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Old 23 August 2005, 09:03 PM
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Default So how many lefties are there?

Following on from the watch thread, how many left handers are there out there?

I'm almost completely ambidextrous although I don't write much with my right hand. Most other "handed" things I do with my right hand except for eating with a spoon i.e. play guitar right-handed, eat with knife and fork the right way round.

Still annoys me that scissors don't work in my left hand though

I also don't use a backhand in tennis, I just swap hands
Old 23 August 2005, 09:09 PM
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im lefty to write, play tennis, snooker, cricket (bowl)
but right hander for shooting , cricket (batting) ,etc
most strange
Old 23 August 2005, 09:09 PM
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I'm a leftie and proud of it!

I do eat the "right way round" but that's about it.

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Old 23 August 2005, 09:27 PM
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I am a righty and eat the wrong way round. Lol

I asked this question a while back and its to do with the way you are brought up, apparantly there are some asian countries or somewhere where the majority are lefties.
Old 23 August 2005, 09:29 PM
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im left handed right up
Old 23 August 2005, 09:35 PM
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Im left handed, but I play most sports conventionally although I shoot (rifle and shotgun, I can shoot a pistol either way) left handed. I wasnt sure which way to box but I finally adopted a right handed stance there. I cant begin to use left handed scissors though, after a lifetime of adapting to right handed ones!

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Old 23 August 2005, 09:35 PM
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I use my left hand to write ransom notes
Old 23 August 2005, 09:37 PM
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"leave £5,000 behind the 2nd cistern along, or the cat gets it" ?
Old 23 August 2005, 09:42 PM
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I played Cricket left handed but could swap around
Baseball the same as above

Golf I play right handed but with a left handed grip onder2:
Old 23 August 2005, 09:43 PM
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Cool :-)

Lefty signing in :-)

I write left handed & play pool left handed, but i play cricket right handed. Baffles me.

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Old 23 August 2005, 09:48 PM
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I'm predominantly left footed when playing footy but am right handed
Old 23 August 2005, 09:53 PM
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Whereas I'm right footed but left handed
Old 23 August 2005, 10:04 PM
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Hmmm. Not sure lefties should get IVF, after all, we all know they're abnormal.....
Old 23 August 2005, 10:16 PM
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Left-handed writing, right-handed throwing, right-handed guitar playing, left-handed hammering and sawing, left handed scissor operation. But get this.. I've compensated so much for using right-handed scissors in my left hand - that is, squeezing the scissors in an awkward way so the blades work - I can't use proper left-handed scissors.
Old 23 August 2005, 10:30 PM
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Another lefty here.

Eat in the 'correct' way, play football with my right foot, play tennis/golf/cricket with my right hand, but throw and write with my left. Another who can't use left handed scissors...weird.
Old 23 August 2005, 10:35 PM
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Write, bowl, bat, hold a raquet, darts, spoon, all left handed; snooker, scissors, knife and fork, golf, all right handed; throwing, catching, painting, drilling, cutting, screwdriving, I'm ambidextrous, which is handy (excuse the pun).
Old 23 August 2005, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
Left-handed writing, right-handed throwing, right-handed guitar playing, left-handed hammering and sawing, left handed scissor operation. But get this.. I've compensated so much for using right-handed scissors in my left hand - that is, squeezing the scissors in an awkward way so the blades work - I can't use proper left-handed scissors.
Ive only ever seen left handed scissors once and I couldnt even open them.
Old 24 August 2005, 12:58 AM
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I am left handed.But i write with right hand.I still can write with both hands tho.So,I may as well class myself as an ambidextrous being
Old 24 August 2005, 02:25 AM
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Im a leftie but can w**k using both hands
Old 24 August 2005, 06:44 AM
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Old 24 August 2005, 07:40 AM
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Left-handed for everything except playing snooker and using scissors.
Old 24 August 2005, 09:29 AM
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Another creative and smart 'leftie' signing in (aren't we all)?

Not all things are done leftie-stylie though -

Scissors (right - have never tried proper scissors)
Eating (right)
Texting (ambi)
Mouse (ambi)
Old 24 August 2005, 09:53 AM
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I am a leftie in the had sense

can use both for some things, change hands at 99 so's one wrist does not over-develop!
Old 24 August 2005, 09:56 AM
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Right for just about everything.


I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous
Old 24 August 2005, 09:56 AM
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Lefties rule!
Old 24 August 2005, 09:59 AM
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Actually, never considered texting. I couldn't do that left-handed if i tried!!
Old 24 August 2005, 10:01 AM
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im ambidextrous so I guess I am a leftie and a rightie?
Old 24 August 2005, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Simes777
I'm a leftie and proud of it!

I do eat the "right way round" but that's about it.

Simes
Me too

My parents have a very old medical book, which lists being left handed as an illness.

Shame we die earlier than the right handed commoners.
Old 24 August 2005, 10:34 AM
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I am a leftie
Old 24 August 2005, 10:36 AM
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If you don't eat left handed you're just a wannabe


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