Poll: when putting on your shoes, which one goes on first?

[fredrussell]

A thorny subject I know, but one we need to get to the bottom of. Not to be confused with the other recent poll : shoes or socks, which do you put on first?

 

[ylop]

What is the difference between neither and both in this context?

 

[potentillaCO32]

I leave it to my valet to decide.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

We need 'varies' or 'depends' in the poll.

 

[Tranona]

Whether you are right handed, lefthanded or ambidextrous may be relevant - we have a right to know.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Whether you are right handed, lefthanded or ambidextrous may be relevant - we have a right to know.

That'll be the next poll.

 

[potentillaCO32]

Whether you are right handed, lefthanded or ambidextrous may be relevant - we have a right to know.

Next poll could be, "do you use your right hand or left hand in the pursuit of temporary happiness"

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Being the coarse soul that I am I was tempted on an arse wiping poll, are you a back to front, front to back, just screw the paper around and hope for the best or do you use one of Shans bum guns. However so as not to offend I have thought better of it.

 

[Irish Rover]

Whether you are right handed, lefthanded or ambidextrous may be relevant - we have a right to know.

Isn't that a somewhat left field contribution from you?

 

[Irish Rover]

I have taught better of it.

Your students must have been impressed with your expertise on the subject.

 

[Poignard]

Whether you are right handed, lefthanded or ambidextrous may be relevant - we have a right to know.

And whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere - we deserve to be told.

 

[KevinV]

Next poll could be, "do you use your right hand or left hand in the pursuit of temporary happiness"

I'll lift my whisky glass with my left hand if I have a ciggy in my right - is that the sort of thing you mean?

 

[potentillaCO32]

I'll lift my whisky glass with my left hand if I have a ciggy in my right - is that the sort of thing you mean?

Exactly wot I told the mod chappie.

 

[Bouba]

I think the important thing is that we all come from a generation that wore flared trousers…and could take our trousers off before we took our shoes off

 

[Baggywrinkle]

I'm ambidextrous, which has a few benefits and disadvantages.

I use the most convenient hand, usually the one nearest the object I want to use. This has advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:

1. Both pockets on my trousers wear out at the same rate as I don't have a preference, so things end up in the pocket on the side of the hand I used to grab them.
2. I can get to bits on the boat in awkward locations using either hand and still maintain the same level of dexterity.
3. I can really p!ss opponents off when playing cricket, squash etc. by swapping hands. I got banned from doing it at school because the fielders all had to swap sides every time I switched (it didn't do me much good as I was cr@p anyway).
4. If I damage one hand/arm, I still have a fully functional spare.

Disadvantages:

1. I hate having to go through my pockets to find things because 50% of the time, the thing I am looking for is in the pocket on the opposite side from my first try.
2. Dependent on the random pocket my keys end up in, 50% of the time I end up carrying stuff under the same arm. When I get to the door, I get very annoyed trying to remove keys from a pocket using the opposite side hand. I notice this because 50% of the time everything is fine. I wish I could remember which pocket I had stuffed keys in.

As far as this poll goes, I put the nearest shoe on first, and use the hand/foot appropriate for that side.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I am about 60% ambidextrous, I can't write legibly with my left hand my teachers said I couldn't with my right hand either but that's a different issue, I can use tools with either hand wood turning left or right handed and don't show any real preference when picking things up, either hand will do. I am not as strong with my left hand though. Sports wise I could pass off both hands, could bowl at reduced pace with left hand and bat left handed and can use a cue left handed, all to a degree but not as well as right handed.

 

[Boathook]

Normally I put my right shoe on first. I'm mainly left handed but it can vary ....

I'm off the age where I was forced to be right handed at school to start with but my parents sorted that out ....

I had some left handed scissors on my last boat and lost them. Used to really annoy those who wanted right hand ones. Must buy another pair !

 

[Bouba]

I'm ambidextrous, which has a few benefits and disadvantages.

I use the most convenient hand, usually the one nearest the object I want to use. This has advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:

1. Both pockets on my trousers wear out at the same rate as I don't have a preference, so things end up in the pocket on the side of the hand I used to grab them.
2. I can get to bits on the boat in awkward locations using either hand and still maintain the same level of dexterity.
3. I can really p!ss opponents off when playing cricket, squash etc. by swapping hands. I got banned from doing it at school because the fielders all had to swap sides every time I switched (it didn't do me much good as I was cr@p anyway).
4. If I damage one hand/arm, I still have a fully functional spare.

Disadvantages:

1. I hate having to go through my pockets to find things because 50% of the time, the thing I am looking for is in the pocket on the opposite side from my first try.
2. Dependent on the random pocket my keys end up in, 50% of the time I end up carrying stuff under the same arm. When I get to the door, I get very annoyed trying to remove keys from a pocket using the opposite side hand. I notice this because 50% of the time everything is fine. I wish I could remember which pocket I had stuffed keys in.

As far as this poll goes, I put the nearest shoe on first, and use the hand/foot appropriate for that side.

Do you have a dominant leg....or are you ambilegless (or whatever the correct term is) ?

 

[Bouba]

I am completely right arm dominant....and that is a pain....like carrying a dead weight around. When my right rotator cuff went, I had to learn to brush my teeth with my left arm....what I found I was doing was keeping the toothbrush in my left hand motionless....while my head went side to side

 

[newtothis]

Given that most people on this board are so old (see previous poll) they are only sliding their feet into carpet slippers, I think the question of dexterity is irrelevant.