Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!duke!crm From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.followup,net.misc Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey Message-ID: <5521@duke.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 09:50:19 EST Article-I.D.: duke.5521 Posted: Thu Mar 7 09:50:19 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 04:42:25 EST References: <649@mhuxt.UUCP> Reply-To: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) Organization: Duke University Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.flame:8725 net.followup:4617 net.misc:7501 Summary: In article <649@mhuxt.UUCP> js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) writes: > > ... Whichever way >you slice it, it's clear that the people who responded to the survey have >a lot more lefties than the average. > What can we conclude from this? ... I think its some sort of sinister plot. > Someone mentioned that there are *no* lefties in the USSR. (presumably >because lefties are purposely driven out of their right minds by prejudiced >elementary school teachers.) If this is true, it's not too suprising, >since it was only a decade or so ago that our own educators became convinced >that left-handedness might not be a sign of eeville. ... Actually, I was converted by a Hungarian great-grandmother who was pretty certain of this, so it may be an eastern European trait rather than limited to the USSR. ... the result was to leave me ambisinistral -- equally clumsy with both hands. -- Opinions stated here. Charlie Martin (...mcnc!duke!crm)