I am the token right-handed person in a family of lefties. I have some sense of what it's like to be left-handed, since everything at my mother's house is set up for left-handed people. My grandmother was left handed and at school they tied her left hand behind her back to make her write right-handed. As is commonly the case, she stuttered as a result.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Ginger - Jan 05, 2005 5:16:52 am PST #9713 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Lyra Jane - Jan 05, 2005 5:20:10 am PST #9714 of 10001
Up with the sun
Do you have a lot of lefties in your family, Fred? Dh's family seems to have a strong left handed gene, but our kids are all righties.
Cindy, this is getting even further off the subject, but my husband's family seems to have a lot of lefties -- three of the four siblings are left-handed. And then my dad is left-handed. So, I'd almost be surprised if we have multiple children and they're all righties.
My father and Patrick both wear their watches on the left wrist. My hypothesis is that, out of sheer need, lefties are better at doing things right-handed than righties are at doing things left-handed, though this varies -- Patrick is basically an ambidextrous person who happens to write with his left hand, whereas my dad's left hand is much more dominant.
Also, when I was in kindergarten, I insisted on using the left-handed scissors, because they were like the ones my dad used.
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Fred Pete - Jan 05, 2005 5:24:10 am PST #9715 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
My hypothesis is that, out of sheer need, lefties are better at doing things right-handed than righties are at doing things left-handed.
Absolutely. Which is why (to move back toward topic) Giles' watch, and the hand he used to smother Ben, aren't definitive.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2005 5:39:16 am PST #9716 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I can think of at least one right-handed person I know who wears their watch on their right wrist.
Now you know three. And I used to get hassled about it too, by family. As in "What are you? LEFT-handed!?!" People = sometimes stupid.
Wolfram - Jan 05, 2005 5:41:22 am PST #9717 of 10001
Visilurking
"What are you? LEFT-handed!?!"
Ahem, not that there's anything wrong with that. (Okay we're freaks.)
Fred Pete - Jan 05, 2005 5:43:01 am PST #9718 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
(Okay we're freaks.)
No, we're creative.
Or just plain weird.
Jon B. - Jan 05, 2005 5:50:57 am PST #9719 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
On another note, I remember seeing coffee cups with "Cup of tea, cup of tea, almost got shagged..." on them somewhere. I thought CafePress, but I can't find them there now. ANyone know if they still exist?
Buffista Swag: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 05, 2005 6:01:40 am PST #9720 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Now you know three. And I used to get hassled about it too, by family. As in "What are you? LEFT-handed!?!" People = sometimes stupid.
See, even for family, I don't think I'd be able to bite back the automatic "What are you? A moron!?!" response that this would prompt.
-t - Jan 05, 2005 6:12:57 am PST #9721 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, Jon. For some reason I could not find that to save my life.
Jon B. - Jan 05, 2005 6:18:23 am PST #9722 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I had to look in the Archived BuffistaCorp thread to find the link!