Today at my 25 yrs. of age, i do get lot of compliments for being a left-handed as belonging to a naturally blessed, lucky & intelligent people category. The scene was not the same 20 yrs. back, when my parents tried a lot for me to start using my right hand like the majority does. The sad thing is that we still have no research or concrete study on how does it really matters to be a left-handed!

Bharti Narang, Nagpur, India

I assure you all that the persecution did not end in the 1960s. I had a primary school teacher who tried forcing me to change the way I wrote in the mid-1980s. Fortunately I had the love and support of my parents, who accepted me for who I was and promptly complained to the principal. She retired later that year. Score one for the gibble-fists!

Richard Morrison, Washington, DC, USA

Some of the links they're drawing seem pretty far-fetched to me.

Kristin, Houston,

As a member of the left-handed community I want to note that we are the least complaining minority in the world. We do not complain about the inconvenience we are caused by right-handed notebooks, desks, clothes or furniture. We just adjust, quietly and usually while nursing a hurt thumb or toe that was injured by the ubiguitous unfairness of design created by the right handed majority.

mary, Buffalo , NY

Sinistrals unite!

Miike, Atlanta, GA

I hate those no good south paws. The second they move into town the property values go down and crime triples. They're always looking for a hand out. They are a pretentious lot, too. Although, I have no idea how they justify it. They all think they are sooo unique. That's why you find that in Hollywood those who are hoping to make it are more commonly left-handed. No one's had the heart to tell them that they're inferior in many basic ways. Down with the gibble fists!

swarms909, Eugene, Oregon, USA

You can get all manner of goods in a left-handed version in our store at http://www.left-handed.com

Vince Gledhill, Leeds, UK

How about being able to use both hands equally well? I write, eat, shoot pool and can even wipe me bum(lol) with either hand equally and either way feels natural.

The Cho, Ft. Wayne, IN

My brother in law (who went to school in the 1970s) was "discouraged" from writing with his left hand. Now he does everything with his left hand, apart from writing.

starling, Lancaster,

This is very interesting. My family is an oddity in that of 6 members, 3 are left handed. My brother was forced to play baseball right handed, but does almost everything else left. It's weird how many activities we lefties have to do because of a right handed world - (scissors, buttons on shirts, open doors, etc.)

Bryan, atlanta, GA, USA

Left handed people think differently - and they think outside the box easily; they have fast minds and are connected to speed. They are good at working with what works and creating new. They are phenomenally and unconventionally bright.
Even as I write this (as a left-hander, with two left-handed children and two right-handed children - bless them) - I expect we will see a day where we are evolved enough to appreciate different learning styles and different methods and techniques without having to use explanations like: it's because they are "left handed"!!!!!!!

Penny Gibbins, Taunton, UK

Heh... we already rule the world, just don't tell anyone.

Chris Dumoulin, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

also...

having more than 1 ultrasound in a pregnancy increases the chances of a child being born left-handed.

Miithos, calgary, canada

Conformity to a 'normal' handedness has gone down significantly, especially in more developed, more religiously-tolerant countries. I think this is just one of many byproducts of less arbitrary social control over the last 50-100 years.

RheLynn Lamb, Jackson, TN, USA

During the Cold War, there was a 'missle' gap between USSR and USA. Massive deficit spending resulted in the States in order to 'catch' up.

Now we face the frightening 'left-handedness' gap. Now we will have still more deficit spending!

Will this 'Arms Race' never end?

Milton Jones, Loving, Texas,

Ned Flanders was way ahead of his time with his Leftorium!

Vince, Lancaster, PA, USA

My handedness is all over the place: i'm a lefty for writing, catching, tennis, batting. I'm a righty for soccer, bowling, using scissors, throwing, punching.

Lindsay, Burnsville, MN, USA

My parents weren't left-handed, and I don't ever remember being encouraged to write with my right hand - perhaps because I manage to write without it being obvious that I'm a left-hander. No hand curled around the pen.

But for anything requiring strength - e.g. tennis, cricket - I'd use my right hand.

Spoons I can use in either hand.

And I can use the mouse AND write at the same time!

Jay Mandal, Camberley,

i just want to know how 3 fold an tripple are equated to be the same thing. Three fold would be 8 times the amount

David Jones, Garland, Texas, USA

What causes us lefties to be lefties? I'll chalk it up to The Lord wanting humanity to see that difference is not necessarily bad. While I grew up after the "forced" right-handedness of many, I more left-handed than some, but less so than others. I play guitar left handed, but I don't use my computer mouse with my left hand. I'm left-footed when I play drums and surf, but not when I skateboard. Go figure.

My wife is also left-handed, but we've two right-handed children. Who says God has no sense of humor.

Craig Gorsuch, Dallas, TX, USA

My uncle, who died last year aged 96, was left-handed but was forced as a child in Paisley to write with his right hand. Whenever the teacher's back was turned, he would switch hands and write with his left. As a result he became ambidextrous and it was impossible to discern, from his writing, which hand he was utilising.

Even in his nineties, as an exercise, he would take two pens and from the centre of a line, complete a sentence with both hands simultaneously, with his right hand writing normally but the left writing backwards.

Nigel Tannahill, Woodford Green, Essex

I write left-handed, bat right, bowl left, kick a ball right, shoot rifle and pistol right, shoot bow and arrow left, use dining knife right, spoon left.
Parents tried to force me to write right which possibly produced my stutter.
No wonder I'm confused!

Ray, Walton on Thames, England

Long may our rise continue. One day we will rule the world.

Chris Jackson, London,