jn Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Reading a thread Caryl posted down there I see a couple of lefties and just wonder if there might be a disproportionate number of lefty fishkeepers. I'm a software engineer and there are definitely more lefties than one would expect to find in the general population in my office... so lets see if it applies to fishy people too! Lefties: 1 Righties: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Ambidextrous +1 :lol: I eat left handed, but do most things right handed so I'll go in the right team! Left: 1 Right: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Righty Lefties: 1 Righties: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Dixon doesn't know how to count past 1 so I'll add his :lol: I'm a lefty Lefty:2 Righty:2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Lefty:2 Righty:3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 lefty Lefty:3 Righty:2 I think(maybe) the national average population is 6% lefties. Mind you, that average might be increasing now that kids no longer get the cane for using there left hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 haha i posted at the same time so i didnt see davids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Lefty:3 Righty:4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Righty, but I eat left sometimes :roll: Lefties:3 Righty:5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 lefty: 3 righty:6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 lefty: 3 righty:7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoll Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Lefty - 4 Righty - 7 I "write" left handed... but being a hockey player all bat and racquet sports are right handed. Fencing with both or either... Left handers motto - "Left is Right!" Gavin.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minchton Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 left - 5 right - 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rimbauer Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hmm, I'm Skolls opposite - write with the right, eating and any "stick" sports lefty. I'll put down right though as I have a bit of a girlie throw with the left Left - 5 Right - 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_r Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 im a righty Lefty - 5 Righty - 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Lefty Lefty - 6 Righty - 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I am actually ambidextrous as well. Although I write with my right, I do everything else as a leftie. My family have always referred to me as a leftie so... Lefty - 7 Righty - 9 A large number of architects are lefties too I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'm a lefty! Lefty - 8 Righty - 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'd better help readress this balance Lefty - 8 Righty - 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 do most things with my right hand... except when I am holding a baby then I use chopsticks in my left. Kick a ball with my left foot. But consider myself Right. Lefty - 8 Righty - 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 I'll say lefty. Left handed and footed but right eyed. Do most things left handed but knife and fork right handed and chopsticks with left or right. Taught it was rude to use them in left hand so learned right and find left naturally easier. Left handed and right eyed is a lot of fun with a shot gun. Lefty-9 Righty-11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 This is a high percentage of lefties considering it is only 6 - 10% of the population are supposed to be lefties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 lefty - 10 righty - 11 Lefthanders make more like 20% of the population.. I write in mirror image when I do hand writing. Much more comfortable (and pthers can't read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted April 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Interesting isn't it This could be the first un-official study into the 'handed-ness' of fishkeepers. Now to know for sure we would have to know if there is any natural skew in the NZ population showing a disproportionate # of lefties in NZ compared to the rest of the world.... OR it could be that lefties, being know to be more creative are more naturally drawn to setting up and enjoying aquariums. We need to lobby the census takers to add a question to see how many kiwis (including foreign/imported ones like myself) are left handed.. maybe NZ naturally appeals to lefties in general? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Im right handed. But I find it easier to do some things like throw a ball with my left so I dont know what I am. I confuse myself :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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