# Left handed Doper Sign in **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918 "2000-07-08T01:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/41 "2000-07-09T05:44:06Z")
Yup, I’m a southpaw too. It’s only natural that such a trait is found in intelligent and creative people like us… That’s 'cos we get to use the OTHER side of our brains! ---
**Author:** ![schillometer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@schillometer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schillometer)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/42 "2000-07-09T05:59:31Z")
Howdy to my fellow deprogrammerinos. Yeah, did the Catholic school dance, got trained off the Devil’s Hand. As a result I: Write: right, terribly sloppy handwriting Throw sport-related objects: right, but only as well as Chuck Knoblauch Bat: left (more for the obvious advantage against righties than anything else-- was never much with the glove but made for a great clutch pinch hitter) Bowl: left, but almost as good with the right Shoot pool: left Hockey stick: left No idea what this makes me. I do agree with the reading-things-upside-down tip-- I can actually write upside-down fairly legibly. It comes in handy when trying to write on the back page of a spiral-bound notebook and don’t want to get those marks on your arm. Well, that’s it for me. Hi. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/43 "2000-07-09T06:56:23Z")
**Dragonlady** Interesting statistic that especially when you think that the overwhelming majority of dyslexics are male and left-handed. I wonder if there is some connection that could have something to do with the early foetus. All foetus’ start off female and then develop into male so maybe some part of that process also affects handedness too. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/44 "2000-07-09T07:56:52Z")
Extremely left handed. When eating with a knife and fork I have to keep switching them so that the one being used is in my left hand. I am completely ambidextrous with a computer mouse, however. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/45 "2000-07-09T15:13:07Z")
I’m lefthanded, left-footed, my left eye is the dominant eye…I mouse with my right hand, but that’s because it’s something dumb that my ‘off’ hand can manage while my left hand is on the keyboard, writing, or whatever. In other words, I mouse righty _because_ I’m lefty every which way. Being lefty was never a handicap before the computer age. And it still wouldn’t be, if anyone made a keyboard with the number pad over on the left. (Has anyone seen one?) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/46 "2000-07-09T19:27:46Z")
I can’t even imagine how difficult it would be to use the number pad with my left hand. Mouse and number pad to the right, gives my poor little underused right hand something to do, and leaves the left hand available to do all the real work. ::shudder:: I’m all conditioned and brainwashed and able to function in a right-handed world. Don’t go changing things around to accommodate me, I’ll just end up screwing everything up. ---
**Author:** ![Eposia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Eposia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eposia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/47 "2000-07-09T19:57:38Z")
Lefty! Left handed, left-leg / left-eye dominant. It took me until age 10 before I figured out how to use a can opener right handed. I do use a mouse right-handed, mostly because that’s how I learned. I think I also deal cards righthanded. thats about it. ---
**Author:** ![jubei2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@jubei2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jubei2k)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/48 "2000-07-09T20:15:45Z")
Left-handed, the only thing I do w/ the right hand is wrestle the bald-headed champ. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/49 "2000-07-09T21:41:34Z")
My grandpa used to say he was ambiphibuous - he could drink with either hand. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/50 "2000-07-09T23:16:05Z")
Strongly left-handed, but generally adaptable in this #^%\*%\* right-handed world. PS: Fountain pens suck! Yay, for biros. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/51 "2000-07-10T02:07:12Z")
Write left Bat right Golf left (when I took golf lessons, the instructor told me to swing right, then left, then told me to never touch a right-hand club again) Mouse, left, but with the keys set up righty ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/52 "2000-07-10T02:13:14Z")
Here. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/53 "2000-07-10T02:33:45Z")
Yep, I can read upsidedown too. I can also read “mirror image writing” like Da Vinci. I write quite well in either form also. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/54 "2000-07-10T02:35:23Z")
Left on! I don’t hold the pen with a “hook”, though; I hold the pen (or pencil) about a quarter inch from the tip end with the tips of three fingers, and only my fingers move when I write. (Well, OK, the whole arm gradually glides left to write as I go, too). ---
**Author:** ![Eposia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Eposia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eposia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/55 "2000-07-10T03:40:01Z")
Forgot to add : I can read upside down. Also backwards. Had many a fun game reading billboards (backwards) on car trips as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/56 "2000-07-10T13:19:26Z")
Another lefty checking in! I’m the only left in my family though. I don’t even think I have a cousin who’s a lefty. I do lots of things with either hand though. Write - Left Bat - Left Throw - Right Eat - Left Cut with scissors - right Brush teeth - Left Comb hair - Left Hold cigarette - Left Hold Glass - Left I think my son will be a lefty too. He’s only 10 months old but he grabs everything with his left hand first… I hope he is a lefty so I’m not the only one in my family anymore! ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/57 "2000-07-10T14:16:15Z")
I am so completely left handed, is frightening. My right hand might as well be removed. My middle son is a lefty too. I think leftys are more creative. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/58 "2000-07-10T14:36:38Z")
Very thuroughly left handed. Write left (no hook, just a lovely smudge on my pinky if forced to use pencil), kick and throw left, deal left, often find myself switching fork and knife back and forth so that used one is in left hand. Can read upside down and backwards reasonably easily. Can write passably with my right hand, though. Also mouse and play guitar right handed. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/59 "2000-07-11T02:32:56Z")
My younger daughter (25 yrs) is a lefty too. Unmodified, unlike her dad. I don’t know if she’s artistic, but she _is_ a nut. 😃 Just like her dad. Peace, mangeorge (Proud Papa) ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918/60 "2000-07-11T04:41:46Z")
Reporting with the Bend Sinister here. As is one of my twin daughters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-doper-sign-in/24918.md?page=4)