckles or having the left hand tied behind their back at school.
Judy Canty
08-14-2006, 04:55 AM
My grandmother was a leftie and when my parents tried to discourage my leftie-ness, she told them that my mouth was in the middle.
chm2023
08-14-2006, 09:35 AM
Famous lefties: Bill Gates, Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Spike Lee, Lenny Bruce, Edward R Murrow. And of course, Ned Flanders!!!
Correct handed here too.
As my grandmother (who was also left handed) use to tell me "everyone is born left-handed... until they sin".
hcjilson
08-14-2006, 09:04 PM
I am also just trying to get by in a world designed by right handers.
Another southpaw here.............:) Speaking of nicknames for us lefty's has anyone ever heard of Ciotog?
Steve Machol
08-15-2006, 10:59 AM
I'm a soutnpaw as was my beautiful late Daughter Elizabeth.
Dave Nelson
08-15-2006, 03:24 PM
I'm a lefty too. Interesting the latin for right and left dexter and sinister.
Pete Hanlin
08-15-2006, 03:59 PM
Somehow, it doesn't surprise me in the least that JRS is a leftie!
I was one of those "lefties" that was taught to be a rightie (I remember having to use the "funny green handled scissors" in Kindergarten, but figured out how to negotiate the "normal" scissors early on).
Now, here's a real puzzler- according to an extensive study conducted by Dr. Diane Halpern, lefties (on average) supposedly have lifespans significantly shorter than righties. So, does switching from left to right eliminate the "lefty penalty?" As I recall, the answer is "no."
:o
Judy Canty
08-15-2006, 04:43 PM
Hmmm...my aforementioned Grandma, the only other leftie in the family, at least to my knowlege, was 94 when she died. And I'm not going any where any time soon!
Spexvet
08-15-2006, 05:24 PM
It all sounds sinnister to me. ;)
Cindy K
08-15-2006, 05:38 PM
Ok lefties, so which side of the lensometer do you flip the lens holder to?
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