Random Daily Banter

[briantrumpet]

Indeed, the problem is the mandate is to use the left hand, not the dominant hand, and because religious tradition is followed quite inflexibly, specially when it comes to Muhammed's neuroticism, left handed people are at a disadvantage.

I think you'd learn pretty quickly out of necessity, particularly if you do it from young. Doing for the first time when you're 50 is amusingly hit & miss, and wasn't a quickly learnt skill to achieve the required grade.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

I'm cack handed.

 

[PurplePenguin]

It's a left handed activity in a lot of the world.

 

[Pross]

Just had an amusing Bluesky exchange... someone who's broken their shoulder saying how difficult only having one functional arm is when it's your dominant side, and my immediate thought was when an injury prevented me from using toilet paper for its intended (arse) purpose with my dominant hand - which was cited by someone else as being tricky. Despite being partially ambidextrous, it was a surprisingly difficult challenge to get the necessary result, and made me appreciate the skill my left hand had developed.

So, is anyone here an ambidextrous arse-wiper, or do you unthinkingly *always* use your dominant hand? As I suggest, I suspect you've never even thought about it. Maybe you think of fluffy labrador puppies instead...

I broke both my wrists when I was 12, it's amazing how the embarassment of potentially needing assistance in that field helps you adapt. At that age it also played havoc in other ways!

 

[First Aspect]

The layout of a lot of bathrooms leave one with little option as regards handedness.

 

[First Aspect]

I am closer to cross handed than ambidextrous, which correlates to low IQ. I'm a bit better (or was when I was young) at things like kicking a ball with either foot, or playing pool either way around. And of course sculling places a premium on symmetry of motion, but fine motor control or independent motor control is very one sided. For example, I write left handed, but I cannot throw a ball with any accuracy or distance left handed.

 

[briantrumpet]

The layout of a lot of bathrooms leave one with little option as regards handedness.

Dutch reach?

 

[Rusty Nails]

Just had an amusing Bluesky exchange... someone who's broken their shoulder saying how difficult only having one functional arm is when it's your dominant side, and my immediate thought was when an injury prevented me from using toilet paper for its intended (arse) purpose with my dominant hand - which was cited by someone else as being tricky. Despite being partially ambidextrous, it was a surprisingly difficult challenge to get the necessary result, and made me appreciate the skill my left hand had developed.

So, is anyone here an ambidextrous arse-wiper, or do you unthinkingly *always* use your dominant hand? As I suggest, I suspect you've never even thought about it. Maybe you think of fluffy labrador puppies instead...

I have always dreaded flying over the handlebars and breaking both arms trying to save myself.

My wife has said she won't help in any way.

 

[briantrumpet]

I have always dreaded flying over the handlebars and breaking both arms trying to save myself.

My wife has said she won't help in any way.

Japanese wash & blow dry toilet then.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Japanese wash & blow dry toilet then.

I don't live in Japan.

 

[C R]

I don't live in Japan.

There you go
https://www.diy.com/departments/whi...anese-bidet-toilet-504mm/5059803706003_BQ.prd

 

[Rusty Nails]

There you go
https://www.diy.com/departments/whi...anese-bidet-toilet-504mm/5059803706003_BQ.prd

For that price I could pay someone to wipe my a*se.

 

[Pblakeney]

For that price I could pay someone to wipe my a*se.

You sure?
I wouldn't. 🤮

 

[Rusty Nails]

You sure?
I wouldn't. 🤮

Don't knock it till you try it.

 

[Bazzer]

Just had an amusing Bluesky exchange... someone who's broken their shoulder saying how difficult only having one functional arm is when it's your dominant side, and my immediate thought was when an injury prevented me from using toilet paper for its intended (arse) purpose with my dominant hand - which was cited by someone else as being tricky. Despite being partially ambidextrous, it was a surprisingly difficult challenge to get the necessary result, and made me appreciate the skill my left hand had developed.

So, is anyone here an ambidextrous arse-wiper, or do you unthinkingly *always* use your dominant hand? As I suggest, I suspect you've never even thought about it. Maybe you think of fluffy labrador puppies instead...

As someone who was naturally left handed, but Irish Catholic spinsters violently discouraged the use of my left hand for writing, for me using my left or right hand for many activities is either natural or was historically a necessity.
Last October my wife had an accident where she fractured bones in both her right arm and right foot, necessitating a sling and support boot. She is right handed, but neither of us had previously appreciated just how little her left hand was used and that her left hand and arm was providing little more than symmetry to her right side.