When I was about eight or nine years old, I remember watching some documentary on pbs about how lefthanded people were X number of times more likely to be injured or killed using tools. The study asserted that, since 85% of the population was righthanded, tools were essentially made/designed for righthanded users by default, hence the increased chance of injury for lefthanded users.
Well, of course, I tried to use this new found knowledge to its greatest advantage. It just so happened to be autumn, and we had a yard with about 30 trees in it. That's right - time to rake the leaves.
I got on a soapbox about how it was dangerous for me to rake because I might get injured. So when my folks took a little trip down to the hardware store to stock up on yard supplies, they conveniently picked up a special lefthanded rake just for me.
Man, my lefthanded rake worked like a dream! I practically raked the whole yard by myself.
"How's that rake working for you, Love?" my parents would ask.
"Great!" I'd say.
Then, in college, my extended family was sitting at Thanksgiving dinner and telling funny stories of old when somebody said (my sister, I believe), "Hey, remember when you told Love you bought her a lefthanded rake?"
Everybody roared, except for me. I was so confused. I looked around perplexed and said, "What's so funny about my lefthanded rake?"
Once again, everyone roared. And that's about the time I realized that there's no such thing...
... as a lefthanded rake.
~ the lady duped
2 comments:
If only Ned Flanders had a "Leftorium" hotline. You could have sniffed out the scam right away. Did your parents give you left-handed towels for bath time as well? How about that lefthanded toothbrush? ;)
Are you making fun of me, Chris? Oh, you're funny. Real funny. I'll get you my pretty - and your little dog, too.
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