Lefties?

[Hope]

This has probably already been discussed, but just thought I'd see who else on this forum is a left-hander. I am a proud south-paw. Any stories related to being left-handed? And wouldn't all you fellow lefties agree that we live in a world prejudiced against us?

 

[SK2005]

I'ma bothie.
I love how it confuses people. hehe I have a lot of fun with that.

 

[Saint Xtreme]

I am left handed, yes the world is against us, and here is a weird story. Well not so much weird as an amazing coincidence.

I am left handed, the girl I was seeing at the beginning of my senior year in high school was left handed, her mother was left handed, her father is left handed, her younger brother is left handed, and now her current boyfriend is left handed. Just weird

 

[Mr Spinkles]

I use different hands for different tasks. For manipulative tasks like writing, eating, brushing my teeth, or shaving, I use my left hand. For tasks that require more strength--like swinging a bat or throwing a baseball or arm wrestling--I use my right hand.

Then of course there are things like giving my girlfriend a back massage, and I use both hands for that.

 

[kiwimac]

I am left-handed. When I first started school here at age 5 I was strapped (corporally punished using a heavy leather strap) for being so by my teacher . After my Grandmother threatened to change her dress size from the inside she never did it again!

Kiwimac

 

[Pah]

This has probably already been discussed, but just thought I'd see who else on this forum is a left-hander. I am a proud south-paw. Any stories related to being left-handed? And wouldn't all you fellow lefties agree that we live in a world prejudiced against us?

Is there any other prejudice than sitting to the left of a lefty at a crowded dinner table?

 

[michel]

I'm surprised to hear that you think there is prejudice at your being 'lefties' - there is a theory that because you are the way you are, you use more of your brain than 'righties' and therefore tend to be more intelligent.


I was a 'leftie' at birth, and my mother thought it her duty to make me use my right hand. As a result (I'm sure that was the cause), I have no hand eye coordination, and am dispraxic.

 

[cardero]

The Incas of ancient Peru considered left-handedness a sign of good fortune.
-From The Left-Handers' Handbook by J. Bliss and J. Moella.

Left-handers excel in mathematics, music and chess. And the history of art certainly gives evidence of an advantage for left-handedness: Leornardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael were all left handed.
-Drawing On The Right Side Of the Brain by Betty Edwards


to be lovingly continued....

 

[Pah]

Leftie does has a distinction in heraldry and geneology. There is a device upon the shield called a bar ( a diagonal from top to bottom corners). A bar dexter is used to indicate the lawful son and procedes from top left to bottom right. A ******* in the line uses a bar sinister - the diagonal from top right to bottom left. Being a terrible Latin scholar, I believe dexter means "right" and sinister means "left".

So, would a left handed person be sinister? You might notice that the international signs that prohibit a practise use the bar sinister.

 

[Linus]

Another lefty here!

I always shave to sit at the far left side of the table when eating with my family so I don't bump elbows with anyone. Im the only left-handed, blue-eyed, blonde out of all five of us.

My ex- girlfriend and her little brother are both right handed, but their parents are both left-handed. Interesting.

Left-handedness isn't genetic is it?

 

[jimbob]

I'ma bothie.
I love how it confuses people. hehe I have a lot of fun with that.

You mean ambidextrous

 

[cardero]

Another lefty here!

Left-handedness isn't genetic is it?

The role genetics may play in handedness is not clear. It is possible, common, and normal for two right-handed parents to have a left-handed child, and for two left-handed parents to have a right-handed child. Some families do seem to have more lefties than others, but the meaning of this is elusive.

 

[cardero]

Well-Known Left Handers
Joan of Arc (?), French heroine
Lloque Yapanqui (?), Inca monarch
Ramses II (?), Egyptian pharaoh
Tiberius (?), Roman emperor
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor
Julius Caesar, Roman general
Napoléon Bonaparte (?), French emperor
Josephine de Beauharnais
King Louis XVI of France
Queen Victoria of England
King George II of England
King George VI of England
Prince Charles of England
Prince William of England
Fidel Castro, Cuban leader
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime-minister
Nicole d'Oresme, mathematician
Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
David Rockefeller, banker
Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup in tennis
Helen Keller, advocate for the blind
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, physician/missionary
August Piccard, inventor of stratosphere, bathosphere
Edwin Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
Wally Schirra, astronaut
Dr. Mark Silver, surgeon
Paul Prudhomme, chef
Cecil Beaton, photographer/costume designer
Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (ambidexterous)
Dave Barry, journalist
Edward R. Murrow, correspondent
Ted Koppel, journalist
Forrest Sawyer, journalist
Ray Suarez, journalist
John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher
Caroline Kennedy, lawyer/author
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan
Vin Scully, sports broadcaster
David Letterman (?), host
Jay Leno, host
Lenny Bruce, comedian
Allen Ludden, host
Joel Hodgson, host of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Wink Martindale, game show host
Uri Geller, psychokinetic performer
Richard Simmons, exercise guru
Euell Gibbons, naturalist
Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Clarence Darrow, lawyer
F. Lee Bailey, lawyer
Melvin Belli, lawyer
Marcia Clark, lawyer
Alan Funt, television producer
Milt Caniff, cartoonist
Bill Mauldin, cartoonist
Cathy Guisevite, cartoonist
Matt Groening, cartoonist
Jean Plantureux (Plantu), political cartoonist
Pat Oliphand, political cartoonist Ronald Searle, cartoonist
Pat Robertson, evangelist/politician
N.B. Forrest, Confederate general
John Dillinger, criminal/bank robber
Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DeSalvo), serial killer
Jack-the-Ripper, serial killer
John Wesley Hardin, Western gunslinger
Bart Simpson, cartoon character

 

[cardero]

Left Handed Actors Part 1
Left-Handed Actors
Don Adams
Dan Aykroyd
Eddie Albert
Tim Allen
June Allyson
Harry Anderson
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
Herschel Bernardi
Robert Blake
Matthew Broderick
Bruce Boxleitner
Carol Burnett
George Burns, comedian
Ruth Buzzi, comedienne
Sid Caesar, comedian
Keith Carradine
Khaled Chahrour, Egyptian actor
Charlie Chaplin
George Gobel, comedian
Chuck Conners
Hans Conreid
James Cromwell
Tom Cruise
Quinn Cummings
Daniel Davis
Bruce Davison
Matt Dillon
Marty Engles, comedian
Olivia de Havilland
Robert DeNiro
Michael Dorn
Fran Drescher, comedian
Richard Dreyfuss
W.C. Fields
Larry Fine ? (of the Three Stooges)
Peter Fonda
Greta Garbo
Terri Garr
Paul Michael Glaser
Whoopie Goldberg
Betty Grable
Cary Grant
Peter Graves
Mark Hamill
Rex Harrison
Goldie Hawn
Joey Heatherton
Tippi Hedren
Jim Henson, puppetteer
Kermit the Frog
Rock Hudson
Angelina Jolie
Shirley Jones ?
Gabe Kaplan
Danny Kaye
Diane Keaton
George Kennedy
Nicole Kidman
Lisa Kudrow
Michael Landon
Hope Lange
Joey Lawrence
Peter Lawford
Cloris Leachman
Hal Linden
Cleavon Little
Shirley MacLaine
Andrew McCarthy
Kristy McNichol
Steve McQueen
Howie Mandel, comedian
Marcel Marceau, mime
Harpo Marx

 

[cardero]

Left Handed Actors Part 2
Marsha Mason
Mary Stuart Masterson
Anne Meara, comedian
Sasha Mitchell
Marilyn Monroe
Robert Morse
Anthony Newley
Kim Novak
Ryan O'Neal
Sarah Jessica Parker
Estelle Parsons
Anthony Perkins
Ron Perlman
Luke Perry
Bronson Pinchot
Joe Piscopo, comedian
Robert Preston
Michael J. Pollard
Richard Pryor, comedian
Robert Redford
Keanu Reeves
Don Rickles, comedian
Julia Roberts
Mickey Rourke
Eva Marie Saint
Telly Savalas
Jean Seberg
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
Christian Slater
Dick Smothers, comedian
Brent Spiner
Slyvester Stallone ?
Terence Stamp
Jessica Steen
Rod Steiger
Alan Thicke
Terry Thomas, comedian
Emma Thompson
Rip Torn
Peter Ustinov
Brenda Vaccaro
Karen Valentine
Rudy Vallee
Dick Van Dyke
Graham Walker a.k.a. Grumbleweeds, English comedian
Wil Wheaton
James Whitmore
Treat Williams
Bruce Willis
William Windom
Oprah Winfrey
Mare Winningham
Joanne Woodward
Keenan Wynn
Stephanie Zimbalist

 

[Hope]

I'm surprised to hear that you think there is prejudice at your being 'lefties' - there is a theory that because you are the way you are, you use more of your brain than 'righties' and therefore tend to be more intelligent.

We lefties are in our 'right minds'.

The prejudice I refer to, Michel, is nothing malicious, nor peoples' attitudes to left-handers. I simply mean that so many products are made with right-handers in mind, just because they are the majority. So we lefties have to make do using things that are meant for righties. I guess it actually can be a benefit in the long run---it makes us more ambidextrous. I actually use my right hand and arm for a great deal of things---kinda like Spinkles.

The whole genetic thing is interesting. I and one brother are the only lefties in a family of 8 children. Both my parents are right-handed as well. As far as I know, none of my immediate relatives are left-handed either. Strange.

 

[Mr Spinkles]

Uri Geller, psychokinetic performer

On second thought, I think I'd rather be right-handed.

 

[cardero]

On second thought, I think I'd rather be right-handed.

On third thought, do what I do, alternate.