Ever wonder why the picture is on the wrong side of your coffee cup?

Or why the words are upside down on your pencil?

Or why you have to sit side-ways to write in those one person desks?

Then. . .you must be a lefty!

Lefty Factoids

• 18% to 22% of twins are left-handed compared with under 10% for non-twins.
• Myth tells us that Polar Bears are left-pawed, however, scientists observing the animals haven't noticed a preference. In fact, polar bears seem to use their right and left paws equally.
• Researchers believe that approximately 10-12% of the population is left handed with slightly more lefty men than women
• Scientists have gathered evidence linking left-handedness and intellectual creativity. True left-handers tend to be more intelligent and eloquent than right-handers and they're better at solving problems.
• Did you know it's easier for a lefty to drive in the UK, India, Australia, Ireland, and South Africa? Those are a few of the places where they drive on the left side. In fact, 30% of the people on Earth live in countries where driving on the left is the rule of the road.
• Left-handed people tend to be more creative, more imaginative than right-handed people.
- Dr. Brying Bryngelson, University of Minnesota
• The brain in left-handers tends to be more resilient than in right-handers so left-handers frequently adjust easier and quicker to difficulties they encounter.
• According to research, lemurs tend to be predominantly left-handed.
• There is a strong correlation between handedness and birth order. According to research by Bill Hopkins, of the Yerkes Regional Primate Center at Emory University in Atlanta, first born chimps, as well as 50% of the chimps with five or more older siblings, are more likely to be left handed.
• Even though identical twins have identical genes, they are no more likely to be of the same handedness than any other pair of siblings.

Lefty Quotes

• Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton
• About the only thing I do with my right hand is wave. - Richard Simmons
• I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. - Albert Schweitzer
• Most people would give their right arm to be lefty. - John DianaThe Left-Hander's Guide and Reference Manual
• The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein
• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.
• HELP WANTED: Must be intelligent, multi-talented, good looking, sophisticated and humble. Submit resume or proof of left-handedness. - John Diana, The Left-Hander’s Guide and Reference Manual
• The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison
• Sucess is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. - Bill Gates
• Keep you face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow - Helen Keller
• Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. - Jerry Sienfeld
• You can neither win no lose if you don't run the race - David Bowie
• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwin
• I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
- Alexander of Macedon aka Alexander the Great
• An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
- Benjamin Franklin
• While right handed people rarely think about which hand another person is using, lefties are quick to spot a fellow southpaw. We've been watching other members of our exclusive club since the beginning of recorded history." - Rae Lindsay, Left if Right
• While lefties are only a small minority, you'd never know it from their long standing creative impact. If it seems to you that an awful lot of lefties have made their mark in literature, music, and art, it's not your imagination. - Eileen Mazer
• So the next time someone asks how left handedes are different, reply by saying they're special. And that science can prove it. - David Wolman, A Left-Hand Turn Around the World
• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. - Norman Schwarzkopf
• A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within. - Eudora Welty
• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. - Norman Schwarzkopf
• Left-handed people, speaking in general, are creative. Now I've known some pretty dull people who were left-handed, but not as many as right-handed people. - Phil Grecian, Actor
• Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. - Judges 20:16, referring to the Benjamites
• I've always liked being left-handed; it made me feel different and special. And I've found that left-handed people have a kindred spirit of affection and appreciation for other lefties. - Rae Lindsay Left is Right.
• It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. - Winston Churchill
• Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast. - Harry S. Truman
• Everyone is born ledt-handed. You turn right handed when you commit your first sin. - Sign on Norman Schwarzkopf's desk
• You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Gandhi
• Should we decide to form our own country, the Demecratic Reublic of Southpaw would be he palanet's third most populous nation after China and India, placing us solidly in the running for the medals at the Olympics. - David Wolman, A left-Hand Turn Around the World
• One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. - Joan of Arc
• Better to fight for something than live for nothing - George S. Patton

Lefty Sites

Here are some sites just for us:

• The Left Hand
• lefty FAQ
• Lorin's Left Handedness Site
• Left Hand Publishing

Lefty Stuff

• Left: A Handbook for Left-Handed Kids by Beth Wolfensberger
• Being Left-Handed by E. Stephen Mack - offers information and resources for lefties

Lefty Discussion Groups

• to the left Yahoo! Group -- for email discussion and chatting
  

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