Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for October 29, 2023

I can scratch my head with both hands, even at the same time.

true – but lately I’ve been picking my nose just to keep it busy

I don’t have that issue because I play guitar and piano. Both hands do different things at once.

As a lefty, I do more with my right hand than any righties I know can do with their left.

My left hand holds the steering wheel while I shift gears with the right.

Back in the day, my left hand was also quite adept at unhooking bra straps. Ah yes, the good old days.

I use my right hand for fine motor function, and my left hand for heavy stuff. So in my case, both get used regularly. I’m pretty sure that’s a me thing though, not normal.

Aunty is obviously right-handed. I can hold a pencil fine in my left (writing) hand.

I’m right handed but one time I tried to write with my left hand, just for the heck of it. When I looked at what I had written I thought that I could be a doctor.

Gee, I always got the impression that Aunty was a two-fisted drinker.

My wife and I frequently joke about not hurting/breaking your “wiping” hand/arm

Get a grip!!!!!

I have a friend who is an excellent pianist. I was at a private recital of his at another friends house and I sat next to the piano looking down the keyboard as he played.

At the end, I held up my hands in front of my face and said, “Why can’t you guys do things like that?”

Have neuropathy. Hands, feet. Drives me nuts. Not much feeling trying to pick up or use items. Tingling and needles sticking in me all the time. Spinal stenosis. Had spinal surgery and spinal fusion. Only gets worse with time. Meds do not help much. Good thing is – I’m 77 and reaching the end. Woo hoo.

Nope. I am ambisinstral. In modern times, it is common to find some people considered ambidextrous who were originally left-handed and who learned to be ambidextrous, either by choice or as a result of training in schools or in jobs where right-handedness is often emphasized or required. Since many everyday devices such as can openers and scissors are asymmetrical and designed for right-handed people, many left-handers learn to use them right-handedly due to the rarity or lack of left-handed models. Thus, left-handed people are more likely to develop motor skills in their non-dominant hand than right-handed people. While not available from general shops, special implements and tools are made for left-handed use. My daughters and I are lefties. I made sure they had left handed scissors and other implements growing up. Was a big patron of “The Left-Handed Shoppe” in Carmel, CA when it was in business. Left-on!!!

not me, both hands work equally well =)

You know, now that I think about it, I can’t actually agree. I have to type to make a living, computer stuff, and my left hand is in charge of “a” and “e” so I definitely depend on it.

I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

Both my hands have their assigned duties.

I tried to learn to knit, but I found I was holding the needle in my left hand still and using my right hand to manipulate the yarn. It worked. For my very first project, I made a heavy coat, and it turned out so well, I made a second one in a different color. I never knitted again.

Funny! I’m equally clumsy with both hands…

I can write with either hand and throw a ball. However, I do know a lot of people who would have trouble opening a door with their left hand.

My left hand can hold the tv remote!

Both paws work the same for me. I need them both for making chain maille jewelry.

I remember when my mother first taught me how to write. She showed me how to hold it with my right hand, and as she was rooting for me to write the letter a, it just didn’t feel right to me. Then I looked at my other hand, and held the pencil with it… and by the time I filled the first line with a’s, my mom had ran into the kitchen and screamed, “SHE’S LEFT-HANDED!!!”

To this day, I prefer writing with pen and paper, but I appreciate the benefits of a computer.