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98. It's an old baseball gag. Not everyone remembers. Announcers used to joke about it. Here

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Sat Nov 18, 2023, 10:32 PM

Nov 2023

is some history on it. Sorry.

https://sabr.org/latest/moore-the-strange-occult-origins-of-the-wacky-lefty/

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Are you right handed or left handed. If left handed, did the teachers try to make you change? I am right handed. but i [View all] debm55 Nov 2023 OP

Yes, I'm a Lefty! Back in the 1960s it was common for the teachers to try and make you Ziggysmom Nov 2023 #1

No you are not, you are lucky to be able to use both. I tried but couldn;t. debm55 Nov 2023 #35

Why is it that lefthanders are flakey? I never figured that one out. brewens Nov 2023 #2

I think that they may be different but I wouldn;t call them flakey based on what arm they throw with. debm55 Nov 2023 #36

Why have so many presidents been left-handed? SharonAnn Nov 2023 #81

I didn't know that. Thanks. Maybe, they had to work hard at a young age to stand up for themselves and overcome debm55 Nov 2023 #82

Interesting question. DFW Nov 2023 #111

brewens....... Upthevibe Nov 2023 #96

It's an old baseball gag. Not everyone remembers. Announcers used to joke about it. Here brewens Nov 2023 #98

Agree, I have known Flakey , who write with their right hand. debm55 Nov 2023 #100

I promise you, it's not universal DFW Nov 2023 #112

My left handed wife is a bit difficult at times too unweird Nov 2023 #3

I'm a lefty and I resemble that remark! True Dough Nov 2023 #29

HAAHAHAHAHAH debm55 Nov 2023 #37

The teacher told my parents to leave me alone Clash City Rocker Nov 2023 #4

Good for your teacher. debm55 Nov 2023 #38

My mother was a lefty & we had three others in the family & they got the corner spots at the table. CrispyQ Nov 2023 #5

I love that.TY debm55 Nov 2023 #7

The nuns did that to my mom and she did it to me Siwsan Nov 2023 #6

Dear Siwsan, you shouldn;t have been made to change. That was insensitive what the teachers did to you. debm55 Nov 2023 #8

when my mom was little (during the great depression version 1.0) girl. that was not uncommon to try to AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #9

As a teacher I heard stories of teachers tying the left hand back so the child could not use it. Terrible. debm55 Nov 2023 #39

The nuns tied Mr Lake's left arm down. LakeArenal Nov 2023 #62

How sad for Mr.Lake. If people knew what went on and kids dare not tell their parents. debm55 Nov 2023 #65

In my life parents, Catholic or not, sided with teachers and principals. LakeArenal Nov 2023 #72

They did at one time much so. Now it is the complete opposite. There child can do no wrong. debm55 Nov 2023 #74

Back in the 70s, we got a new boss in our office who decided everyone had to be right-handed. Midnight Writer Nov 2023 #10

He sounds like an ass. debm55 Nov 2023 #40

Started out writing left handed. Immediately encountered a teacher who insisted i hold the highplainsdem Nov 2023 #11

So sorry for you highplainsdem. Using scissors, writing etc, takes extra work on the part of the teacher to work with debm55 Nov 2023 #41

I'm right handed, but I shoot pool and sweep left handed. Harker Nov 2023 #12

That;s different Harker. I hope you didn;t get hurt. debm55 Nov 2023 #42

I'm right-handed, but when I went to art school, some teachers... Jrose Nov 2023 #13

I was going to say, I have a BS in art education. Going to college we sometimes experimented using the other hand. debm55 Nov 2023 #43

I've always heard lefties were more creative...something about the right side... brush Nov 2023 #86

My earliest memory is of being ambidextrous with a preference for left-handedness. Different Drummer Nov 2023 #14

Are you now a righty, lefty or both? debm55 Nov 2023 #44

Strictly righty...though my politics leans left. Different Drummer Nov 2023 #90

Yes debm55 Nov 2023 #94

Left handed, no one ever tried to make me change. LisaM Nov 2023 #15

Good that no one had you change.Thank you LisaM. debm55 Nov 2023 #45

I went to catholic school in the 70s - the nuns tried to beat it out of me. Probatim Nov 2023 #16

Thank you Probatim. You have a very interesting story. Thanks for sharing. debm55 Nov 2023 #46

I am right handed BlueKota Nov 2023 #103

Very sorry for this BlueKota. I deeply hope you can overcome this, It's a damn shame this happened to you. Lazy teachers debm55 Nov 2023 #104

I'm a true ambidexter. SOteric Nov 2023 #17

That's great. You shouldn' t have been forced to change. debm55 Nov 2023 #47

Lefty forced to convert to righty tightie by Mom! GreenWave Nov 2023 #18

Thank you for your response. debm55 Nov 2023 #48

The same people who impose dexterity reassignment therapy oppose gender affirming care Bucky Nov 2023 #19

Yes the world is screwy right now. Thank you , Bucky. debm55 Nov 2023 #49

A lefty but ambidextrous abbeyco Nov 2023 #20

Good for your parents. It does take extra time on the part of teachers. Some are just to lazy to give it a try with a debm55 Nov 2023 #50

I always wonder, if ... Jeebo Nov 2023 #21

It would be hard but my guess is it could be done. debm55 Nov 2023 #56

Righty here. Lunabell Nov 2023 #22

Lunabell, I have some use of both. Use to hold my baby boy in the left arm so he could be closer to my heart.I can do debm55 Nov 2023 #66

Proud lefty here...never had any pressure from others to change. Mad_Dem_X Nov 2023 #23

Great. debm55 Nov 2023 #57

Lefty used to be associated with Satanic. Some folks probably still believe it. keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #24

Yes, I went to a catholic school. I remember that.Those were the days, when there were 60 kids in a room. For some nuns, debm55 Nov 2023 #58

Right handed but sometimes I try using my left hand. Maybe make a few new wrinkles in my brain? thatcrowwoman Nov 2023 #25

thatcrowwoman, I heard stories also about tying the the left arm behind the back. How cruel. debm55 Nov 2023 #59

I am right handed. When I was in Little League....... dameatball Nov 2023 #26

I love your post. Thank you. debm55 Nov 2023 #60

Right-handed. Glorfindel Nov 2023 #27

So very true. debm55 Nov 2023 #67

I am right-handed sdfernando Nov 2023 #28

You are bad. debm55 Nov 2023 #68

I understand 40% of psychopaths are left handed... IrishAfricanAmerican Nov 2023 #30

Sorry IrishAfricanAmerican., been there too debm55 Nov 2023 #69

I am strongly lefthanded. My mother was ambidextrous. ms liberty Nov 2023 #31

I'm sorry for your loss. area51 Nov 2023 #32

Thank you. ms liberty Nov 2023 #51

Oh ms liberty, I am so sorry for you. May the memories of your sister be a blessing to you. Love, Debbie. debm55 Nov 2023 #70

Thanks, deb. ms liberty Nov 2023 #77

Oh my goodness, how awful! So sorry. electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #105

Thanks. ms liberty Nov 2023 #113

Right-handed, area51 Nov 2023 #33

area51, that is interesting. Thank you. debm55 Nov 2023 #71

Leftie here Dave in VA Nov 2023 #34

Dave, your post is an illustration of your strength. I salute you for the power you had/have over your life. debm55 Nov 2023 #73

My brother & sister are left-handed-- I'm ambidextrous ailsagirl Nov 2023 #52

That;s interesting. Question, is your writing the same? debm55 Nov 2023 #75

Leftie,born in '57. No one tried to make me change, though when I fractured my left wrist, Liberty Belle Nov 2023 #53

Thank you. Can you still do things with both, The medicine I take gives me tremors in my right hand. I have been relying debm55 Nov 2023 #76

Right-handed, but my Kindergarten teacher said "You write with your right hand." Eugene Nov 2023 #54

Eugene, I am so sorry that she said that to you. debm55 Nov 2023 #63

I am a Righty, One of my sisters is a artsy leftie. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #55

Great, OAITWr2.0. I am glad she was able to continue being lefty. debm55 Nov 2023 #61

She is 69 and going strong. If you go to No. Conway, NH....and need a ticket, my sister is there to help.... OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #64

We are going to New England after Thanksgiving for another feast/ get together. I will see how close we are . debm55 Nov 2023 #78

Portsmouth, NH is a great place to start. Then go up Rte 16 N for 2-1/2 hours and you will be OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #85

I'm left handed. I learned to write with a right handed slant, at the black board I used my right hand ... marble falls Nov 2023 #79

That is a great post, Marble Falls, TY. debm55 Nov 2023 #80

I write left-handed, born 1950, and don't remember being told to change. walkingman Nov 2023 #83

They tried to make me switch, but failed IzzaNuDay Nov 2023 #84

Very good, IzzaNuDay debm55 Nov 2023 #92

Lefty chouchou Nov 2023 #87

Good for you. Stand up for what you believe debm55 Nov 2023 #93

Thank you. Mom taught me much! chouchou Nov 2023 #95

i am right handed, but i am pretty ambidexterios. my grandpa was a lefty made right handed + he had an pansypoo53219 Nov 2023 #88

I am the opposite. I am right handed and my left hand is only good as a decoration. Chainfire Nov 2023 #89

That's sad debm55 Nov 2023 #91

debm55........... Upthevibe Nov 2023 #97

Same here, Upthevibe. Thank you for heart felt post debm55 Nov 2023 #99

Lefty here. onecaliberal Nov 2023 #101

GreatandTY debm55 Nov 2023 #102

I'm a northpaw NotASurfer Nov 2023 #106

Thank you, debm55 Nov 2023 #108

A friend was lefthanded and her first grade teacher tried to make her switch yellowdogintexas Nov 2023 #107

Good for that mom. debm55 Nov 2023 #109

Right-handed. Teachers tried to change my handwriting from illegible to legible DFW Nov 2023 #110

Great and thank you DFW, debm55 Nov 2023 #114

I'm left handed andso was my Mother Delmette2.0 Nov 2023 #115

Thank you, Delmette2.0 You had a great mother for standing up for you debm55 Nov 2023 #116

I'm a lefty.. as in writing. DUar17 Nov 2023 #117

Thank you DUar17 debm55 Nov 2023 #118