[Arr34ston]

This august group also has notably higher percentages of genius and idiots in its ranks. Left-handers are Xtreme Humans!

I've always thought it would be interesting to see how right-handers would react if all the subtle "righty" objects in our everyday world were suddenly switched to left-handed designs.

[kjsdiuwe]

This raises the question: How many mice are normally left-pawed?

[homerdienru]

I was a leftie forced to convert into a rightie at nursery by evil religious f-ckwits...

Somehow they overlooked which hands I held my cutlery in...

[disappointment2]

Or you could be ambidextrous...

Though only one at a time, unless well endowed...

[VogsHoock]

And French researchers concluded that being left-handed could be an advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

Isn't that just because all the right-handed people train to face other right-handed people? Nothing intrinsic to left-handedness or its biology.

[Anfester]

Originally posted by Elok
This raises the question: How many mice are normally left-pawed? Let us poke pointed sticks at them to find out.

[RCQDnMp5]

It was the other guy in your head that was schizophrenic.

[Info-phone]

when i was 11 or 12 i tried 'training' myself to become ambidextrous. it didn't work out so well.

[Dodoerabe]

I am securely dexterous.

[2swasseneons]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
And French researchers concluded that being left-handed could be an advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

Isn't that just because all the right-handed people train to face other right-handed people? Nothing intrinsic to left-handedness or its biology. But still a complete advantage regardless.

[Qahtwugc]

Lefties are mentally ill and/or schizophrenics Damn straight

[roundman]

A left-handed swordsman or axeman had an advantage in their era as the righties shield setup wards off right handers much better than lefties. I would probably have been left-handed but the nuns saw to it that I was not. No schizophrenia that I am aware of but do have a case of DID/depression that requires meds to stabilize. Left eye/right hand coordination is an advantage at the plate in baseball that I used to advantage when young. Only positive aspect of the good sisters' intervention. Let's not even get into talking about "bi."

[Johnny]

I knew those voices wasn't of the good! But perhaps there is hope, I am right handed when I use knife and fork.

[fajerdoksdsaaker]

I'm afraid I use my left hand for that.

[effenseshoora]

Game, set and match to Ludd.

[immoceefe]

Your assertion that there's nothing intrinsically advanteous to left-handedness in hand-to-hand is correct in a strictly physical sense, of course.

But in a real-world scenario, the training/practice advantage becomes critical. The fact that righties train (theoretically, on average) against lefties only 10% of the time, with the reverse being true for the lefties (obviously), puts a clear advantage to the left handers.

Note that the article states left-handedness "could be an advantage" in combat -- not that they are better fighters. The fact that this advantage may due to being a statistical anomaly (as opposed to strength, quickness, whatever) doesn't make it any less effective.

So no, not kidding.

[ivandiadser]

A left-handed swordsman or axeman had an advantage in their era as the righties shield setup wards off right handers much better than lefties Wouldn't the shield setup of a left handed swordsman likewise be setup to block against a left hander ? Thus the only advantage being the said left hander would be more used to swinging sword vs sword whereas the right hander would have trained more sword vs shield.

[ElcinBoris]

I'm sure all of this will be very useful the next time one of you is challenged to a duel.

[hrotedk]

I'm mainly right-handed but eat with what's meant to be a left-handed set-up (fork in right hand) and bat in cricket (rounders for you Yanks) left-handed (right-hand closer to body/higher up stem).