I bet the guy that said that was a lefty.sbrawley wrote:Everyone is born right handed, but only the greatest can overcome it.
There is truth in that phrase. I've heard from somewhere that lefties are more adaptable than righties because we all live in a right handed world and lefties have to learn to adjust.
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thatguyoverthere wrote:Sitting here watching a little TV, and notice (again) on a random commercial they are showing a person doing some routine task using what would normally be done with their dominate hand. The person doing the task in the commercial is doing it left-handed, but from their awkwardness it is quite obvious that the person is NOT left-handed. I've noticed this quite often in commercials over the years. Why do they do that???
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I'll buy a pound of that!sbrawley wrote:Everyone is born right handed, but only the greatest can overcome it.
There is truth in that phrase. I've heard from somewhere that lefties are more adaptable than righties because we all live in a right handed world and lefties have to learn to adjust.
I'm a confirmed lefty, but there is one thing I've always done right handed as far back as I can remember, and that is to swing a bat/club. I think it's because it puts my dominant left eye forward toward whatever it is I'm swinging at. Nobody ever made me swing at something this way. It just comes natural. But otherwise I'm a left handed kicker, goofy footed surfer, and lefty shooter. I do make sure to always get a few rounds off right handed at the range, just make sure I can.
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Apparently, sometimes it's your left.mojo84 wrote:Its my right to be what I want when I want.
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why am I flashing back to the 'sword duel in the rocks' scene from "The Princess Bride"?
I was going to vote for "the director and the set dresser didn't coordinate"; and when they blocked the scene prior to shooting found out that using the naturally dominant hand partially obscured the shot from the pre-set camera angle. In the spirit of "if you didn't have the time to get it right in the first place, how are you going to find the time to fix it", they just told the actor to use the (wrong) hand thereby keeping their body position 'open' to the camera. AKA "I don't want it award-worthy, I want it in post-production in 48 hours".
Either that or they're just messing with us.
I was going to vote for "the director and the set dresser didn't coordinate"; and when they blocked the scene prior to shooting found out that using the naturally dominant hand partially obscured the shot from the pre-set camera angle. In the spirit of "if you didn't have the time to get it right in the first place, how are you going to find the time to fix it", they just told the actor to use the (wrong) hand thereby keeping their body position 'open' to the camera. AKA "I don't want it award-worthy, I want it in post-production in 48 hours".
Either that or they're just messing with us.
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Re: Why Do They Do That?
The same works for right eye dominant batters batting left handed.The Annoyed Man wrote:I'll buy a pound of that!sbrawley wrote:Everyone is born right handed, but only the greatest can overcome it.
There is truth in that phrase. I've heard from somewhere that lefties are more adaptable than righties because we all live in a right handed world and lefties have to learn to adjust.
I'm a confirmed lefty, but there is one thing I've always done right handed as far back as I can remember, and that is to swing a bat/club. I think it's because it puts my dominant left eye forward toward whatever it is I'm swinging at. Nobody ever made me swing at something this way. It just comes natural. But otherwise I'm a left handed kicker, goofy footed surfer, and lefty shooter. I do make sure to always get a few rounds off right handed at the range, just make sure I can.
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I thought that everyone on TV and in the media was a lefty, (except for a few righties on Fox News maybe).
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Wow. I really didn't know that. I was just speculating because it was the only thing that made sense to me. Glad to know it is independently confirmed.anygunanywhere wrote:The same works for right eye dominant batters batting left handed.The Annoyed Man wrote:I'll buy a pound of that!sbrawley wrote:Everyone is born right handed, but only the greatest can overcome it.
There is truth in that phrase. I've heard from somewhere that lefties are more adaptable than righties because we all live in a right handed world and lefties have to learn to adjust.
I'm a confirmed lefty, but there is one thing I've always done right handed as far back as I can remember, and that is to swing a bat/club. I think it's because it puts my dominant left eye forward toward whatever it is I'm swinging at. Nobody ever made me swing at something this way. It just comes natural. But otherwise I'm a left handed kicker, goofy footed surfer, and lefty shooter. I do make sure to always get a few rounds off right handed at the range, just make sure I can.
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anygunanywhere wrote:The same works for right eye dominant batters batting left handed.The Annoyed Man wrote:I'll buy a pound of that!sbrawley wrote:Everyone is born right handed, but only the greatest can overcome it.
There is truth in that phrase. I've heard from somewhere that lefties are more adaptable than righties because we all live in a right handed world and lefties have to learn to adjust.
I'm a confirmed lefty, but there is one thing I've always done right handed as far back as I can remember, and that is to swing a bat/club. I think it's because it puts my dominant left eye forward toward whatever it is I'm swinging at. Nobody ever made me swing at something this way. It just comes natural. But otherwise I'm a left handed kicker, goofy footed surfer, and lefty shooter. I do make sure to always get a few rounds off right handed at the range, just make sure I can.
Fightin' words!allisji wrote:I thought that everyone on TV and in the media was a lefty, (except for a few righties on Fox News maybe).
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my 4 year old son is left handed. Which reminds me that I need to start adding some ambidextrous/left handed guns to my gun safe. You know, to pass along when he is of age. It may have to wait awhile though, as I need some time to convince the Mrs...
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I just Googled "famous people who are left-handed," looking for Donnie Wahlberg, who wears his holster on the left side and shoots left-handed on the Blue Bloods series. I didn't know, though, that his brother, Mark, is also left-handed. I thought he was right-handed in "Shooter." I usually notice when a shooter is left-handed, especially using a rifle. I could be wrong. You would be amazed at how many lefties are out there.
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allisji wrote:my 4 year old son is left handed. Which reminds me that I need to start adding some ambidextrous/left handed guns to my gun safe. You know, to pass along when he is of age. It may have to wait awhile though, as I need some time to convince the Mrs...
Show her studies, on the the difficulty left handed people have trying to conform to things made for right handers. Tell her that if your son is denied the opportunity, to shoot guns specifically made for him, especially during his formative years, that it may cause irreparable, psychological harm, and she wouldn't want that.
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Because it's the greatest movie ever made and lots of stuff should remind you of it?JustSomeOldGuy wrote:why am I flashing back to the 'sword duel in the rocks' scene from "The Princess Bride"?
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I write left-handed, throw and bat right handed I am right eye dominant, but most natural shooting is left handed which is how I learned; although since taking up shooting again upon moving to TX I have only shot right handed both pistol and rifle. Guess I need to practice both ways.The Annoyed Man wrote:I'm a confirmed lefty, but there is one thing I've always done right handed as far back as I can remember, and that is to swing a bat/club. I think it's because it puts my dominant left eye forward toward whatever it is I'm swinging at. Nobody ever made me swing at something this way. It just comes natural. But otherwise I'm a left handed kicker, goofy footed surfer, and lefty shooter. I do make sure to always get a few rounds off right handed at the range, just make sure I can.
My older brother writes and plays guitar right handed, but does everything else lefty.
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