were all Germans right handed??

[ithacaartist]

Forcing kids to conform to right-handedness is old-school, for sure. My grandmother described how she'd been trained to write right-hand, and also use utensils for eating the same--although she didn't mention any violence involved. These days, South-paws can avail themselves of places like Ned Flanders' "Leftorium" and other sources for mirror image ergonomics for lots of stuff to make their lives more comfortable. Calling it the "Devil's hand" is just one of the ludicrous notions that religion has pressed upon us.

If you don't know which eye is dominant, here's a little test: Hold an index finger at arm's length, then draw it back to your eye. Since the eye is deliberately not specified in these instructions, your tendency will be to bring it to the dominant eye automatically. The motion must be done without any mental bias or over-thinking, and one's first time doing it gives the best answer, particularly if they don't know what the purpose of this simple test is.

I believe that statistics show that lefties also live a bit longer than the rest of us.