Left or right?

So do I.

There is an old saying: "If the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handed people are in their right minds."

Chalk one up for another southpaw...me.

Peace.

Right-handed ... but I only recently read that left-handers live an average of nine years less ... oh well, quality over quantity I suppose

I actually always wanted to be ambi-dexterous ... I had an uncle who was born left-handed but who was forced to be right-handed (They did that sort of stupid thing in the 1950s) ... in the end though it helped him cos he played field hockey in three Olympics and was famous was his dribbles in which he could shift the stick from right to left hand and back!

Lefthanded.. I've done some IQ tests because some teachers demanded from me, they had an impression (it wasn't a joke.. I passed the test) that I was "Highly gifted" (don't know the exact translation.. hoogbegaafd in dutch) 

there was also a thing with being dyslectic and creativity, of the combination of being lefthanded and dyslectic (I am also dyslectic) is said that it is an plus, plus story. I hope it does.. Got a lot to learn though!

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neither...I'm maladroit, equally clumsy with both hands.

Futrurama fans- I have what Fry's holophoner teacher described as "stupid fingers".

but I guess I favor my clumsy right more than my clumsy left, so there you go.

As an aside, the word "ambidextrous" is somewhat misleading.  To be trult ambidextrous, you must be able to do the following five things equally well with both hands:

-use a fork, knife and soupspoon
-throw a ball
-hit a baseball (i.e., switch-hit) and/or play tennis and/or golf
-arm wrestle

As you see, the first has to do with dexterity, the next two have to do with sports, and the last has to do with strength.

For example, I play guitar and drums "right-handed" (i.e., the drums set up for a right-handed person, the guitar strings in standard position, with the neck to my left), and my right hand is "stronger" on piano.  However, I cannot do any of the four things listed above with my right hand.  Thus, I am not ambidextrous, though some might think so watching me play drums or guitar.

Peace.

maani wrote: There is an old saying: "If the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handed people are in their right minds." Chalk one up for another southpaw...me. Peace.

Never heard that one before.

I'm 100% right handed and I've got an IQ of aprox> 160, but still I'mn a dumb arse. Does this mean that my rightiousness overwhelmes my enormous intellectual powers and leaves me with nothing more than left winged ideals?

 

I trully am stupid

I, too, play guitar/cello right handed. That only means that my fretboard-
hand is better, which is far from a disadvantage.

These statistics are turning out to be remarkable. I don't know if this
proves that prog is intelligent music or that left-handers are smarter.
Probably both

My best friend, all three ex-girlfriends and half of the gang in school are left-handed. I was ambidextrious when I was liitle, but I've lost the capacity because of lack of exercise