LONDON -- Every day has to be a day nowadays and today is Left Handers Day.
It's "a chance to tell your family and friends how proud you are of being left-handed, and also raise awareness of the everyday issues that lefties face as we live in a world designed for right-handers."
Left handers are in the minority (around one in ten people are left handed) but there are many reasons why being part of the gang rocks.
I wish The Leftorium was real. pic.twitter.com/jx7tWVwrl3— Jen Allison (@MsJenAllison) August 12, 2015
For starters, we've produced numerous heroes in the fields of music, art, sport and politics.
The Sistine Chapel was painted by left-handed Michelangelo #lefthandersday #art pic.twitter.com/NSmDkJXT4I— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) August 13, 2015
Like Hendrix.
The best guitar player to ever play #JimiHendrix #LeftHandersDay #Fender #Woodstock pic.twitter.com/MVX6EIR2qP— Frank Stewart (@ThaStewdio) January 31, 2015
And Barack Obama.
Happy #lefthandersday to @BarackObama It is good to know a lefty is in charge. pic.twitter.com/qh8JsmFkr9— LeftHandersClub (@LeftHandersClub) August 13, 2015
Countless cricketers.
Many brilliant left-handlers have played exceptional #Cricket #lefthandersday pic.twitter.com/b9hY0vYU2V— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) August 13, 2015
Peter Paul Rubens.
The magnificent ceiling of Banqueting House @HRP_palaces was painted by left-handed Rubens. #lefthandersday #art pic.twitter.com/XBHT0NbnBG— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) August 13, 2015
Hans Holbein.
Has Holbein was one of many brilliant left-handed artists. #lefthandersday #art pic.twitter.com/GoN8GCDooI— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) August 13, 2015
And Leonardo da Vinci.
Good morning. Happy #lefthandersday - celebrating sinistrality. pic.twitter.com/HKfm6YDX8o— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) August 13, 2015
If that's not enough, we also share our left handedness with kangaroos.
Celebrating #lefthandersday by bouncing back to our amazing left-handed kangaroo research! http://t.co/wxATkWIelG pic.twitter.com/GanGZdJVpg— UniversityOfTasmania (@UTAS_) August 13, 2015
We fight awful stigmas every day.
It's #LeftHandersDay! The word 'sinister' comes from the Latin for left-handed... http://t.co/MJV6hJz4at pic.twitter.com/5U2wDQ2FAz— British Museum (@britishmuseum) August 13, 2015
And have to surmount numerous problems as we go about our left-handed business.
Happy national #LeftHandersDay to all us lefties and the problems we face everyday, such a cruel world pic.twitter.com/bJeIpuvoCp— sassy moon (@asassymoon) March 10, 2015
Taking notes in a right-handed world is a nightmare.
There aren't any left handed chairs/desk in this classroom #FML #LeftHandedProblems pic.twitter.com/Plz3Lm8PDC— Wolfgang Wang (@LamWangGetEm) September 5, 2013
And scissors pose all kinds of problems.
I’m left-handed but use right-handed scissors with my left hand. I can’t use left-handed scissors #lefthandersday #lefties— GRXXD. (@ThisIsCharleson) August 13, 2015
Don't even get us started on playing cards.
@DanielSolis these are the different ways I hold normals cards. None are particularly comfy. pic.twitter.com/JX3aLUEGfS— Nelly (^-人-^) (@nellybellexox) November 6, 2014
Despite all that, we're thought to be more creative than the right-handed masses.
Happy #LeftHandersDay ! pic.twitter.com/iifWCw7enP— CICI☆ (@junetopaz) August 13, 2015
High five, left-handed people of the world!
