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1. about 15 hours ago on One Big Happy

   Well, there’s nothing wrong with Ruthie’s batteries.

2. about 15 hours ago on For Better or For Worse

   When one spends eight years learning to do something properly it is expensive.

3. about 15 hours ago on One Big Happy

   Johns Hopkins University.

4. 1 day ago on One Big Happy

   Brian, where did you get your medical degree?

5. 1 day ago on One Big Happy

   Have you ever tried to eat with your fork turned around?

6. 2 days ago on One Big Happy

   According to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, a twin-based study found that left-handedness is inherited in around one in four cases. Brain asymmetries that cause hand dominance start to form early in life, and a baby’s hand preference can be seen while they are still in the womb.

   Per the Smithsonian, scientists have identified a gene that may play a role in determining whether a person is left-handed or right-handed.

   From the cradle you can tell if a child is left-handed or right-handed. The thumbnail on the dominant hand is larger and broader.

7. 2 days ago on One Big Happy

   I think the British royal family did more for left-handed people than anybody else in the world! George VI, his daughter Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince William are – or were – all left-handed. Charles is not.

   I came home one day from 1st grade, trying to use my right hand. My dad, who was also left-handed, demanded to know “Wot’s thet?” The teacher told me it would be easier. To her everlasting credit, she did not tell me there was anything wrong with being a lefty, just that it would be easier if I could use my right hand.

   The next day my dad took me to school, sharpened up his Aussie accent, and inform the teacher that, “My daughter is left-handed, y’see. If it’s good enough for the king, it’s good enough for her, innit?” Between his height, his accent, and his clerical collar, he told Mum the poor teacher didn’t know if she should salute or genuflect. At any rate, there was never again a question about me being a southpaw.

8. 2 days ago on One Big Happy

   In better grades of cutlery, one edge of the smaller fork has a sharper edge, which was for cutting pie crust. For those of us who are lefties, it is always on the wrong side.

9. 2 days ago on One Big Happy

   Quite often, twins such as you describe are “mirror twins”. A doctor may discover that a patient’s appendix is on the left side of the abdomen instead of the right and the heart leans to the right instead of the left.

10. 3 days ago on Herman

    Nah. Female tellers can be pretty sharp. One of the tellers at the bank where Hubby used to work just told the robber “This is not my window” and walked away. Another, an older woman, gave the would-be thief a Good Talking To. “Does your mother know what you’re doing? You should be ashamed of yourself.” And more of the same.