The Left Lane
June 26, 2002
Many products are available that cater to the left-handed community.
www.thelefthand.com features left-handed:
Windows and Mac keyboards with the keypad on the left-hand side.
Can openers.
Baseball gloves.
Swiss Army knives.
Playing cards with the suit signs appearing on all four corners, so when you hold the cards in the left hand, the values are viewed easily.
Coloring books.
Knives that are sharpened on the left side for smooth left-handed cutting.
No-smear pencils.
Notebooks with a right-side spiral.
Joysticks.
Scissors and shears.
Kitchen mitts.
Corkscrews.
Novelty items, including a key chain that says “Lefties never miss at toll booths.”
Famous Lefties
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Benjamin Franklin
Fidel Castro
Queen Elizabeth II
Julius Caesar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Joan of Arc
Aristotle
Sir Isaac Newton
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Albert Einstein
Ludwig von Beethoven
Henry Ford
Dave Barry
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Jerry Seinfeld
Oprah Winfrey
Richard Simmons
Bart Simpson
Kermit The Frog
Mark Twain
Robert DeNiro
Tom Cruise
George Burns
Whoopi Goldberg
Marilyn Monroe
Richard Pryor
David Bowie
Tiny Tim
Jim Carrey
Spike Lee