# Happy Left Hander's Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596 "2011-08-13T18:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/21 "2011-08-16T15:03:33Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I’m surprised there aren’t more people in this thread. **I would guess that Dopers would have a higher proportion of left-handers than the general population.** Assumption: Dopers = Smartest discussion board = a higher proportion of Left Handers = Cool-er people See what I mean… you don’t get “presents”. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/22 "2011-08-16T20:50:30Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] You can have all the ones you want during the [several years you’ll outlive us](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1099/do-left-handers-die-young). [/QUOTE] And the right-handers will probably still have all their fingers. Some tools such as circular saws can be flat-out dangerous to use left-handed. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/23 "2011-08-17T00:51:05Z")
Awww, I missed the day too. I feel so left behind. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/24 "2011-08-17T01:02:41Z")
I, too have a left hand. It is stupid as hell and does not get a special day. It does give my right hand a break once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/25 "2011-08-17T01:42:02Z")
I missed it too! Serious lefty, here. 🙂 Happy day after to my lefty sisters and brothers everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![OneMissedPost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/26 "2011-08-17T01:47:29Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > When is Happy Right Hander’s day? Edit: I didn’t realize someone else asked this already. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/27 "2011-08-17T19:00:26Z")
About 10 percent of people are left handed. About 10 percent are gay. isn’t it nice that god made it so easy for us to pick them out? ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/28 "2011-08-17T19:37:00Z")
For Left-Handers day, I gave my left hand the day off, and instead used my right hand… to do the dishes. What? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/29 "2011-08-17T19:46:30Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Assumption: Dopers = Smartest discussion board = a higher proportion of Left Handers = Cool-er people > > See what I mean… you don’t get “presents”. Aww, I didn’t mean it that way. When I was in social work school there were a huge percentage of us who were left-handed. It just seems we cluster in certain areas. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/30 "2011-08-17T19:53:59Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Aww, I didn’t mean it that way. > > When I was in social work school there were a huge percentage of us who were left-handed. It just seems we cluster in certain areas. So you are adding that lefties are also more altruistic… :rolleyes: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/31 "2011-08-17T23:26:21Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Oh, and computer mouses, unless of course its a magic mouse, like mine. 😃 Computer mouse is an extra trap… if, like me you’re a leftie who has adapted to using a right-hand mouse (simply repositioned to the left of the keyboard) then an actual left-hand configured mouse can be worse than having to use a mouse with your right-hand. Oh, and we have a left hander’s day?! I’ll need to remember for next year. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/32 "2011-08-17T23:41:44Z")
Sort of related, we have a teenage girl at work that does announcements on the PA and she is the female version of Ned Flanders. I call her Ned Flander’s and everyone knows who I mean. I have zero idea what her name is. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596/33 "2011-08-18T01:36:37Z")
I"m cross-dominant - can I have a half a Left-Handers’ Day next year? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-left-handers-day/592596.md?page=1)