left hand v. right hand

I did the similar poll less than the two months ago.

Oh, and BTW i'm left-handed. I'm glad that PA is not sharing the same ratio as the rest of the world.

Ah, now fellow proggers, I am going to propose that this Poll is different to that of our clarke2001 which seems to be more interested in the statistical side of handedness.

This Poll invites you to make a choice- you may well be right handed, but is it your favourite hand? Indeed, are there dark forces at work involved in pitting one hand against the other.

Consider this . Are you dextrous? Are you ambidextrous? What does it all mean?

The derivation of the word 'dextrous' seems to be in heraldry. [Please correct me if I'm wrong. I am no scholar in this area]. 'Dexter'= the right hand side of a shield. Now here's the rub . The left hand side of a shield is 'Sinister.'.......What the.....What is sinister about being on the left. Why is someone gifted enough to use both hands effectively, said to be ambidextrous? Why not ambisinistrous. Is this all some kind of discrimination against the lefties from the dark side?

Is this where the stigma of being left handed emanates from ? Why do I even care when I'm right handed? Well, it's the whole point of the Poll!

My dear wife [bless her left handed heart] regularly points out that lefties are more talented, more artistic. Are they? Who says?

Like me , do you sympathise with all that is your left hand and what it does ? Is there some kind of sinister manipulation going on ? It's almost as if right hands know all this , sitting so dextrously pretty! Right hands can be so smug sometimes. now press..........teh key proply yo..u evil ha..n......ahg!... ahghhh...let ....gooooo............

clarke2001 wrote: Oh, and BTW i'm left-handed. I'm glad that PA is not sharing the same ratio as the rest of the world.

They say left-handed people are often more artsy - that might just be why.

I usually do the "stranger", uhhh... you didn't mean that.

Hasn't changed since the previous poll. Left-handed

TO CLARKE2001:
Thanks for the recommendation - I am not aware of it. Certainly sounds interesting though. I'll hunt it down . My wife will love it no doubt - could be an ideal present. It sounds as if she would be considerably bouyed by it's contents.


[When we get it , I'll let my left hand turn the pages while righty sits and sulks. He won't be happy just holding it . I could use a book rest though which would stuff him right up . He'll no doubt sit there plotting his next move the vengeful SOB - I sincerely hope it won't send me to sleep. I am becoming increasingly woried about the psychotic behaviour of ....you know who.....but I will battle on].

Peter wrote: Right: familiar, tried and trusted... sort of like a wife.   Left: unfamiliar, awkward, fumbling... like a date, or cheating.

I bet you've tried cutting off the circulation so one or other hand goes numb, therefore making it feel as if somebody else is...

...no?

Just me, then?

Born righty, but been using my left hand more than ever. Am I allowed to reinvent myself as an ambidextrous?

I'm right handed, but my dad was left-handed and since he showed me how to do many things, (behave at the back, and stop sniggering), I am partially ambidextrous.

Edited by darqdean - September 12 2007 at 16:37

Then Im really curious about your "sex life", Doc

Edited by Bj-1 - September 12 2007 at 17:40