# I pit: my right hand... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250 "2004-02-09T08:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/1 "2004-02-09T08:22:58Z")
OK, so now you can’t cope with even a short spell of using the mouse, huh? So I’ve hit the spacebar too often, hey, thumb? Well screw you. Now I need to look at taking it seriously, and I suppose you find it funny that I should really shell out for a new chair, desk, trackball and whatever? Huh? And you, carpal tunnel, I hear your snickering, I know you’re just _waiting_ to fuck around, like with every member of my family. It’s not like I _need_ the use of my hands, or anything… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/2 "2004-02-09T08:52:21Z")
Ah. Another one comes to the _Dark Side_ : Trackballs! ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/3 "2004-02-09T11:46:50Z")
I have carpal tunnel too… I got it from cake decorating. Using the computer used to put my hands to sleep and make my wrists hurt. I wore the stupid braces and took a good look at my desk. I use a thumb trackball and a microsoft natural keyboard now and I no longer have sleeping, painful hands. A more ergonomic computer station is much better than surgery to repair those wrists. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/4 "2004-02-09T11:49:44Z")
You are correct to pit your right hand: I’ve heard that it’s a complete wanker. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/5 "2004-02-09T13:20:56Z")
Never let your left hand know that your right hand is being pitted. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/6 "2004-02-09T13:24:32Z")
If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out If thy right hand offend thee… ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-right-hand/228250/7 "2004-02-10T00:31:52Z")
I’m just here to put my left thumb in the pit, with the OP’s right hand. Who’d a thought it would make doing so many things so much more difficult to have a malfunctioning thumb on my off hand? Burn you fucker Burn!!