International Left-Handers Day August 13th – Quiz!

Many years ago, one of my cousins in Ontario was having a beer with me, standing at the bar in Stratford’s Empire, on the corner of Downie Street..

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 – alas, a fine place no longer there –

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….when he suddenly observed …

‘Hey, Ross, I never knew you were a lefty!’

Since we had been discussing family history ( since we were actually located in a watering-hole founded by an ancestor!) I was taken aback and began to mouth an indignant denial.

Then I realised he was referring not to ideology but to which hand I was using to raise my glass of Molson’s beer.

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I had never heard the word used in a non-political sense!

However, many political people are left-handed, and not all of them have been on the left.

Here’s a quick quiz!

Which of the 10 US Presidents since 1960 are or were left-handed?

( not counting President Trump, because I don’t know about him)

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Answers at the bottom of the page

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton.

International Left-Handers’ Day – 13th August!

North Americans often call left-handed people ‘lefties’ – you can imagine my discomfiture at being thus described.

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But today I mark the 13th August merely by showing you some photos of left-hands, along with the rest of the bodies concerned!

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Roro Fitria’s left hand is partially obscured, but I’m sure you don’t mind! 

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Baby Margaretha’s left hand is held high, perhaps as a distraction. Oops! That’s her right hand – I guess I got distracted!

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And as for this member of the Duo Serigala, hers is very prominently displayed!

Have a happy!

PS –  before kill-joys complain that these ladies may not be left-handed, who cares?