throbber Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I don't believe anyone is ambidextrous, I think it's a myth. Everyone has a naturally preferred hand and foot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Wee Willie said: I was born the day they relieved Stalingrad so I'm probably a wee bit aulder than you. With their left or right hands? Mrs Ranter and I are both right handed, 2 of our 3 kids are lefties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Burn these witches. Right is right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepundit Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I would consider myself right handed but for some reason I write with my left hand. I could never play darts, snooker, golf, tennis etc with my left hand though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I consider myself left-handed. I write with my left, use my left hand for tasks like using a spoon, brushing teeth, throwing a ball, screwdriver & hammer, lifting a pint. If punching I'd lead with my left every time. My right hand is used for tasks where a lack of access to left handed tools means I've had to use my right and gotten used to it - scissors etc. although there are oddities like cutting with a knife or saw which is always do right handed. My gran was left handed, but those who ran her school (nuns - and this was in the 1930s!) believed that was a sign of the devil, and made her use her right. She was later able to write with either hand without thinking about it. My dad reckons he was left handed but she made him use his right at an early age, which would explain his generally messy handwriting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Everyone knows left handed people are beasts. Someone had to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 In recent years, being left-handed does improve your chances of becoming President of the USA Barack Obama - left handed George W Bush - right handed Bill Clinton - left handed George H Bush - left handed Ronald Reagan - ambidextrous Jimmy Carter - left handed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 18 minutes ago, Fullerene said: In recent years, being left-handed does improve your chances of becoming President of the USA Barack Obama - left handedGeorge W Bush - right handed Bill Clinton - left handed George H Bush - left handed Ronald Reagan - ambidextrous Jimmy Carter - left handed Pish. George Bush couldn't write. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I'm left handed for everything but Golf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, throbber said: I don't believe anyone is ambidextrous, I think it's a myth. Everyone has a naturally preferred hand and foot. Yes but that isn't what ambidextrous means. It is the ability to use both left and right equally well (or bad). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepundit Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Just now, strichener said: Yes but that isn't what ambidextrous means. It is the ability to use both left and right equally well (or bad). If it's both left and right equally as bad it's called ambisinistrous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 According to the theory of natural selection being ambidextrous was a disadvantage. In days gone by, a hunter who was better with his right hand would always throw a spear with his right hand and get good at it. Similarly a hunter who was left-handed. However, a hunter who was ambidextrous would sometimes use his left hand, sometimes his right and never get good with either. Then he would get eaten by a lion or tiger or something like that. Maybe less of a problem nowadays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 In North America, most ice hockey players are left handed. I wonder if that is true of other sports 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Just now, Fullerene said: In North America, most ice hockey players are left handed. I wonder if that is true of other sports Definitely not in polo. You have to play right-handed in that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 12 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Definitely not in polo. You have to play right-handed in that. In Polo, you also have to say things like "Oh I Say" and "Spiffing" and "Crikey" I think I would rather be left handed (although I'm not) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Fullerene said: In Polo, you also have to say things like "Oh I Say" and "Spiffing" and "Crikey" I think I would rather be left handed (although I'm not) Without wanting to stray too far from the original (and excellent) topic, we might be a bit shite at football, but Scotland won the Elephant Polo World Championships in both 2001 and 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4073353.stm Edited September 8, 2016 by Cardinal Richelieu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 2 hours ago, AyrshireTon said: I consider myself left-handed. I write with my left, use my left hand for tasks like spoon burning, brushing teeth, throwing a ball, screwdriver & hammer, lifting a pint. If punching I'd lead with my left every time. My right hand is used for tasks where a lack of access to left handed tools means I've had to use my right and gotten used to it - scissors etc. although there are oddities like cutting with a knife or saw which is always do right handed. My gran was left handed, but those who ran her school (nuns - and this was in the 1930s!) believed that was a sign of the devil, and made her use her right. She was later able to write with either hand without thinking about it. My dad reckons he was left handed but she made him use his right at an early age, which would explain his generally messy handwriting. Is your pal VT aware of your spoon behaviour? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 More excellent skill that your left handed overlords are capable of. "Lefties have got some cool abilities! Lefties can see better underwater, they recover from strokes quicker and a left handed person’s left hand nails will grow faster than their right ones. (Well, turns out, nails always grow faster on a person’s dominant hand!)" roon yees, right handed fuds.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 10 hours ago, Romeo said: The gear sticks that tend to be on your left...? Most of these devices have been deliberately designed by right handed people in a deliberate attempt to upset left handed people. Yet we still became superior and thrive. So this left handed apartheid will not work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 More excellent skill that your left handed overlords are capable of. "Lefties have got some cool abilities! Lefties can see better underwater, they recover from strokes quicker and a left handed person’s left hand nails will grow faster than their right ones. (Well, turns out, nails always grow faster on a person’s dominant hand!)" roon yees, right handed fuds.. The stroke recovery "ability" depends on which part of the brain the clot occurs; even then handedness has a very slight, if negligible effect on recovery. Universally the ability to recover from a stroke is way more apparent in young people, as their brain plasticity is at its peak compared to old cloggers in their 50s and 60s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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