Why are lefties so maligned.?
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I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
Because, you know, when the pedestrian is about to cross the road, the immediate danger comes from left (at least in civilized countries)! :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
I have heard the following story: A long time ago in a galaxy far away... People would shake hands with the right hand to show that they were friendly. Being right handed this meant that they could not use a sword and the other person could not while shaking hands. Now a left handed person could shake hands with their right hand and with their left hand do the dirty...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
my mother went to a convent (Catholic) school - apparently being left handed is the mark of the devil !! (yep, thats true for anyone who knows her at least - and if she ever finds out I posted this comment I'm dead meat - whatever, if a man in a forest ......) those nuns were pretty brutal in converting their charges from left to right handed 'g'
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my mother went to a convent (Catholic) school - apparently being left handed is the mark of the devil !! (yep, thats true for anyone who knows her at least - and if she ever finds out I posted this comment I'm dead meat - whatever, if a man in a forest ......) those nuns were pretty brutal in converting their charges from left to right handed 'g'
One of my uncles was left-handed and at school they literally beat it out of him. Anything using his hands had to be done right-handed or he got the cane. This left him with a stutter for the rest of his life.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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my mother went to a convent (Catholic) school - apparently being left handed is the mark of the devil !! (yep, thats true for anyone who knows her at least - and if she ever finds out I posted this comment I'm dead meat - whatever, if a man in a forest ......) those nuns were pretty brutal in converting their charges from left to right handed 'g'
That does not count. For real nuns everybody who does not behave like them and dress up like a penguin is a case for the Inquisition :)
And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
"Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"And I smiled and was happy
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One of my uncles was left-handed and at school they literally beat it out of him. Anything using his hands had to be done right-handed or he got the cane. This left him with a stutter for the rest of his life.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
<sigh> the capacity for human beings to inflict pain and suffering on each other knows no bounds, let alone doing it in the name of a god ... I despair of humankind !!
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<sigh> the capacity for human beings to inflict pain and suffering on each other knows no bounds, let alone doing it in the name of a god ... I despair of humankind !!
I don't know if it was a Church school; but being in NI in the 50's it probably was.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
Just thank god you're not ginger as well! er, you're not are you? :-D
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One of my uncles was left-handed and at school they literally beat it out of him. Anything using his hands had to be done right-handed or he got the cane. This left him with a stutter for the rest of his life.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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This left him with a stutter for the rest of his life.
You see: is the Devil, is the Hell! :laugh:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles] -
I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
I remember at school having writing lessons to convert me from left handed to right handed and it failed miserably! they spent one whole lesson telling me to pick up the pen, everytime I did what they asked but naturally used me left hand and had to repeat the exercise and this went on for an hour. Advantages of being left handed[^]. TO be honest I think most of them are rubbish. For me the main difference being left handed is that you know your handwriting will 99% of the time look like poop compared to that of a right handed person
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
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I remember at school having writing lessons to convert me from left handed to right handed and it failed miserably! they spent one whole lesson telling me to pick up the pen, everytime I did what they asked but naturally used me left hand and had to repeat the exercise and this went on for an hour. Advantages of being left handed[^]. TO be honest I think most of them are rubbish. For me the main difference being left handed is that you know your handwriting will 99% of the time look like poop compared to that of a right handed person
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
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I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
Lefties apparently die earlier than the right handed, but achieve more in their shorter lives. Graham Thorpe (English left handed batsman) was naturally right-handed in everything but batting, when he was six years old Thorpe changed his stance to make it harder for his two elder brothers to get him out and because the boundary in his garden was shorter on the leg-side for a left-hander.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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That does not count. For real nuns everybody who does not behave like them and dress up like a penguin is a case for the Inquisition :)
And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
"Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"And I smiled and was happy
And it came worse.Oh I dunno - I've seen a few films where nuns behave badly... :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Just thank god you're not ginger as well! er, you're not are you? :-D
No. If I were, I'd really be beaten up for it. Being a lefty is one thing, being ginger really would be getting two for one.
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I was looking at DD's latest CCC thread and I noticed the use of the word "sinister". Why are left-handed people so maligned? I believe the Victorians in the later 19th century used to send lefties to mental asylums. When I was at school I remember a teacher who tried to "correct" my left-handed writing and tried forcing me to use my right. I bat left-handed, I'd play darts (not that I ever would) left-handed, but I throw a ball right-handed. Left-handed batsmen are known as kak-handers. I am ambidextrous in fencing but many of my club's righties like to fight me as a lefty in the run up to a competition as it gives them the chance to practice other tactics and manoeuvres. Perhaps trivial, but the UI design of remote controls tend to favour the righties. Commies are referred to as the left wing. There's an endless list of rights over lefts. I'll now list the advantages of being a lefty: 1. Gulp, erm, ... :(
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I have heard the following story: A long time ago in a galaxy far away... People would shake hands with the right hand to show that they were friendly. Being right handed this meant that they could not use a sword and the other person could not while shaking hands. Now a left handed person could shake hands with their right hand and with their left hand do the dirty...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
Is it also the case that in middle-eastern countries they eat with their right hand and wipe their jacksies with their left? If so, I have it mind to go to the loo and then offer my boss my sandwich. :)
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Oh I dunno - I've seen a few films where nuns behave badly... :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
Was that while you were doing some thorough research?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Oh I dunno - I've seen a few films where nuns behave badly... :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Was that while you were doing some thorough research?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Exhaustive. Or exhausting, which is much the same thing in this case.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Church of Fudge? WARNING! Under no circumstances should you Google* that, or watch the results. *other search engines are available.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Thanks for the warning - I can guess the content... :-D
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
