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Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:49:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > On the other hand (!) to use another period example, a lefty fighting his
> > way up a spiral staircase would be at an advantage, since such stairways
> > spiral counter-clockwise and thereby pin the swordarm of northpaws...
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> Actually, a lefty fighting their way up a spiral staircase would
> still be at a disadvantage, because the opponent would be above
> them. ;) And, of course, if the opponent were right-handed,
> they would also not have their preferred arm pinned *and* would
> be in the superior position.
Undeniably, but the ascending lefty's disadvantage wouldn't be as great an
ascending rightie would have fighting up those same steps.
> (Of course, if the enemy were not wearing shinguards, recalculate the above.)
I’m scandalized! No lefty would ever attempt such an un-chivalrous ploy!
Dave!
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> Interesting thoughts. I'll have to go look at some of my lefty-
> lore (I have a bit of it at home) and see what I come up with.
> I did get a bunch of left-handed paraphernalia when I was a teen,
> including a notebook (useful only if I write in Arabic, unfortunately)
> some scissors, and a few other goodies (and a subscription to the
> lefthanders' magazine, which I think is still out there). They
> were really more like oddities to me, because I've largely given
> in to the right-handed world on everything but writing and drawing.
> I even pitch right-handed.
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> best
>
> Lindsay
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| (...) I always thought it was because the left hand was the primordial "wiping hand"--most people preferring the right meant that one had to keep it clean. This may of course be apocryphal. I'm a lefty in writing only--I favour my right for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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