On Either One Hand...Or The Other!

[Lemming]

Approximately 1 in 8 people in the world are left-handed, including myself. I thought I would ask the forum whether people are right or left handed, I wonder if it is 1 in 8, so please complete the poll and comment if you so desire.

(For clarity we will define right-handed or left-handed to be which hand you write with.)

[Andy Mellon]

I am right handed. I bowl and throw right handed, yet I can bat with either left or right hand. I can write left handed as well (though pretty badly) so I have a certain amount of ambidexterity about me.

[Lemming]

I write left-handed, play racket sports, snooker and pool left-handed. Play cricket completely right-handed, throw right-handed but am more accurate throwing screwed up paper in the bin left-handed (trained myself). I use scissors and screw-drivers right-handed, I used to use a screwdriver left-handed then suddenly, unexpectedly, switched to right-handed. I find that whatever I can do, or train myself to do, with my left-hand, I can usually do at about 75% right-handed.

[Mongoose]

The poll should throw up an accurate result, given a reasonable number of pollsters. However, there is the chance that there will be a higher than normal proportion of lefties, as cackhanders may be more inclined to make the effort to vote and score a notch for a minority breed. I personally love left handers, especially batsmen. I used to get quite a few wickets with my big inswing (outswing to a right-hander) getting them bowled or lbw. So come on you cackers, join in, vote, and share the love!

And right handed people, vote too.

[Kirsty Harris]

Originally Posted by Lemming

(For clarity we will define right-handed or left-handed to be which hand you write with.)

I am basically left handed, but I eat right handed and use my right hand to use scissors!

[Alison]

I'm right-handed now, but I distinctly remember being ambidextrous when I was a small child.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Apart from writing, which I'm right handed, I'm left handed at golf (crazy anyway), tennis (crap at) cricket with both bat and ball, left footed at football and can use a screwdriver with either hand.

For most other activities I use both hands.

[Richard Jenkins]

I'm right-handed but can do certain things left handed. I taught myself to bowl left handed as a change ball. Certainly surprises the batsmen.My mum was born left handed but had it whipped out of her and is right handed now!

[Moss]

I am right handed, and so is my brother, but our parents are both left handed.

No, we're not adopted!

[Lemming]

Originally Posted by Kirsty Harris

...I eat right handed...

What do you mean when you say you eat right-handed? Knife in right-hand? That's how I eat (I am left-handed).