This is a fun, left-field, tongue in (left) cheek, pun-filled Blog on Lefthanders.
Relax, enjoy the read, don’t get left behind. There’s a reason why they gratefully call it Leftovers, not rightovers.
As a Southpaw Artist and Photographer, if the “left-field” means unusual, surprising, odd, strange and unexpected, I’ll take it.
There is roughly 90% of right-handers compared to us (10%) left-handers. We are the unique Ten Percenters!
13 August is International Lefthanders Day. A day after my lefthanded birthday.
My Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain toy figurines and “When nothing goes right … go left” pin (above image).
Us, left handed / right-minded honchos are never afraid of being scrutinised (above image). We do what we do.
Let’s stay positive, get on with it. They say – “Do what’s right and God will do what’s left.”
Even as a young lad, I’ve never complained that the scissors, can openers, spiral notebooks and fountain pens were made for righthanders, I just got on with Life. I have always used ball-point pens so there was never the “ink smudge on left palm” problem.
My three sisters are righthanders whilst my brother and I are lefties. Go figure. Thanks, mom and dad!
I thank God that pressing the camera shutter with my right index finger is natural for me. Not to mention my left focusing eye.
Pen-pusher Me focused on signing my giant rock print with my trusty left hand (above image).
Pen-pusher Me signing posters at a Young Leaders Seminar where I was a Speaker (above image).
Mollydooker is an Australian slang for lefthanders. Been in use since the 1930’s, the term came from the British dialect brought to Australia giving lefthanders a bad connotation – awkward, doubtful and clumsy. Try telling this to the lefthanded luminaries listed below.
Speaking of Down Under, a cool concert pass by the awesome Australian band AC/DC when they toured the Left Coast of USA (above image).
There are some famous Southpaws in the world. They include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Nicola Tesla, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Neil Armstrong, Napoleon Bonaparte, Helen Keller, Queen Mother, Prince William, Jimi Hendrix, Sir Paul McCartney, Barack Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Kurt Cobain, David Bowie, Sting, Lady Gaga, Sir Bob Geldof, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Bieber, James Cameron, Noel Gallagher, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, Judy Garland, Robert De Niro, Annie Lennox, Eminem, Celine Dion, Lewis Carroll, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Whoopie Goldberg, Morgan Freeman, Kenneth Branagh, Spike Lee, Drew Barrymore, Jim Carrey, Matt Groening, Pierce Brosnan, Harpo Marx, Babe Ruth, Pele, Diego Maradona, Sir Bobby Charlton, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, and not forgetting Chewbacca and Bart Simpson.
For leftie Bart Simpson, the “rightings” seem to be on the board (above image).
As for the so-called Ambidextrous out there – Which side are you on anyway? Wink, wink.
