Left Handed V Right Handed (Poll now added)

NiamhDunk

if you had a choice when you were born would you have preferred to be left handed or right handed....


im a rightie but if i had to choose i would definitely prefer to be a leftie. it just seems so much cooler. i suppose its an enigma of sorts.


what do ye think.


also, should there be a forum for left handed people, where they could discuss all they problems they might face on a daily basis etc etc...

Jax Teller

NiamhDunk wrote: »

if you had a choice when you were born would you have preferred to be left handed or right handed....


im a rightie but if i had to choose i would definitely prefer to be a leftie. it just seems so much cooler. i suppose its an enigma of sorts.


what do ye think.


also, should there be a forum for left handed people, where they could discuss all they problems they might face on a daily basis etc etc...

im a rightie but ive got better accuracy kicking a ball with my left foot , i also play golf left handed just felt more comfortable that way , but i play snooker right handed .
i know i know im a weirdo :pac:

Gone Drinking

Left footed peno takers are soooo dodgy..

Dravokivich

I use to be left handed... a nun forced me to utilise the right hand though... been as such ever since.

- Drav!

shenanigans1982

Dravokivich wrote: »

I use to be left handed... a nun forced me to utilise the right hand though... been as such ever since.

- Drav!

But I bet you feel better since she forced the Devil out of you...I'd be left handed as its supposedly linked to the creative side of the brain.

chopperbyrne

Cackhandedness is clearly a genetic defect that is found in roughly 10% of the population.

Latchy

Being Left Handed didn't do Paul McCartney any harm .

krudler

Latchy wrote: »

Being Left Handed didn't do Paul McCartney any harm .

Or Jimi Hendrix, or Kurt Cobain, or Hitler

no wait..

3qsmavrod5twfe

Latchy wrote: »

Being Left Handed didn't do Paul McCartney any harm .

Heather Mills.

That is all.

:cool:

That_Guy

I think masturbating with your left hand would be weird.

3qsmavrod5twfe

That_Guy wrote: »

I think masturbating with your left hand would be weird.

Try it out. Then try switching hands mid way without missing a stroke. You can thank me later.

ScumLord

I'd be duel handed or whatever the fancy name for it is.

allanb49

Left handed but only for writing, play guitar pool and other activities with the right

allanb49

ScumLord wrote: »

I'd be duel handed or whatever the fancy name for it is.

ambi dextierus

krudler

I'm a lefty myself, its a pain in the hole sometimes, I cant write on a whiteboard with a marker as my hand smudges it. We're much cooler than you common as muck righties though

Latchy

Ridge Slimy Jaw wrote: »

Heather Mills.

That is all.

:cool:

Heather Mills. didn't play all those cool bass lines ,at least not with her left ,er right peg

krudler wrote: »

Or Jimi Hendrix, or Kurt Cobain, or Hitler

no wait..

Hitler played right handed bass ? with which band , the Stromtroopers ?

trad

Right handed?

The Latin word for left is sinister, that will tell you what they thought of left handed people.

I'm left handed and this is a right handed world from power tools to a scissors, checkbooks, the old school desks with the inkwells, even tea cups.

I play music and try get a left handed instrument in most diciplines is difficult. I have never seen a left handed player in an orchestra. Golf for a left hander must be interesting (I don't play). When I was an apprentice I got caught up in a maching because I was left handed so being a leftie in a right handed world is a bundle of laughs.

Us lefties think differently, we see things differently. The best description of left handed people I have heard is to imagine a troop of soldiers marching in fresh snow. They all march in the same footsteps. We reach the places they don't.
Would I change - no.

Brouhaha

trad wrote: »

The Latin word for left is sinister

True, to be left-handed is to be sinistral

ScumLord

trad wrote: »

The Latin word for left is sinister, that will tell you what they thought of left handed people.

I'm left handed and this is a right handed world from power tools to a scissors, checkbooks, the old school desks with the inkwells, even tea cups.

I play music and try get a left handed instrument in most diciplines is difficult. I have never seen a left handed player in an orchestra.

That's because their useless. It's not righties fault lefties are useless at everything. :pac:

That_Guy

Ridge Slimy Jaw wrote: »

Try it out. Then try switching hands mid way without missing a stroke. You can thank me later.

I'd only need to switch or use both hands if I was eating a sandwich at the same time.

The Big Red Button

krudler wrote: »

I'm a lefty myself, its a pain in the hole sometimes, I cant write on a whiteboard with a marker as my hand smudges it.

Why don't you just write from right to left?! :pac:

Sofiztikated

I'm right handed, BUT use my left for fapping.

Think lefties are a bit odd. Creative me left nut. They're just strange, and trying to decode that chicken scratch handwriting is a pain in the bumhole.

My children better not be left handed or Welsh, for their sakes!

Randy Shafter

Right handed?

I'm left handed myself. Strange thing is i cant play a guitar set up for a left handed person. I find it impossible. Yet i can play a guitar set up for a right handed person no bother and i prefer it that way for some reason.

metamorphosis

shenanigans1982 wrote: »

But I bet you feel better since she forced the Devil out of you...I'd be left handed as its supposedly linked to the creative side of the brain.

See im left handed and im about as creative as poop with sweetcorn kernals

wudangclan

Right handed?

life is fraught with danger for us lefties,a lot of workplace accidents taking place when lefties use right-handed tools.
i see someone is bringing out left-handed underwear so we no longer have to strain ourselves when trying to have a pee. finally!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6222233/Left-handed-underwear-for-men.html

twinytwo

im a righty my twin is a lefty... hence why he is the evil one

gary223

I'm left handed, something simple like using a scissors is a right pain.

Micilin Muc

trad wrote: »

The Latin word for left is sinister, that will tell you what they thought of left handed people.

The Irish for a left-handed person is ciotóg, which is also the word for an awkward person.

trad

Right handed?

Micilin Muc wrote: »

The Irish for a left-handed person is ciotóg, which is also the word for an awkward person.

Must have been invented by a right handed person watching a left handed person working with right handed tools.

chin_grin

Right handed?

Another lefty here.

The only awkward thing was my handwriting. It's terrible. Found everything else ok..........OH GAWD I'M A MONSTER!

Mr.David

Who cares?

We're all just trying to crawl to the top of the human sh1t pile, how much does it matter which hand we use to get there?

shenanigans1982

ULstudent wrote: »

See im left handed and im about as creative as poop with sweetcorn kernals

You just insulted yourself with a creative insult.

fintonie

Right handed?

ned has it right or left scissors get me every time and people just dont understand, gimme a good stanley

chin_grin

Right handed?

Mr.David wrote: »

Who cares?

We're all just trying to crawl to the top of the human sh1t pile, how much does it matter which hand we use to get there?

Or do you get there faster if you are ambidextrous?

mickdw

Right handed?

IM left handed for everything. Im generally good at stuff compared to most people. certainly not awkward or clumsy in any way. Trying to deal with stuff made for right handed people only makes us more skillful at doing these things.
Scissors has to be used with alot of pressure to force blades together. Cheque books, ring binders, tin openers are a pain. Can never use an inky pen or the whole page gets smudged. Many tools are right handed also.
I like being left handed and find that we are especially good a cue sports for some reason. I often had a look around the snooker club and always 40 to 50% of people playing are left handed... strange. The lefty always seems to be the more natural player too

TheCardHolder

allanb49 wrote: »

ambi dextierus

Ambi wanktirus.

LordSutch

I suspect that I am a true 'Ambidextrous' because I write with my Left hand, play tennis with my Right hand, hold a screw driver in my Left, open doors with my Right, play guitar with my Left hand, mouse click with my Right, open jam jars with my Left, TV remote with my Right hand, hold a pint in my Left . . .

Theta

Right handed?

I'm a lefty for writing and some things but not all. I play ball with my right foot aswell.

Biggest pain like said before is using most a4 pads or binders. Also you have to find a decent pen or else it will end out smudging all over the shop.

Mahatma coat

I'm a Citeog too moulded Scissors, Ring binders, chequebooks, powertools all irritate me, saws in particular are designed to direct the dawdust away ftom righthanded people, but if you use one lefthanded yuo get covered.

trainin can also be difficult cos I demonstrate things lefthandedly and sometimes when I setup something I realise that I've done it lefthanded and its really difficult for the other people cos they're not as used to adaptin to the situation

Neamhshuntasach

I was born using my left hand and foot but my grandmother but she would always take the pen out of my left hand and put it in my right. Same when kicking something. I'm not completely ambidetrous but i can use both hands and feet for certain things no problem. Such as writing and playing football. But for hurling i'd still hold as a lefty.

TPD

I'm right handed, and I prefer it that way. Pain in the hole smudging every decent pen you write with. Having said that, I shuffle cards left handed and I roll joints left handed (or so it seems from watching right handed people do both).

Majority of things are designed for right handed people, I'd say its just trying to be 'cool' wanting to be left handed.

laura l

Right handed?

Mahatma coat wrote: »

powertools all irritate me, saws in particular

my hubby and i are both lefties. imagine my joy when he bought a chainsaw (made for righthanders of course) and the guy behind the till said to my husband "you're left-handed? oh you'd better get the protective trousers too so":eek:

is there anywhere in Ireland to buy lefthanded can openers etc? like a "Leftorium" on the Simpsons??

BaconZombie

And do they sell left-handed chainsaws?

laura l wrote: »

my hubby and i are both lefties. imagine my joy when he bought a chainsaw (made for righthanders of course) and the guy behind the till said to my husband "you're left-handed? oh you'd better get the protective trousers too so":eek:

is there anywhere in Ireland to buy lefthanded can openers etc? like a "Leftorium" on the Simpsons??

laura l

Right handed?

BOFH_139 wrote: »

And do they sell left-handed chainsaws?

not that i know of. he got a husqvarna one. that's about the extent of my knowledge on them.

Fountain pens were what the cool kids had back in the 80's but lefties couldn't use them cos they smudged the page hehe!

My daughter's a leftie, she has a left handed scissors, I can't cut with it, I never realised how hard you lefties had it lol!

TanG411

Being left handed is fun

We even have August 13th as 'International Left Handers Day'. Drinking session!

laura l

Right handed?

Deleted User wrote: »

Fountain pens where what the cool kids had back in the 80's but lefties couldn't use them cos they smudged the page hehe!

a leftie fountain pen survivor here! we were told to use blotting paper as we wrote..ended up developing a way of holding the pen below the line so as not to smudge...and still had lovely handwriting *adjusts halo*

knitting in second class as a leftie was a killer (or "knotting" as my mother christened it)

Little Acorn

I'd like to be ambidextrous,just think it's interesting seeing people who can write neatly with both hands.

I've heard that left handed people are more creative,and right handed people are more logical.
What I wonder is,if you are ambidextrous would you be a perfect balance of creativity and logic?

ScumLord

wudangclan wrote: »

life is fraught with danger for us lefties,a lot of workplace accidents taking place when lefties use right-handed tools.
i see someone is bringing out left-handed underwear so we no longer have to strain ourselves when trying to have a pee. finally!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6222233/Left-handed-underwear-for-men.html

gary223 wrote: »

I'm left handed, something simple like using a scissors is a right pain.

fintonie wrote: »

ned has it right or left scissors get me every time and people just dont understand, gimme a good stanley

laura l wrote: »

my hubby and i are both lefties. imagine my joy when he bought a chainsaw (made for righthanders of course) and the guy behind the till said to my husband "you're left-handed? oh you'd better get the protective trousers too so":eek:

is there anywhere in Ireland to buy lefthanded can openers etc? like a "Leftorium" on the Simpsons??

I don't get all this? Any powertool I've seen is ambi dextierus (Thanks Allan) there's no moulding to make the thing more comfortable in a right handed person and I've had to buy allot of power tools in work. Scissors?!! How could they possibly be made to only work for a right handed person? It's the same with chainsaws grip at the back, handle on top it shouldn't make any difference which way you hold it. A tin opener? None of these things are made to be specifically for right handed people, great effort is taken to make sure products can work in either hand to maximise the customer base.

I can only assume you lefties are daft as badgers and more than likely lazy and useless to boot.

rye_212

Listen scumlord, righty scissors ARE a pain. I don't have a problem with chaninsaws though.

I got a lefty chequebook once, that was a dream, so easy to write in the stub.

TPD

I think the blades connect on the opposite side on lefty scissors. Top blade on the left instead of the right or something.