Southpaws and Cack-handers

[monster]

As a borderline ambi and mother of two ambis, I'm very interested in handedness. But there seems to be some confusion over handedness traits. So humor me, if you will....answer as many or as few as you want to

Are you left-handed, right-handed or truly ambidextrous?

Do you put the phone to your left ear or right ear?
Which eye do you usually close when you wink (if you can)
When you turn on the spot, do you turn clockwise or counter/anti-clockwise?
Which shoulder do you sling a bag over?
Which foot do you kick a ball with?
Which pocket do you keep your cellphone in?
If you swim, which stroke do you prefer/are you best at?
Which side to you wear a name tag on?
Which foot is bigger?
Approximately what % of your parents, siblings and children have the same-handedness as you?

thanks

[Clodfobble]

Are you left-handed, right-handed or truly ambidextrous? Right hand for gross motor, left hand for fine motor.

Do you put the phone to your left ear or right ear? Left.

Which eye do you usually close when you wink (if you can) Right.

When you turn on the spot, do you turn clockwise or counter/anti-clockwise? To my left; not sure if the clock is supposed to be below my feet or above my head.

Which shoulder do you sling a bag over? Right

Which foot do you kick a ball with? Right

Which pocket do you keep your cellphone in? Left

If you swim, which stroke do you prefer/are you best at? Breast

Which side to you wear a name tag on? Left

Which foot is bigger? Left, maybe, but not by much.

Approximately what % of your parents, siblings and children have the same-handedness as you? All of them are right-handed, but there are a ton of string players (as was I,) meaning lots of left-handed dexterity.

[Lamplighter]

...right-eyed or left- when you aim a rifle or look thru a telescope ?

[Undertoad]

Right-handed
phone to: left (dial with right)
eye wink: right
turn on the spot: counter-clockwise
sling a bag over: right
kick a ball with: right
keep your cellphone in: front left (wallet in rear right, has seniority)
swim stroke: crawl in the day, now doggy paddle, because going fast is for the young
wear a name tag: left
foot is bigger: same
% of family same-handed: 100% (one other person)

[Clodfobble]

I once read an article about how from a neurological standpoint, the big difference wasn't between left-handed or right-handed, but strongly-handed versus more abidextrous. Brain scans of very left-handed and very right-handed people looked similar, while a strongly right-handed person versus a right-handed but kind of ambidextrous person looked very different.

[Griff]

Are you left-handed, right-handed or truly ambidextrous? righty

Do you put the phone to your left ear or right ear? right
Which eye do you usually close when you wink (if you can) right
When you turn on the spot, do you turn clockwise or counter/anti-clockwise? either
Which shoulder do you sling a bag over? either
Which foot do you kick a ball with? either
Which pocket do you keep your cellphone in? right
If you swim, which stroke do you prefer/are you best at? Australian Crawl
Which side to you wear a name tag on? either
Which foot is bigger? right
Approximately what % of your parents, siblings and children have the same-handedness as you? 100%

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

...right-eyed or left- when you aim a rifle or look thru a telescope ?

Right but my Mom was a righty who shot lefty... or was it Pancho?

[orthodoc]

Right-handed for writing and suturing.
Phone to my left ear.
Wink with my left eye preferentially, although I can wink with either.
Turn on the spot counterclockwise.
Sling a bag over my left shoulder.
Left-footed for gymnastics.
Keep cellphone in left jeans pocket, right jacket pocket.
Prefer not to swim. If forced, use freestyle/crawl.
Name tag on left.
Unsure which foot is bigger. More focused on pain in left 1st MTP.
The only left-handed relative I'm aware of is my mother.

[Chocolatl]

Are you left-handed, right-handed or truly ambidextrous? Heavily right handed. Fine motor on my left side is very poor. The only thing I regularly do with my left that I can't do with my right is carry the baby - she is always on my left.
Do you put the phone to your left ear or right ear? Right ear.
Which eye do you usually close when you wink? Right.
When you turn on the spot, do you turn clockwise or counter/anti-clockwise? To the right.
Which shoulder do you sling a bag over? For a backpack, my left, so as to keep my right hand free. For a cross body bag, the strap goes on my left shoulder so the bag's contents are on my right side.
Which foot do you kick a ball with? Right.
Which pocket do you keep your cellphone in? Right.
If you swim, which stroke do you prefer/are you best at? I can't swim -- doggie paddle.
Which side do you wear a name tag on? My left (having placed it there with my right hand.)
Which foot is bigger? They're the same as far as I can tell. My right boob is bigger, though?
Approximately what % of your parents, siblings and children have the same-handedness as you? Parents and brother are all right handed; too early to tell for my daughter but she seems to be left side dominant. (My husband's a lefty.)

[monster]

Clockwise is to the right, sorry.

And thanks for responses so far. (well, most of them.... )

Choco -I was gonna put boobs and balls in, but then I decided not to open that can of grvdgrjoy

[DanaC]

Are you left-handed, right-handed or truly ambidextrous? right handed.

Do you put the phone to your left ear or right ear? Right ear
Which eye do you usually close when you wink (if you can) Right
When you turn on the spot, do you turn clockwise or counter/anti-clockwise? Not sure - just tried it and both seem comfortable
Which shoulder do you sling a bag over? Right
Which foot do you kick a ball with? Right
Which pocket do you keep your cellphone in? varies
If you swim, which stroke do you prefer/are you best at? Crawl
Which side to you wear a name tag on? Left
Which foot is bigger?Right but only slightly
Approximately what % of your parents, siblings and children have the same-handedness as you? Hmm.. mum is right handed, think dad was too, but my only sibling is left handed.




Oh: and Carrot is right-pawed :p

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Which foot is bigger? They're the same as far as I can tell. My right boob is bigger, though?

Originally Posted by monster

I was gonna put boobs and balls in, but then I decided not to open that can of grvdgrjoy

Oh yeah, right boob is way bigger.

[lumberjim]

I heard that which foot you pick up first to go up steps is a good indicator. Right handed folks usually lift the left first.

I'm righty. But use an adding machine with my left because of my desks layout. Also finger the guitar with my left. I'd say I'm strongly right dominant though.

My brother is ambi. Writes with his left, but throws a ball right.

Spencer is left to right and throw, but does some things with his right. ... but then, he has malformed fingers in his right hand. Ripley is right handed.

I turn whichever way I'm closer to I guess. Prefer freestyle to swim. I don't usually put a bag over my shoulder because they always slide off. My cell goes in my left shirt pocket, or whichever jeans pocket has less in it. Name tags have to go on the left. That's just unconscious knowledge.

My boobs are pretty even.

[lumberjim]

I light a cigarette with my right hand, but smoke with my left... if you want to arm wrestle, I prefer left. When I shovel, I hold my left in front. Billiards too. Wave goodbye right, shield my eyes from the sun right, catch a ball left hand, hold my fork in my right, unless I'm cutting meat, then I cut with the right, fork left.

[Undertoad]

Which hand do you masturbate with?