A murder, a clue and a twist

[twickster]

@trupa

Hold with dominant, unscrew cap with weak hand. But if the cap is tight or slippery, then I switch, and unscrew with the dominant, because I find it takes more force to squeeze the cap hard enough to generate enough friction to generate enough torque, due to the smaller radius of the cap, The bottle has a larger radius, so the weak hand is enough to keep it from spinning.

Oddly enough, I just found myself doing the exact opposite – though I usually unscrew with the dominant hand, I had a recalcitrant new bottle of olive oil, and after two tries that way, I – totally unselfconsciously – swapped hands and held the cap with my left hand and the bottle with my right (dominant) hand.

Imagine my astonishment.
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@Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension

I fixed that for you.

Don’t do that, even as a joke (which this obviously was). We’re very serious about the rule against mucking with anyone else’s quote. You may remove material – preferably indicating with elipses or a [snip] where you have done so – but never add words.

Thanks for you cooperation.
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[Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension]

@Fuzzy_Dunlop

I write and eat with my left hand but do everything else with my right hand. I was just experimenting in my refrigerator

[snip and add]

Bwahahahahaha and found the secret…to life…ITSELF!

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@Fuzzy_Dunlop

and I can’t for the life of my convince myself that unscrewing with either hand feels any more natural. Now I’m going to have to try to observe myself unscrewing things all day without being mindful of it.

D’at betta?

Jesus, 2 years on the Dope and I finally draw moderator attention in IMHO. Sorry Twix. Hell, you’re one of my favorite mods, too.

[amarinth]

Right before I read your OP, I had just opened a bottle. While I read the post, the cap was still in my left hand and the bottle in my right.

I’m right handed.

Caps twist to the left. It’s easier to screw them off with my left hand. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what I usually do.

[twickster]

@Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension

D’at betta?

Much, thank you.

@Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension

Jesus, 2 years on the Dope and I finally draw moderator attention in IMHO. Sorry Twix. Hell, you’re one of my favorite mods, too.

Sucking up not necessary, but always appreciated.

Seriously – thanks for your cheerful cooperation with this.

[Fuzzy_Dunlop]

@twickster

Seriously – thanks for your cheerful cooperation with this.

Is it within the rules to edit your own post?

@Fuzzy Dunlop

I write and eat with my left hand but do everything else with my right hand. I was just experimenting in my refrigerator-

BWAAHAHAHAHAHA ! They laughed at me, but now they will rue the day BWAHAHAAHA!

and I can’t for the life of my convince myself that unscrewing with either hand feels any more natural. Now I’m going to have to try to observe myself unscrewing things all day without being mindful of it.

Because I think Attack from the 3rd dimension’s version is objectively better than the original.

[twickster]

Great … a mad scientist teaming up with someone from the third dimension … maybe I’ll go eat some pie and veg out in front of the TV for a while … it seems safer …

[tr0psn4j]

@Jackmannii

This could potentially go in any one of several forums but this seems as good a starting point as any.

In a Lawrence Block mystery I’ve been re-reading, a character dies in what’s initially thought to be an accident. However, an investigating detective believes foul play was involved, noting that a partially consumed vodka bottle was found near the body, with the victim’s fingerprints from her right hand on the bottle and left fingerprints on the screw-off cap. Since she’s known to be right-handed, he figures this is backwards and someone staged the scene.

This puzzles me - since I’m right-handed and habitually open jars and bottles by holding them in my right hand and unscrewing them with my left. On querying Mrs. Jackmannii (who’s a lefty), I find that she uses her dominant (left) hand to unscrew the lid/cap.

So, the Big Question is: am I an outlier and everybody else takes off the lid/cap with their dominant hand, or is Block’s homicide detective guilty of an unwarranted generalization?

I’d hold with my left and unscrew with my right. Obviously, I can’t answer for others though.

[Manduck]

I would think that the natural thing to do would be to pick the bottle up with your dominant hand, then unscrew the cap with the other hand (which is what I do).

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Manduck

I would think that the natural thing to do would be to pick the bottle up with your dominant hand, then unscrew the cap with the other hand (which is what I do).

Likewise. I’m right-handed. I pick up the bottle with my right hand, and untwist the cap with my left. Doing it the other way 'round feels slightly odd, but not totally out of the question.

[carnivorousplant]

@Manduck

I would think that the natural thing to do would be to pick the bottle up with your dominant hand, then unscrew the cap with the other hand (which is what I do).

No, you do things with your dominant hand, like manipulating flint strikers or jar lids.

[Manduck]

@carnivorousplant

No, you do things with your dominant hand, like manipulating flint strikers or jar lids.

But picking up the bottle is also doing something.

[carnivorousplant]

@Manduck

But picking up the bottle is also doing something.

You are obviously seriously disturbed.

[Weedy]

It doesn’t matter to me which hand I use to unscrew the lid, but I’m happier pouring with my dominant hand.

[aruvqan]

ambidexter here, either hand. Only reason I consider right my dominant hand is the world is designed for righties, so it is easier not to buck the system. Unfair, but that is the way of the world =)