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Cygnus X-2 
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 20:26 |
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The Miracle
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 20:28 |
I'm bi 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 21:24 |
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 21:43 |
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Right handed.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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stan the man
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 21:44 |
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true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants.
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Atkingani
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 21:49 |
My father, a History teacher, had an interesting theory. He said that in the past the humankind was 50/50, but when wars started, the lefties were in misadvantage because they had to use the sword with the left hand leaving the heart exposed and consequently they died hugely. The only lefties that remained were the non-warriors, generally shamans, priests, sorcerers, etc. so all present lefties descend from these guys and that's why they're all mysterious and surprising.
BTW: I'm a righty surrounded by lefties! 
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Bern
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 21:56 |
 Atkingani wrote:
My father, a History teacher, had an interesting theory. He said that in the past the humankind was 50/50, but when wars started, the lefties were in misadvantage because they had to use the sword with the left hand leaving the heart exposed and consequently they died hugely. The only lefties that remained were the non-warriors, generally shamans, priests, sorcerers, etc. so all present lefties descend from these guys and that's why they're all mysterious and surprising.
BTW: I'm a righty surrounded by lefties! |
Really interesting theory BTW I'm a righty
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RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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Bj-1
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 22:01 |
Right handed 
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 22:10 |
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: March 23 2006 at 23:24 |
Atkingani wrote:
My father, a History teacher, had an interesting theory. He said that in the past the humankind was 50/50, but when wars started, the lefties were in misadvantage because they had to use the sword with the left hand leaving the heart exposed and consequently they died hugely. The only lefties that remained were the non-warriors, generally shamans, priests, sorcerers, etc. so all present lefties descend from these guys and that's why they're all mysterious and surprising.
BTW: I'm a righty surrounded by lefties!
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Wow, that almost makes sense!
I'm a lefty, and can play racket sports, shoot guns, and bowl with either hand, but I can only throw overhand (American football, baseball, etc.) with my right hand. One of my school teachers told me when I was a kid that most left-handed people were conceived right-handed, but adapted to the left hand because of fetal brain damage in the womb.
I like your father's theory better. 
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 02:00 |
So, Im a mysterious and surprising person 
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Zac M
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 02:05 |
The Miracle wrote:
I'm bi
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That's ambi you n00b .
I'm right handed myself.
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
-Merleau-Ponty
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Trotsky
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 02:15 |
I'm right-handed
Yes, Atkinani, I remember a tour of a medieval fortress where they said that staircases were always built in such a way that left-handed people were at an advantage ... and so the ruling aristocracy would spread stories about the left hand being the "hand of the devil" ... dunno how valid it is! 
Interestingly, my uncle really benefitted from being a lefty ... he's in his 70s now and when he was going to school in the post World War II era, those idiots forced him to write with his right-hand ...
The benefit was that he became ambidexterous, which really helped him ... because he went on to be one of the best field hockey wingers in the world (being able to dribble on both sides with equal strength!) ... and played for Malaysia in three Olympics in the 60s!
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present."
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Trickster F.
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 02:59 |
Aaaah! I thought this thread was about political stance and voted "left" without reading what the poll question asked.
But I am right-handed. 
-- Ivan
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Moogtron III
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 06:50 |
"Sinister" or "dexter"? "Dexter".
Right, that's the Latin word for right.
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memowakeman
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 13:27 |
right handed
no me importa 
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman
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Atkingani
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 13:37 |
ClemofNazareth wrote:
Atkingani wrote:
My father, a History teacher, had an interesting theory. He said that in the past the humankind was 50/50, but when wars started, the lefties were in misadvantage because they had to use the sword with the left hand leaving the heart exposed and consequently they died hugely. The only lefties that remained were the non-warriors, generally shamans, priests, sorcerers, etc. so all present lefties descend from these guys and that's why they're all mysterious and surprising.
BTW: I'm a righty surrounded by lefties!
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Wow, that almost makes sense!
I'm a lefty, and can play racket sports, shoot guns, and bowl with either hand, but I can only throw overhand (American football, baseball, etc.) with my right hand. One of my school teachers told me when I was a kid that most left-handed people were conceived right-handed, but adapted to the left hand because of fetal brain damage in the womb.
I like your father's theory better.
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Clem, your teacher could then explain us why our "cousins": chimps, bonobos and gorillas are 50/50.
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el böthy
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 13:58 |
Did you know that left handed people tend to have more accidents with tools than right handed?...That´s right!....huhuhu now, how funny was that!?!?!
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Atkingani
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 14:06 |
Being tools, knives, forks, scissors, etc, made for righties it's not surprising.
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: March 25 2006 at 02:14 |
el böthy wrote:
Did you know that left handed people tend to have more accidents with tools than right handed?...That´s right!....huhuhu now, how funny was that!?!?!
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That's a lie, well at least for me, I can use every tool made for rigth-handeds without any problems.
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