In the conventional (right-handed) orientation it is nearly impossible to play an open D major chord unless you have fingers like toothpicks. But for a lefty it's just a partial barre over the G, C, and E strings.

Our ukelele player is a righty, unfortunately. But after years of piano,…

When playing either of these instruments left-handed you simply flip it over and play the right-handed chords upside down.

In the conventional (right-handed) orientation it is nearly impossible to…

Specifically because of this horror, I just didn't use the phrase 'some girls do, some girls don't' over on the other thread.

The ultimate earworm! I salute you. And curse you, in equal measure. :)

I think he also might have 'reduced appreciation of parental input into clean dry clothing and hot food supply'.

does "reduced" imply that he previously had a higher appreciation? i'm still waiting for my little one to develop it. he's only twenty months tho, so i might be waiting for…

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s10297.htm

Though the findings are disputed...

Slightly back on topic: what about iPod's, specifically the touch ones, are they part of the 'dextriarchy' too?

Anything you hold in your hand and operate with your thumb, hold it in your left hand, note what the meaty part of your hand is lying on top of, and how…

Turns out you can, but it isn't as simple as you'd think it would be (I think there's a lesson there about MS for all of us).

I believe the lesson is 'online manuals are harder to shred than print ones'.

(b-dum-tish!, thangew, thangew...).

You're welcome...

Funnily enough there were two generations of good cricketers among them, some playing for New Zealand. Does that mesh with your dominant hand/cricket bat theory, Kyle? Some of them were lefthanded slow/spin bowlers, which I am told is a very hard combo to score runs off.

Daniel Vettori bowls and…

Travellin' and livin' off the land...

Sigh.

Funnily enough there were two generations of good cricketers among them, some playing for New Zealand. Does that mesh with your dominant hand/cricket bat theory, Kyle?

I feel a bit guilty if I don't mention that when I was thinking about elegant leftie batsmen, the guy playing the straight drive…

Funnily enough there were two generations of good cricketers among them, some playing for New Zealand. Does that mesh with your dominant hand/cricket…

So it sort of depends on which hand I first to used for chore whether or not I do anything sinister handed or not

It can lead to interesting…

But it's got to the point where I can't even open…

But left-handed batsmen look more elegant than right-handeds.

In cricket the theory seems to be non-dominant hand at the top of the handle, dominant hand at the bottom.

In ice hockey, they do it the other way. So a right handed player will play with the stick on their left…

On lefties – my little joke as a baggy in the Army was on an official display hand my rifle over to various VIPs to fire (right handed) and they had some very hot bullet casing smack them in the face. Giggled like the devious baggy I was.

I think…

So while your specialist lefty tools are ridiculously over-priced.... at least some of it is probably in the quality.... An equivalent quality righty tool would probably not be found in the $2 shop, or even for $5 at the supermarket?

I can't attest to the quality of the scissors, not…

Do you know if there's any correlation between left-handedness and increased co-ordination? At one stage I seem to recall seeing that the top target-shooters in the world were all lefties. My Jennifer (a lefty) is lethal with a rifle, causing any observers to comment that they…

Indeed. As all the light switches in our house are positioned so that, if you're walking through the door into a room, the switch is on your right.

But more convenient for a left-hander when leaving the room and turning the light off?

Back in 1981, my Form 2 teacher tried to get me to have a go at writing right-handed, in an attempt to improve my already messy, somewhat illegible, hand-writing. It lasted about a week, then I…

So while your specialist lefty tools are ridiculously over-priced.... at least some of it is probably in the quality.... An equivalent quality righty tool would…

On lefties – my little joke as a baggy in the Army was on an official display hand my rifle over to various VIPs to fire (right handed) and they had some very hot bullet casing smack them in the face. Giggled like…

One advantage I've noticed in being a computer using lefty is that mice/mouses are (generally) on the right hand side, leaving my writing hand free to do the writing thing.

The one that gets me, where we end up better off than right-handeds because of a conventional arrangement, is 'fork…

Most are red-green colour blind of course and learn that the top light is red and the bottom green – but lots of other things…

I always thought that "reduced appreciation of differences in colour' was just part of the condition that is being a heterosexual male?

Scarlet, crimson, cerise and vermillion are all just red to me.

I have this theory that men see in EGA. This handily eliminates all those colours that my…

Cos lift buttons tend to be located to the right of the doors so if you're left-handed you have to reach across your body and swivel to the right to push a button, whereas a right-handed person just sticks their arm out.

The lift buttons on my building are on…

Erm, excuse my ignorance (many do, including me) but how are lift buttons handed at all... aren't they just, well, buttons?

Cos lift buttons tend to be located to the right of the doors so if you're left-handed you have to reach across your body and swivel to the right…

Scarlet, crimson, cerise and vermillion are all just red to me.

My mother in law is a lefty and reports on being forced to write right handed at school, and having a tennis racquet strapped to her wrong hand presumably…