# A gauche, sinister thread for us southpaws **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/947639 "2021-07-30T13:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/947639/62 "2021-08-02T16:39:32Z")
That’s odd, it looks correct, and I cut and pasted it. Try this: > [@POLL: Are you right-handed or left-handed (or ambidextrous)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-right-handed-or-left-handed-or-ambidextrous/947865): > > [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-right-handed-or-left-handed-or-ambidextrous/947865/1) Finally getting around to making this poll after it was suggested by @BigT in this post: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/) Lefties are typically only about 10% of the general population, but I had speculated in that other post that since there are a number of famous lefties throughout history who have excelled in various fields, and Dopers are an extremely smart and capable bunch, perhaps the Venn diagram intersect of Dopers / lefties may be hig… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/947639)._