Lefty Club

[jm_f]

Hi all, also a leftie, left handed and I guess left eyed as well (I can see better with my left eye, though I don't need to wear glasses yet). Btw, it's "Kaliwete" in Filipino.

My martial arts teacher keeps calling us "sinistre", he likes to brag about his latin. Strange enough our martial arts group is always half left and half right handed (people usually join in pairs and one is left handed). Things always gets mixed up in empty hands one-on-one feeding drills.

On the other hand (no pun intended), my fencing coach is left handed and has no problems with left handers, in fact he's ambidextrious (err, how do you spell that =) ) in fencing.

I use my right hand for the computer mouse, which usually leaves the left hand to hold a drink or a sandwich.

[Nusy]

Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

Who of you other lefties wear your watch on your right wrist?

While I actually wore a watch, I wore it on my left wrist, but when I needed my left hand (e.g. on trainings) it was my first move to put it on my right. Nowadays I don't wear a watch, but my bracelet is on the right, of course.

By the way, we're more endangered in fencing... Our heart is on the weapon side!

[Inquartata]

Originally Posted by glowstix

LEFTIES RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But do they use a special left-handed straightedge when they rule?

[broncofencer]

Any of you run into the problem of having to convince people you are doing the correct parry in a drill because they are right handed and think 4 should be across your body. I hate trying to explain this one to people.

[Nusy]

Originally Posted by broncofencer

Any of you run into the problem of having to convince people you are doing the correct parry in a drill because they are right handed and think 4 should be across your body. I hate trying to explain this one to people.

No, but when we do drills, they're usually made up for righty-righty or lefty-lefty couples, and not for lefty-righty pairs... So we usually just can't do the exercise. AND the master is shouting with the lefty, of course.

[jeff]

I mouse, dial phones, open doors, right-handed. It's either (A) proof of lefty superiority to use their off-hands well, or (B) proof of vicious right-handed bigotry forcing lefties to be ambidextrous (see, even the expression is biased - to use both hands is akin to both being right - from "dexter") depending on your polical intensity

[veeco]

I have always been convinced that there is a form of exclusion against left-handers, I personnally call it "left-handed racism"

I remember reading somewhere that during the roman empire, when a child was born, the father of the child would hold an object in front of the newborn baby: if the child picked it up with their left hand, it would be killed right away. It amazing we survived in the first place, and just proves our superiority!

[ShadyLane]

Originally Posted by jeff

I mouse, dial phones, open doors, right-handed. It's either (A) proof of lefty superiority to use their off-hands well, or (B) proof of vicious right-handed bigotry forcing lefties to be ambidextrous

I think it's both A and B :P Back when I was a little kid, my mom enrolled me in softball lessons...I was very observant and noticed everyone batting with their right...so since I was easily influenced as a kid, I copied them as well (it's sad how some sports instructors don't ask if you're a lefty or righty) and batted right to the point where if I batted left, it would feel awkward. Also, most applicances and machines are built for right-handers. Hehe, luckily, the refrigerator I have at home is for lefties...I just noticed :P

Moral of the story: the world is built for right-handers...in order to survive, lefties must adapt to their surroundings, which would explain why lefties are more ambidextrous than righties. I'm not sure if the statistics are accurate or not, but lefties make up somewhere between ~10-13% of the world population...Let's face it, we're the minority

[ShadyLane]

Originally Posted by veeco

I remember reading somewhere that during the roman empire, when a child was born, the father of the child would hold an object in front of the newborn baby: if the child picked it up with their left hand, it would be killed right away. It amazing we survived in the first place, and just proves our superiority!

Soon, lefties will take over the world...mwahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Goodbye righty appliances and devices!!!

[jeff]

Even until very recently in the US, parents were advised to (and often did) smack their child's left hand if they used it, or restrain it so it couldn't be used. My parents were told to do this (fortunately they ignored this advice). I've read that children treated this way tend to stutter.

When I was in Japan on business this year, local staff were surprised to see me use chopsticks with my left hand. They said children "weren't allowed" to become left-handed! (I guess the Chinese don't feel that way - the 2004 Olympic foil team was all lefty)

Lefties of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!

[Nusy]

Let's make our own Lefty Country... with a lefty team, all lefty doors... but please, let me keep my righty pens!

Even in Hungary some lefties weren't allowed to use their left hand... Though, psychologists say it can destroy their memory and mind capacity.

[ThatReallyHurt]

I'm a righty, but I'm a noted lefty sympathizer.

[Inquartata]

Hmm. I almost invariably open doors and hold phones headsets with my left hand, and usually flip light switches with my left as well...

[Fencergrl]

Originally Posted by Inquartata

Hmm. I almost invariably open doors and hold phones headsets with my left hand, and usually flip light switches with my left as well...

Don't believe him! He just wants to join some group.... He hangs around the EPEE thread and the Women's section as well...

[glowstix]

Originally Posted by Inquartata

But do they use a special left-handed straightedge when they rule?

we always use our slide rules, man!!

[ShadyLane]

Originally Posted by Nusy

Let's make our own Lefty Country... with a lefty team, all lefty doors... but please, let me keep my righty pens!

Yes, good idea! We can only keep certain righty stationery The righty white-out tape HAS to go...coincidentally, I bought a righty white-out tape today (it was on sale!! $1.96 @ Staples!! I couldn't resist!) but found it a bit awkward when I tried it out

Oh well, it's back to the BIC white-out tape @ $2.99 (which can be used for both lefties and righties)...*sigh*
Why do lefties have to pay more for lefty stationery?

[ShadyLane]

Originally Posted by jeff

Even until very recently in the US, parents were advised to (and often did) smack their child's left hand if they used it, or restrain it so it couldn't be used. My parents were told to do this (fortunately they ignored this advice). I've read that children treated this way tend to stutter.

Aren't you glad you got cool parents?

Same goes for my parents...however when I'm near my grandparents, they'd always mutter "clumsy with the left-hand..." and say "why don't you use your right-hand?" Good thing my parents let me freely use my left-hand! I turned out normal! :

And besides, being right-handed is so overrated

[Nusy]

At least our flat is old, and we have lefty doors.
Erm... what about righty mouses in UKL (United Kingdom of Lefties)?

[swordwench]

Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt

I'm a righty, but I'm a noted lefty sympathizer.

Woohoo! I'm a leftist, too! Oh, wait, this isn't the Politics forum, is it? Damn. Never mind.

But I did used to bat lefty sometimes. And my brain is sometimes confused about whether it's left- or right-eye dominant.

[broncofencer]

Originally Posted by Fencergrl

Don't believe him! He just wants to join some group.... He hangs around the EPEE thread and the Women's section as well...

Be nice just because Inq. has an identity crisis doesn't mean he shouldn't be allowed too. This is America if someone wants to be a lefthanded female epee fencer than they can be and who are we to stop them. Alls it takes is a couple of snips and done .