Here's some trivia that I discovered on left handers on the web:
- Sinistrophobia is the fear of left-handedness.
- While many people are left handed, very few are 100% left handed. For example, many Left handers golf and bat right handed. On the other hand, there is a high percentage of righties who are 100% right-handed.
- Lefties are also called "southpaws". The term was coined in baseball to describe a left handed pitcher.
- Tuesdays are Lefties luck day.
- Only about 10% of the population is left handed.
- During the 1600's, people thought left handers were witches and warlocks.
- International Left Hander's Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1976. It was started by Lefthander's International.
- It is believed that all polar bears are left handed.
- There is a rumor that octopuses have but one right hand. Scientists are diligently studying this.
- Everyone is a Left Hander in Left Hand, West Virginia.
I also discovered this image that depicts the quintessential left hander, courtesy the lefthanders club (http://www.lefthandersday.com/posters.html
So all of you who:
- found using scissors a nightmare (they are all designed for right handers)
- had to struggle to get used to the mouse (the left handed mouse is not that easy to use)
- were told it was bad dining etiquette to hold the knife and the spoon in hands opposite to what is the accepted norm
- found it difficult to synchronize with the aerobics class where every exercise starts off with the right hand/leg
- found it extremely tedious to use desks in school (they never have special ones for left handers!)
- were the object of ridicule in the formative years at school and later the object of admiration coz you were different from the rest
- are creative thanks to having a more active right brain that the left
Here's wishing you a Happy Left Handers Day!
4 comments:
Quite an interesting trivia on the lefties.. Sigh.. wish I was one!!
@J - Yeah its a lot of fun being a leftie but sometimes the grass looks greener on the other side :) I look so awkward holding objects that most righties manage to hold with style and panache!
Wow!!! Awesome findings... :)
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