O/T Who has signed the most autographs

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

Lefties were 'sinister,' the hand of the devil, so the nuns forced southpaw kids to write with their right hands. They tried that on my left-handed sister in Queens, but she got lucky when my parents switched her to public school where she could write normally and not tempt eternal damnation by signing someone's yearbook with her left hand.

A wonderful, historical example of humanity being stupid for no reason. Who TF cares what hand is a person's dominant one?

I had a great uncle who was a lefty. In public school back in the old country over 100 years ago, the teacher would tie my uncle's left arm behind his back to force him to write with his right hand. Sadly, having to deal with this BS greatly staggered my uncle's interest in continuing his education. He wasn't a dumb man, as he moved to this continent alone, taught himself English, excelled in his profession and retired very comfortably. His reading level in either language remained that of a fifth grader, and his handwriting was incredibly labored because he continued to write with the right (wrong) hand.