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02-18-2003, 08:35 AM
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How many lefties do we have roaming these forums?
I'm a lefty. Heres just a few items about the superior left handers
 Leftie Albert Einstein was called backwards. He learned to speak late and had problems in almost every subject in school. Don't give up if your left handed child learns slowly. Just keep Einstein in mind. "Everyone is born right-handed...but only the greatest overcome it." "The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body, and the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body. So only left handed people are in their right mind." Among the Eskimos every left-hander was viewed as a potential sorcerer. Zip Code 25251 is dedicated to left handers. Left Hand, West Virginia does allow right hander but everyone there is a true "Left Hander." Can you name the fish with both eyes on the left side of it's head? The answer is at the end of this list. James A. Garfield was the first left handed president of the USA. He was a bit of a show-off about the fact he was also ambidextrous. He would amuse visitors by simultaneously writing in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other. Mark Twain was born frail and a lefty. His mother wrote of him. "I could see no promise in him. But I filt it my duty to do the best I could. To raise him if I could." Left-handers have an advantage in baseball. A lefty batter is a step closer to first base. A southpaw pitcher can keep an eye on the runner at first better then a rightie. The term "southpaw" was started by Chicago sportwriters in the 1890's to describe left-handed pitchers. Pitchers in the Chicago stadium faced west towards home plate. Their pitching arm was on the side of town called the South Side. A left handed comedian started out his comedy career by literally dying for attension. He was a professional drowner in Atlantic City. His fake drowns lured people to the ammusement pier. Who was he?...the answer is at the end of the list. Male southpaws outnumber female southpaws by a two to one ratio. Because rudders on ancient sailing vessels were attached to the right side they would dock to the left. This became "port" side. June 10th should be lightning day. On this day in 1752 port-sider Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm to prove lightning is really electricity. The acnient Greeks were one of the few people positive towards port-siders. Their word for left was "aristera" meaning 'the best'. This is were we get the word aristocrat. Tuesday is lucky for lefties. It was named for the left-handed Scandinavian god Tiw. This is the best day to meet a southpaw. The Kerr clan in Scotland believes their surname comes from the Gaelic "keir" meaning left. Many of their castles were built with counterclockwise winding stairways. This gives left-handed swordfighters the advantage in defending against right-handed attackers. Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine are probably the most famous left-handed couple in history. They married on March 9th. If two lefties get married this is the day I would recommend.
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02-18-2003, 09:21 AM
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I almost became a lefty when I was 10 because I broke my right arm. But it didn't last.
 I wanted to be different.
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02-18-2003, 09:26 AM
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I am "semi ambidextrous" with a predominance on Right-handedness. I still do a lot of things with my left hand that I am not able to do with my right as easily.
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02-18-2003, 10:22 AM
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02-18-2003, 11:26 AM
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im a lefty and proud of it!
who cares that we're more susceptible to accidents involving heavy machinery!?
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02-18-2003, 11:39 AM
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ambidextrous ... i can write mirrored and backwards and upside-down with both hands... just can't do cursive with my left... go figure
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02-18-2003, 11:41 AM
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02-18-2003, 12:26 PM
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Re: How many lefties do we have roaming these forums?
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02-18-2003, 01:02 PM
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lefty here.
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02-18-2003, 03:03 PM
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Re: Re: How many lefties do we have roaming these forums?
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02-18-2003, 03:14 PM
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02-18-2003, 03:58 PM
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I'm a southpaw, way up north.
According to this poll 4/9 are left handed which is roughly 44%, 30% higher than the 14% statistic I heard of a while ago, I don't feel so elite anymore.  <- He's a southpaw too.
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