tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post3859384210987589684..comments2023-10-22T11:45:23.103-04:00Comments on dead baby jokes: choosing sidesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-28291195438511159932007-09-04T16:13:00.000-04:002007-09-04T16:13:00.000-04:00I unknowingly impressed a student teacher when I w...I unknowingly impressed a student teacher when I was in fifth grade by declaring my goal for the year was to develop the ability to legibly write with both hands. I guess he thought that was cool for a 10yo. Unfortunately, I lack patience and dedication and am therefore an eternal righty. Being left-footed cheers me a little. Your blog makes me think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-8254313080278152852007-08-30T21:55:00.000-04:002007-08-30T21:55:00.000-04:00Righty. But I think lefties have more natural cool...Righty. But I think lefties have more natural coolness. :-)<BR/><BR/>Taxman is a lefty. <BR/><BR/>Both of us had natural-lefty paternal grandfathers forced to be righties in school in the '20s & '30s...so they became ambi. (And Taxman's grandpa reverted to being a full time lefty after he had a stroke that weakened his right side.)<BR/><BR/>My 3 year old daughter is a righty. Too soon to tell on the 16 month old, but Taxman is really rooting for a lefty. Personally, I think the reason behind it is because it will make teaching him to put on tefillin a lot easier (and tefillin for lefties is different)...how's that for a minor blip in the grand scheme of life?OneTiredEmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786020912408441766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-22768923396708387582007-08-30T20:39:00.000-04:002007-08-30T20:39:00.000-04:00RightRightMaddie's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183551721893752015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-40159359581563561552007-08-30T18:29:00.000-04:002007-08-30T18:29:00.000-04:00I didn't see this last night but rather belatedly ...I didn't see this last night but rather belatedly am commenting as it reminds me of when I was 6 and my sister was 4 and we were staying at my gran's house. The elderly lady next door asked us what we were going to be when we grew up. I said actress or dancer or something else I am not. She turned to S and said and "what about you, then/". S looked very serious and said with great emphasis "But Mrs T, I am left-handed." Clearly being a leftie was of far greater importance to S than the rest of us righties had ever imagined.Betty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-82210906953371500682007-08-30T17:06:00.000-04:002007-08-30T17:06:00.000-04:00Right. Although the story goes that I was a lefty...Right. Although the story goes that I was a lefty when I was very young, and my godmother forced me to use my right instead. I find this very plausible because a) my father is ambi and my brother is a lefty and b) my godmother swore that if she ever had a red-haired baby, she'd dye it brunette.<BR/><BR/>That makes her sound horrible, but she was a wonderful woman. Just a little prejudiced in her own eccentric way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-55599595244700899782007-08-30T12:46:00.000-04:002007-08-30T12:46:00.000-04:00Righty, with no lefthandedness in my family. Thoug...Righty, with no lefthandedness in my family. <BR/>Though after reading some of the comments maybe the reason I m so rubbish at most sports is because I try to do them right handed, maybe I should give being a lefty a go!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169620638518265423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-53658136875828181032007-08-30T10:23:00.000-04:002007-08-30T10:23:00.000-04:00righty. also always kinda wanted to be sinistra.righty. also always kinda wanted to be sinistra.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-43422222888630934122007-08-30T06:31:00.000-04:002007-08-30T06:31:00.000-04:00Right. And not so good in telling them apart... We...Right. And not so good in telling them apart... <BR/>We had a professor who was left-handed, but, as he put it, just old enough to be forced to write with his right hand anyway. He blames that for his illegible handwriting. I worked on a manuscript with him, which involved typing some of his notes (or my guesses to what they mean).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-2217364042035544982007-08-30T06:28:00.000-04:002007-08-30T06:28:00.000-04:00right handed here.right handed here.Doughnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00100398955132921465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-23795089944082283532007-08-30T06:20:00.000-04:002007-08-30T06:20:00.000-04:00I'm a proud leftie! We rock!I'm a proud leftie! We rock!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-30969052778674166652007-08-29T23:27:00.000-04:002007-08-29T23:27:00.000-04:00Right-handed.I love that you research your posts l...Right-handed.<BR/><BR/>I love that you research your posts like this. It is endearing.Antropólogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720065905801369495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-50626001996597929152007-08-29T22:20:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:20:00.000-04:00Me: rightDH: leftI can tell my left from my right,...Me: right<BR/>DH: left<BR/><BR/>I can tell my left from my right, but when people tell me that I have food on my face, which they often do, I have a hard time reversing their indications to the correct side of my face. Does that make sense?Mrs. Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572508460850412007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-30563538023153208462007-08-29T21:42:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:42:00.000-04:00rightrightAngel Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506210357223933939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-24431531065106339042007-08-29T21:04:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:04:00.000-04:00I'm right-handed, but I've always been surrounded ...I'm right-handed, but I've always been surrounded by left-handed people. I have three left-handed siblings, and two of my four kids are left-handed. In my family, left-handednesses has always been seen as a mark of coolness, so growing up, I wanted to be left-handed.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-30027974722313454592007-08-29T20:01:00.000-04:002007-08-29T20:01:00.000-04:00100% lefty :)So is my partner - we're wondering ho...100% lefty :)<BR/>So is my partner - we're wondering how our kids will turn out!Mandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105812003217189885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-87201618088013299522007-08-29T18:45:00.000-04:002007-08-29T18:45:00.000-04:00RightyRightyinfidelchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195563998354046053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-26358377039110132812007-08-29T18:40:00.000-04:002007-08-29T18:40:00.000-04:00R (with some L abilities)R (with some L abilities)Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433861868469484062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-48611115641793859262007-08-29T18:19:00.000-04:002007-08-29T18:19:00.000-04:00rightyrightyFattyPantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471930990530375865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-37702749547474452532007-08-29T17:47:00.000-04:002007-08-29T17:47:00.000-04:00Righty. though I always wanted to be one of those ...Righty. though I always wanted to be one of those cool, artistic, sinister lefties, too.<BR/><BR/>I know my right from left pretty easily, but people who constantly speak in terms of compass directions get on my nerves. How the hell am I supposed to know which is the west side of campus? Especially if it's midday, cloudy, or nighttime.Furrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617566957749784387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-28221619926056586272007-08-29T17:15:00.001-04:002007-08-29T17:15:00.001-04:00Right handed, and I can barely do anything that re...Right handed, and I can barely do anything that requires being dextrous with my left hand. Apart from, that is, pouring a teapot. Or putting on eyeliner. <BR/><BR/>But to tell left from right I have to pretend to write something. I also have to pretend to write something in order to think how to spell a word, or do mental arithmetic.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785913970638080108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-69928915183930686472007-08-29T17:15:00.000-04:002007-08-29T17:15:00.000-04:00Righty...but I used to try to like to eat with my ...Righty...but I used to try to like to eat with my left hand...not really sure why.The Goddess Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082406024088862566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-24361406654288852762007-08-29T16:23:00.000-04:002007-08-29T16:23:00.000-04:00Lefty for writing and cutting.Righty for catching ...Lefty for writing and cutting.<BR/>Righty for catching and throwingmissing_onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657322353094120712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-73869304665052289412007-08-29T15:32:00.000-04:002007-08-29T15:32:00.000-04:00Unambiguously starboard. But T., both his parents...Unambiguously starboard. But T., both his parents, and his sister are all port. <BR/>(thanks for comment!)E. Phantzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812948199658356521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-60669848081420353322007-08-29T15:16:00.000-04:002007-08-29T15:16:00.000-04:00Righty. All rightys in my family, and I'm married...Righty. All rightys in my family, and I'm married to one. However, Little T bats left and throws right. Apparently that is a desirable skill in baseball because we already have coaches encouraging us to keep him batting left. It's silly... he bats left because that was always more comfortable for him. If one day he decided he prefers to bat right, why on earth would I care?? Like it's going to ruin his potential professional baseball career?!?Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528541804521203406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225058560254819105.post-43883040270251803932007-08-29T15:13:00.000-04:002007-08-29T15:13:00.000-04:00RightyRightyCarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210823139583056706noreply@blogger.com