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@david-burton said
I am left handed,footed and eyed.everything on my right side is stronger althogh i do use my mouse in my left hand and type with my right and yes I do have large sausage fingers.
I do everything with my left hand, except carrying an umbrella.

A servant carries that.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I have a superhuman wrist. (I'm sure there's a joke in there for some rascal). Never encountered a jar I couldn't open,...until today. Wife handed me the jar of gherkins expectantly and the effort nearly killed me. Pretty sure the lid was superglued on. That must be it. - Eventually opened it with the aid of a running hot tap and a damp tea towel.

Is there a more trusted method of opening jars or should I just give up eating pickles?
Had the exact same issue with a pickle jar. Apparently there are seals that can be snapped by sticking a butter knife in it. Once those are broken, the jar is no problem opening.

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A female version of how I felt opening the jar:

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@david-burton said
I am left handed,footed and eyed.everything on my right side is stronger althogh i do use my mouse in my left hand and type with my right and yes I do have large sausage fingers.
I only write left handed, everything else - cutlery, racquets, snooker, mouse, shooting, throwing etc is right handed.

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke Pickles was the name of the dog that found the World Cup.

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One of my daughters (a teenager at the time) came to me with a pickle jar she couldn't open. I told her to try it again with her eyes shut, so she did and the lid came off.
I have a theory as to why this often works, but would like to first see if anyone else has tried this.

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No jarring... I suppose Jesus was a 'righty' if his father wanted him to sit on his right hand. God uses his left jab to make the enemies a footstool for his son/himself.

I'll spill the beans too. I was going to say I'm left-handed, but I can't truly say it, because when using a pen, fork, and knife, I'm a "righty." Technically, I'm partially ambidextrous.

Was being left-handed ever considered to be a sin? Perhaps Eve picked the fruit off the tree with her left hand? That's taking the lid off Pandora's box.

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@kilroy70 said
One of my daughters (a teenager at the time) came to me with a pickle jar she couldn't open. I told her to try it again with her eyes shut, so she did and the lid came off.
I have a theory as to why this often works, but would like to first see if anyone else has tried this.
By closing your eyes, and chanting, do you become one with the jar?

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I do everything with my left hand, except carrying an umbrella.

A servant carries that.
Is that like an umbrella policy from an insurance company, Prudential? Is your servant left-handed too?

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Albert Einstein was left handed. (And Ned Flanders).

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@pettytalk said
Is that like an umbrella policy from an insurance company, Prudential? Is your servant left-handed too?
I have never asked my servant. We rarely talk.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
By closing your eyes, and chanting, do you become one with the jar?
I'm not claiming this aways works, but it has worked the few times I've struggled with a stubborn lid.
I believe the reason has more to do with psychology than with mysticism or chance.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I have never asked my servant. We rarely talk.
He serves your every gesture? I had an uncle who taught my cousins, his two sons, how to read his facial expressions of approval and disapproval of their actions; facial sign language.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Albert Einstein was left handed. (And Ned Flanders).
The twins are sure to fact-check your left-handed Einstein. One of them seems to be a relatively expert on time and space.

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@divegeester said
Gosh!

Left handed people are only about 10% of the population.
Maybe chess is a right-brain activity,

Otherwise, I don't get it.

I mean, one might expect a bit of 'me too' mentality, but this seemed excessive.

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