Firstly, I am not a lefty. I am not going to be canceled for claiming to be a lefty ๐ . My SO is a lefty, however. We have been together for 18 years so I have heard his stories of adapting to a right-handed world and being told to, "just use your other hand".
Today is International Lefthanders Day. It is the 32nd annual celebration of all things lefty.
18.14 - Sone famous lefties include Barack Obama, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Leonardo da Vinci, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Justin Beiber. Keanu Reeves, Buzz Aldrin, Babe Ruth, Bill Gates, David Bowie... and Ned Flanders of the Leftorium ๐
Hurray for all the lefties! That graphic about the smudge is awesome!ย
Non sono mancina ma ne conosco molti
18.26 โ You should impress them with your knowledge of all things "lefty" next year. Have fun with it!
18.27 - โLife without left-handed people wouldnโt be right.โ โ C.R. Manske. Well that is just plain logical!
18.28 - โIf the left half of the brain controls the right half of the body then only left handed people are in the right mind.โ โ W.C. Fields. This phenomenon is called contralateral organization. It is a real thing.
18.29 - โGod made everyone right-handed, only the truly gifted overcome it.โ โ Anonymous. This is s funny saying. ย
18.30 - โLefties โ in great demand but limited supply!โ โ Anonymous. Research suggests roughly 10-12% of the population is lefthanded.
18.31 - โDamned infernal gizmo. My kingdom for a left-handed can opener.โ โ Montgomery Burns. The Simpsons is truly where I learned about lefthandedness. I wonder if the Leftorium is a real store, either IRL or web-based.
18.32 - โWhen nothing goes rightโฆ go left.โ โ Anonymous. I mean, what other choice do you have?
18.33 - โAll the decisive blows are struck left-handed.โ โ Walter Benjamin. I wonder if this is true, or still true? Anyone know of any examples to illustrate this?
18.34 - โThe left-handed are precious; they take places which are inconvenient for the rest.โ โ Victor Hugo. Thank you lefties, for boldly going where the rest of us won't.
18.35 - โTwo and a half thousand left-handed people are killed every year using things made for right-handed people.โ โ Maggie OโFarrell. I sincerely hope this is hyperbole!
18.36 - โI scan the room. Catherine is writing quickly, her light brown hair falling over her face. She is left-handed, and because she writes in pencil her left arm is silver from wrist to elbow.โ โ Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants. This quote goes (left) hand in (left) hand with the "embrace your smudge" poster.
18.37 - โLeft-Handers are not different because they are unique; They are unique because they are different.โ โ Peter-Cole C. Onele. We should all aspire to be unique like this.
18.38 - โLeft handers donโt just write differently, we also think differently.โ โ Anonymous. This is true! I will post another posting shortly about this. Stay tunedย ๐.ย
18.39 - โItโs a left handed thingโฆyou wouldnโt understand.โ โ All Left Handed People. I think all groups of people utilize this saying to justify their own perspective.
18.40 - The lefty quotes and attached black box graphics of said quotes came from the following website. I omitted a few. https://leftyfretz.com/14-inspirational-left-handed-quotes/