LEFT HAND RULES
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Roughly 10% of the population is Left Handed
bulletMost doors have the knob on the wrong side.
bullet99.9% of all power tools have something wrong with their
ergonomics due to the right-handed design. Some are downright unsafe! Examples: The handle is on the wrong side of the blade on most circular saws. The trigger-lock on many power drills is located such that if picked up by a lefty, the drill will lock on.
bulletThe 'popular' buttons are located in the upper right corner of most wireless remote controls. How convenient for righties.
bulletScissors work better when held upside down.

 
bullet75% of the engineers in my department are left-handed.
bulletA left handed person is a southpaw only when he is facing west.
bulletLefties that wear rings on their left hand AND work on electrical stuff should not do that! (Buzzzzzzzzssst-poof... oooh that got hot!!!!)
bulletGiven the theory of the right-brain, left-brain split... one side being analytical and one side being artsy-fartsy... Left handed people have an "extra connection" allowing them to apply both sides of the brain to any situation. A definite advantage over the righties. (See above)

Left Handed Names
(Thought up by Right Handed People)

Famous Lefties

Factoids
bulletPortsider
bulletSouthpaw
bulletWrongarmer
bulletSidewheeler
bulletHookarm
bulletLeonaro DaVinci
bulletBabe Ruth
bulletHarry Truman
bulletBill Clinton
bulletWhoopie Goldberg
bulletThomas Jefferson
bulletRonald Reagan
bulletRobert De Niro
bulletBart Simpson
bulletRobert Redford
bulletAnthony Perkins
bulletTippi Hedren
bulletM.C. Escher
bulletJimi Hendrix
bulletThe Boston Strangler
bulletAlbert Einstein
bulletCharlie Chaplin
bulletJudy Garland
bulletHarpo Marx
bulletPrince William
bulletGeorge Bush Sr.
bulletPaul McCartney
bulletShirley MacClaine
bulletNed Flanders
bulletMarilyn Monroe
bulletBuzz Aldrin
bulletSteve McQueen
bulletMichael Dorn
bulletJack the Ripper
bulletO.J. Simpson
bulletThe word sinister is from the latin word for left handed.
bulletIn the "olden-days" teachers would smack left handed students to encourage them to learn to write using their right hand.

Lefty Quotes
"According to recent studies, lefties are superior in creativity, spatial ability, memory, originality and elaboration in thinking." - Lauren Harris (Child Psychologist)
"Lefties are much more interesting than right-handers." - Jean Levy (Bio-psychologist, University of Chicago)

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