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  1. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #1 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Mar 1, 2006
    Because they wipe their ass with their left hand, no shti. I saw it on the history channel. The modern bathroom or something along that order.
     
  2. Lemke

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    #2 Lemke, Mar 1, 2006
    I read somewhere that left-handed people werent trusted for centuries because they could stab you with their left hand while they shook hands with you with their right. Thats not a problem if your right-handed. Get it?





    FYI I'm left-handed so you better watch out :)
     
  3. Ferrari0324

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    #3 Ferrari0324, Mar 1, 2006
    The left hand is deemed dirty in many countries.
     
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    #4 WJHMH, Mar 1, 2006
    Left handed people are in their right mind..

    Famous left handed people (just to name a few)

    Ronald Reagan
    George H.W. Bush
    Bill Clinton

    Mark Twain
    H.G. Wells

    Jimi Hendrix
    Tony Iommi
    Paul McCartney
    Robert Plant
    Cole Porter
    Lou Rawls
    Henry Rollins

    Dan Aykroyd
    Robert DeNiro
    Richard Dreyfuss
    W.C. Fields
    Larry Fine (my hero)
    Mark Hamill
    Jim Henson, puppetteer
    Lisa Kudrow
    Steve McQueen
    Harpo Marx
    Sarah Jessica Parker
    Mickey Rourke
    Jerry Seinfeld (famous porsche owner)
    Dick Van Dyke
    Bruce Willis
    Oprah Winfrey

    Johnny Herbert
    Terry Labonte
    Karl Wendlinger
    Ayrton Senna
    Valentino Rossi
    Bruce Jenner
    Dorothy Hamill
    Norman "Boomer" Esiason
    Ty Cobb
    Ken Griffey, Jr.
    Reggie Jackson
    Sandy Koufax
    Darryl Strawberry
    Ted Williams
    Tommy Lasorda

    & William Haltom Morton Huber
    :D
     
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    #5 fluque, Mar 1, 2006
    What part of the world are you referring to?
     
  6. Dino Martini

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    #6 Dino Martini, Mar 1, 2006
    I cant even write with my left hand, it looks like a 3 year old tried to write it out.
     
  7. LMP234

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    #7 LMP234, Mar 1, 2006
    I know my cousin went to the middle east in the army, he said the same thing.

    Its considered rude to shake with your left, give/recieve money with your left hand etc etc because its common practice to wipe your a** with your left hand. Thus its considered dirty by many cultures. Also for some reason they view toilet paper just as disgustingly as we view their whole a** hand thing. Dont ask me why...
     
  8. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #8 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Mar 2, 2006
    Go figure, look at the rest of the crap happening over there...
     
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    #9 r0gu3, Mar 2, 2006
    That is what I observed living in Saudi Arabia too. Got to love turkish toilets too.
     
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    #10 Cannoli, Mar 2, 2006
    Yes, it's true - touching someone 'anywhere' with your left hand is considered taboo at least in the Middle East. When I was working in Saudia Arabia, I read up on the culture and business etiquette and this was pointed out.

    When I talk, I use my hands (being Italian, it's shocking I know), and I touch. A push here, a slap there, etc. I had to becareful not to touch my Arab counterparts with my left hand - it would be an insulting act.

    Why? Because in that part of the world (and probably other parts) it is customary to use the left hand to wipe your butt after taking a deuce, and typical bathroom supplies are far and few between. "Don't squeeze the Charmin" is not well known there.

    I also realized that if you wanted to use the bathroom before lunch, you better do it before the mid-day prayer - the bathrooms get soooo messed up prior to prayer time.
     

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