Left Handed U.S. Presidents

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:41 pm

Only 10% of the world's population are left handed and yet Obama, both Bushes, Clinton, Reagan, Ford, Truman, Hoover, Garfield are or were lefties. There is no clear cut evidence as to presidents prior to Garfield.

Care to make anything out of this?

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:41 pm

They thought with the right side of their brain. It is all I can think of............I'd like to make a joke - not going to happen.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:35 am

I watched a documentary about Bill Gates last night.....he is left handed.

I've also been watching a programme called 'Secret Millionaire' and noticed that most of them are left handed. These are Millionaires that have come from humble beginnings and worked hard to achieve.

I have 8 grandchildren and 1 is left handed and good at sport which I am not surprised at as left handed people are supposed to have quick reactions........ It appears that left handed people are also above average ahievers in other aspects of thier lives.........interesting. :-6

Only 2 of our Prime Ministers have been left handed....apparently.....Winston Churchill and James Callaghan

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:47 am

News here spoke to the issue of left-handedness and they said that though they are left handed they do many things right handed also. By doing this they use both sides of their brains and therefore have a greater resource within themselves to solve problems and/or create new solutions. :rolleyes:

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:51 am

There use to be a time (like only 30 years ago and before) that in school it was regarded to wrong to write left handed (well in Ireland anyway, I don’t know about other places). If you were left handed you were forced to learn how to write with your right hand.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:53 am

There's a (very) long but interesting list here - Famous Left-Handers

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:44 am

mikeinie;1119272 wrote: There use to be a time (like only 30 years ago and before) that in school it was regarded to wrong to write left handed (well in Ireland anyway, I don’t know about other places). If you were left handed you were forced to learn how to write with your right hand.

The nuns who taught my uncle used to tie his left hand to the chair and forced him to write right handed. My dad lucked out with a nice teacher in first grade and she didn't force it with him. My son is also a lefty or Southpaw as we like to call him. He's very good at sports too.:wah:

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:49 am

Perhaps we are all meant to be ambidextrous............

Are animals left and right handed?

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:54 am

qsducks;1119317 wrote: The nuns who taught my uncle used to tie his left hand to the chair and forced him to write right handed. My dad lucked out with a nice teacher in first grade and she didn't force it with him. My son is also a lefty or Southpaw as we like to call him. He's very good at sports too.:wah:

My own father was left handed, and he would have his hand slapped with a ruler by his teacher is he was caught writing with it. He then was also always in trouble for not having neat handwriting. ( no wonder)

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:56 am

mikeinie;1119348 wrote: My own father was left handed, and he would have his hand slapped with a ruler by his teacher is he was caught writing with it. He then was also always in trouble for not having neat handwriting. ( no wonder)

My uncle always used to run away from school because of it.

Finally my grandparents went to the school and had the nuns stop as he was in danger of failing first grade. Does your dad write left handed now?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:58 am

Kindle;1119334 wrote: Perhaps we are all meant to be ambidextrous............

Are animals left and right handed?

Laterality in animals is also called limb dominance. Most race tracks are run counter-clockwise, which favors right-side dominant horses, as they take a longer stride with the right foreleg, which helps them turn to the left. Trainers of left eye dominant horses may put a blinder on the left eye to encourage the horse to turn the head slightly to the left and to take a longer step with the right foreleg just as right-side dominant horses do. Parrots tend to favor one foot when grasping objects (for example fruit when feeding). Some studies indicate that most parrots are left footed. Polar bears generally kill their prey using their left paw. Some types of mastodon indicate laterality through the fossil remains having differing tusk lengths.

Laterality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:11 am

Lon;1119209 wrote: Only 10% of the world's population are left handed and yet Obama, both Bushes, Clinton, Reagan, Ford, Truman, Hoover, Garfield are or were lefties. There is no clear cut evidence as to presidents prior to Garfield.

Care to make anything out of this?

I read this some-where before. All the men in my family are left handed. I'm worried now.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:13 am

oscar;1119535 wrote: I read this some-where before. All the men in my family are left handed. I'm worried now.

George W. Bush is not left handed but his dad is.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:15 am

mikeinie;1119272 wrote: There use to be a time (like only 30 years ago and before) that in school it was regarded to wrong to write left handed (well in Ireland anyway, I don’t know about other places). If you were left handed you were forced to learn how to write with your right hand.

thank god they don't do that here, I am left handed and both my sons!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:50 am

Obama is left handed

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:51 am

oscar;1119595 wrote: Obama is left handed

Yes! But GW is right handed and obviously more stupid.:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:54 am

qsducks;1119597 wrote: Yes! But GW is right handed and obviously more stupid.:wah: True but Obama will find being left handed very usefull when it comes to writing in Arabic.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:59 am

oscar;1119601 wrote: True but Obama will find being left handed very usefull when it comes to writing in Arabic.

Have you seen him sign stuff. He drags that left hand across his writing. Probs leaving smudge marks.:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:06 am

qsducks;1119608 wrote: Have you seen him sign stuff. He drags that left hand across his writing. Probs leaving smudge marks.:wah:

It's quite bizzare as my brother writes just like him. He writes upside down.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:08 am

oscar;1119621 wrote: It's quite bizzare as my brother writes just like him. He writes upside down.

Hey, what happened to your call the other day? Never got it.

Ninchette · Post by **Ninchette** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:12 am

qsducks;1119317 wrote: The nuns who taught my uncle used to tie his left hand to the chair and forced him to write right handed. My dad lucked out with a nice teacher in first grade and she didn't force it with him. My son is also a lefty or Southpaw as we like to call him. He's very good at sports too.:wah:

My 1st teacher tried that with me until my mother found out...I'm still left handed. Its a strong sign of creativity - Mozart, Beethoven and other composers and artisits were all left handed. Such genius....:-6

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:06 am

Ninchette;1119630 wrote: My 1st teacher tried that with me until my mother found out...I'm still left handed. Its a strong sign of creativity - Mozart, Beethoven and other composers and artisits were all left handed. Such genius....:-6

My son is my only lefty child. He is strictly left handed but can play video games with his right hand:wah:

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:06 pm

qsducks;1119597 wrote: Yes! But GW is right handed and obviously more stupid.:wah:

G. W. is left handed and so is his father.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:09 pm

Lon;1119812 wrote: G. W. is left handed and so is his father.

I just googled it and he is not left handed but his father was.:p

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:03 pm

mikeinie;1119272 wrote: There use to be a time (like only 30 years ago and before) that in school it was regarded to wrong to write left handed (well in Ireland anyway, I don’t know about other places). If you were left handed you were forced to learn how to write with your right hand.

They tried that with me - all it achieved was to wreck my handwriting

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:12 pm

qsducks;1119597 wrote: Yes! But GW is right handed and obviously more stupid.:wah:

I'll have you know, left handed people are smarter!:D

and I don't have my hand curled round!:-5:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:47 pm

qsducks;1119814 wrote: I just googled it and he is not left handed but his father was.:p

Thanks-------I mis read my Google.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:08 am

Well as a fellow left hander let me say all this is very cool!

and i don't curl my hand around funny either!

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:57 am

Odie;1119976 wrote: I'll have you know, left handed people are smarter!:D

and I don't have my hand curled round!:-5:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I'm sure tons of left handers are smart but GW is not left handed and not smart either.:wah:

Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:49 am

qsducks;1120339 wrote: I'm sure tons of left handers are smart but GW is not left handed and not smart either.:wah:

Neither side of Dubya's brain is dominant.

Both hemispheres seem to be equally dormant.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:04 am

Richard Bell;1120374 wrote: Neither side of Dubya's brain is dominant.

Both hemispheres seem to be equally dormant.

You mean they have actually found a brain cell in that cavity of his? :yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:18 am

Richard Bell;1120374 wrote: Neither side of Dubya's brain is dominant.

Both hemispheres seem to be equally dormant.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:31 am

Lon;1119998 wrote: Thanks-------I mis read my Google.

i was under the impression that George W was left-handed too!

seems like i read somewhere that the last 5 presidents have been lefties starting with Reagan!

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:35 am

No dubya is not left handed but just plain stupid.:wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:37 am

that shows you how things can get mixed up, it's probably because the first Bush was and people get confused.

one interesting thing though, in the election where Bush, Clinton and Ross Perot were all 3 running we would have had a left-handed president no matter who had won because they are all 3 lefties!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:37 am

Hope6;1120408 wrote: i was under the impression that George W was left-handed too!

seems like i read somewhere that the last 5 presidents have been lefties starting with Reagan!

Raegan was the best President America had. :-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:41 am

oscar;1120417 wrote: Raegan was the best President America had. :-6

i remember my father didn't usually vote but when the election came around the first year Reagan was elected he made sure he was registered and he voted for the first time in years!

i was to young to register, and i remember being disappointed that i couldn't vote!:D

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:45 am

oscar;1120417 wrote: Raegan was the best President America had. :-6

According to Mr. Ducks he would agree with you Oscar. Everybody was rolling in the dough when he was prez but then the people elected GHW Bush and he promised no new taxes....guess what? He lied:mad:. Bill Clinton creamed him in the next election...I remember the slogan "It's the economy stupid":wah:. Now, that was an exciting election...voted for him twice.:wah: I'm a die heart Democrat.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:16 am

I was born left handed but my mother "converted" :rolleyes: me before I started school. So I've been messed up ever since, I tend to use both hands pretty equally. It's handy being ambidextrous, I guess. :p (no pun intended...)

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:30 am

Lon;1119209 wrote: Only 10% of the world's population are left handed and yet Obama, both Bushes, Clinton, Reagan, Ford, Truman, Hoover, Garfield are or were lefties. There is no clear cut evidence as to presidents prior to Garfield.

Care to make anything out of this?

If Id known Obama was a lefty Id never have voted for him. That SOB !

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:10 am

sunny104;1122470 wrote: I was born left handed but my mother "converted" :rolleyes: me before I started school. So I've been messed up ever since, I tend to use both hands pretty equally. It's handy being ambidextrous, I guess. :p (no pun intended...)

when i was in the first grade there was a boy who was left handed too, but he curled his hand around really badly, the teacher was going around watching each of us write, when she got to him i remember her taking the pencil out of his left hand and putting it in his right and trying to make him right-handed!

so naturally i was a little anxious, but i don't curl my hand around so when she got to me even though i was left-handed too, she didn't say anything about it!

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:11 am

sunny104;1122470 wrote: I was born left handed but my mother "converted" :rolleyes: me before I started school. So I've been messed up ever since, I tend to use both hands pretty equally. It's handy being ambidextrous, I guess. :p (no pun intended...)

So your very handy changing a flat tire?:wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:17 am

My mother is left-handed too and i always remember one day her brother-in-law saw her write something and said, i didn't know you were left-handed, i knew there was something wrong with you, i just didn't know what! :-5

that was a very hurtful thing to me as a left-handed child, thinking that there was something wrong with being left-handed!