# Left-handed compliments **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824 "2008-09-16T12:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/1 "2008-09-16T12:04:20Z")
You gotta love them. Those almost-compliments that are just so, so wrong. The ones where you know the person thought they were being nice, but they just missed the mark. What are the favorite ones you’ve recieved? Here’s a few of mine: From when I worked at an urban radio station: “For a white girl, you sure know alot” (if I had reversed that to him: Helloooo, NAACP) From someone I first met on an online dating site: “Y’know, I don’t usually date overweight girls - but there’s just something about you I really like and I’m willing to give it a shot.” (yeah, thanks - not interested.) From my own mother: “You’re just so good at writing resumes. Must be all those times you had to look for jobs.” Your turn! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/2 "2008-09-16T12:06:30Z")
“Your camera takes really good pictures.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/3 "2008-09-16T12:14:46Z")
As a left-hander, I note your thread title. :eek::smack: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/4 "2008-09-16T12:21:46Z")
“Nice left hand you’ve got there” ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/5 "2008-09-16T12:32:27Z")
_“Bless your heart, you have so many friends. Women with strong personalities generally tend to alienate other people.”_ Thanks Mom. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/6 "2008-09-16T12:52:48Z")
Oh, that’s a _hearty meal!_ You must be sooo hungry! You must have skipped lunch! I know how _hard_ you work . . . you work\* so hard \*but you must never skip lunch and then end up eating such a \*huge dinner! \* Oh, waitress, she’ll need a box . . . she’ll never be able to eat all that . . . these are such _huge_ portions! Ladies and gentlemen, my mother-in-law! :🙇‍♂️: ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/7 "2008-09-16T13:00:14Z")
One that came out of my mouth as I took a friend out to dinner & she was talking about the good grades she got in school- “Oh, that’s great! I didn’t know you were smart!” We are actually still very tight friends. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/8 "2008-09-16T13:35:49Z")
“It’s not big, but it’s very _precise_.” “You’re a good match for your wife - she’s ‘fiery,’ and I know you’d never say anything to her.” (Ha!) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/9 "2008-09-16T13:39:21Z")
> [@glee](#): > > As a left-hander, I note your thread title. :eek::smack: Y’know, as a left-hander, you think I would have caught that . . . Which brings up my next compliment: “Y’know, for a blonde, you’re pretty smart!” ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/10 "2008-09-16T13:40:24Z")
> [@foxy40](#): > > _“bless your heart, you have so many friends. Women with strong personalities generally tend to alienate other people.”_ > > thanks mom. > > I think. i love it! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/11 "2008-09-16T13:41:17Z")
This was said to my husband by someone who he hadn’t seen since he was a kid: “You’re so much better looking than you used to be! You could be a movie star if you’d lose some weight.” ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/12 "2008-09-16T13:47:21Z")
“You’ve lost **so much** weight! Look at Sublata, everyone! Hasn’t she lost a **WHOLE LOT** of weight?” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/13 "2008-09-16T14:57:00Z")
A coworker once saw a photo of me in high school and with genuine surprise stated, “Wow! you used to be so good looking!” From a lady: “You’re pretty big. For a white guy.” Yes, it’s exactly what you’re thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/14 "2008-09-16T15:02:16Z")
“Oh Ellef, it’s such a shame you never met my husband. You’d have got along so well with him, he was like a fish out of water too!” ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/15 "2008-09-16T15:16:00Z")
I’ve been told this one a bunch: “Wow you **don’t** look like you were in the Army.” I guess me being female and girly to boot means I couldn’t be in the Army. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/16 "2008-09-16T15:37:25Z")
“You weren’t fat before, but you look great now that you’ve lost weight.” Err thanks, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/17 "2008-09-16T15:40:49Z")
To my husband (musician): Your amp sounds really good. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/18 "2008-09-16T16:08:08Z")
You got somethin’ to say about left handed people, huh? Huh? It just sounds like you had something to say, is all. Better watch yourself; you know how dangerous those off-handed scissors can be… ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/19 "2008-09-16T16:21:45Z")
> [@Ellef](#): > > “Oh Ellef, it’s such a shame you never met my husband. You’d have got along so well with him, he was like a fish out of water too!” :smack: OMG - that is so funny! I laughed out loud in my cubicle. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824/20 "2008-09-16T16:22:50Z")
> [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](#): > > You got somethin’ to say about left handed people, huh? Huh? It just sounds like you had something to say, is all. Better watch yourself; you know how dangerous those off-handed scissors can be… Yes - I once knew this doper named Interconnected who used them too close to his head and . . . just teasing :)😃 As already stated, I’m left-handed. And it kinda underscores my whole point, don’tcha think? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-compliments/463824.md?page=2)