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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2010 12:57:47 GMT
When I first heard of these, I immediately thought "You have got to be kidding!" Far from it, and they're VERY expensive. Comments? [Both of my kids, and their mother, are left-handed. They don't all use a mouse or cutlery left-handed, and Mrs YI plays tennis right-handed. Sinister. (Teehee.)] Today is Wren Day. |
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 26, 2010 13:13:47 GMT
Ah yes, I heard about wren day this morning.
But so far as I can see, the ones in my garden use both feet equally well and have only one beak, so have no use for left handed pens.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 26, 2010 13:29:21 GMT
I got a pen with my name on it when I was about 14. It was a left handed pen, which meant that I could see my name the right way up when I was writing. It did not make any difference to the writing; but I was pleased that the people who got it for me (my Uncle Tony and Auntie Joyce) had taken the trouble to get a left handed one: so it really was the thought that mattered in this case.
If all pencils were left handed right-handed people would soon notice.
It really doesn't make any difference; but it is nice when you look down and the words on the pencil are the right way up.
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Post by housesparrow on Dec 26, 2010 13:33:13 GMT
Ah - the left handed pens are for children learning to write, and there are little slots for their fingers to rest.
Ah, cute.
But I hope the children who get them don't lose pens and pencils as often as I do.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2010 13:43:06 GMT
Ah yes, I heard about wren day this morning. But so far as I can see, the ones in my garden use both feet equally well and have only one beak, so have no use for left handed pens. I should've said -- they're all left-winged, but I don't think that's why the Wren is the King of Birds, or why they can fly no higher than a foot off the ground. |
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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2010 13:56:25 GMT
Ah - the left handed pens are for children learning to write, and there are little slots for their fingers to rest. Ah, cute. Cute, perhaps, but surely left-handers wouldn't necessarily have any more trouble holding an ordinary pencil than right-handers? Same goes for the grip-problem thing in the web description. I'm fond of pencils. This is my favourite kind, and it has a serviceable rubber grip . . .  Aubrey: I take your point ;D about reading the inscription. I hadn't thought of that. (Which is one reason I put a question-mark in the topic title -- in case they weren't useless.) Touristic Tip: The Pencil Museum in Keswick is worth a visit. |
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