# How many hands do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100 "2014-06-05T06:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/21 "2014-06-05T16:32:54Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Do all the hands attached to my body at the present time have to belong to me? #beingcaressed Do all the hands attached to my body at the present time have to belong to me? #beingfrankenstein ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/22 "2014-06-05T19:44:28Z")
More than one and less than seventy. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/23 "2014-06-05T20:41:06Z")
So…I _shouldn’t_ count the ones in jars of formaldehyde on my mantle, right? ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/24 "2014-06-05T20:58:03Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Yes… and you know, it just occurred to me that one cell in my fingernail could be, like, a whole UNIVERSE! > [@drewtwo99](#): > > Yes. Far out ! We used to talk like that. No kidding. Still, it is true; I have a colony or maybe a metropolis living under my left big toe. I could get a script but, I’ve seen the little guys on the commercial and I can’t bring myself to wipe-out such cute little coverall-wearing creatures. I mean, they gotta’ make a living, too. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/25 "2014-06-05T21:01:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I don’t participate in public polls, nor do I swim in public pools. That’s funny. I empty my bladder in both instances. Don’t blame you. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/26 "2014-06-05T21:02:31Z")
If I were a horse, 17. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/27 "2014-06-05T21:10:54Z")
It’s a pretty good poll. Not the best one, but… How about preference ? How many freak leftys do we have ? Sorry about the freak thing. I know better, but it’s too late to revise. Let’s call them the preferentially impaired. Should they be slaughtered, wholesale, or do we need them for baseball only ? Or am I overstating the threat posed by those weirdos ? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/28 "2014-06-05T21:34:17Z")
I’m bi-handeral ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/29 "2014-06-05T21:45:17Z")
Zero. I’m typing this with the mutant, long-toed, ultra flexible feet that I was born with on the ends of my arms. I admit, sometimes the constant stares from others whenever I step out my door gets to me. > [@common\_good](#): > > It’s a pretty good poll. Not the best one, but… > How about preference ? How many freak leftys do we have ? Sorry about the freak thing. I know better, but it’s too late to revise. Let’s call them the preferentially impaired. Should they be slaughtered, wholesale, or do we need them for baseball only ? Or am I overstating the threat posed by those weirdos ? Random aside: I’ve always wanted to be a lefty. No idea why, it just seems so cool. Despite this, I’m still boringly right hande- uh, mutant-footed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/30 "2014-06-05T21:48:23Z")
To within an order of magnitude, I have 10[sup]0[/sup] hands. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/31 "2014-06-05T22:28:19Z")
How many hands do I have? Enough. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/32 "2014-06-05T23:47:27Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > How many hands do I have? Enough. Really? I never have enough. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100/33 "2014-06-06T02:20:24Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I have more than the average number. Are we counting gloves? > [@Shagnasty](#): > > Five but I am wearing a watch. So you have one at the end of each arm, plus a watch with only one hand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100.md?page=1)