I brushed my teeth left-handed this morning

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

Decided to go out on a limb and shake things up. Too damn difficult. My left hand is practically useless.

Please don't make this thread degenerate into something other than what was intended!

[kedrys]

1. What prompted...?

I'm left-handed but I just realized I brush my teeth right-handed. Couldn't tell you why.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. I guess I'm REALLY bored

I realized that I really never use my left hand except to carry things. I know I can't write left-handed. I was brushing my teeth as usual and decided I'd see if my left hand is as useless as I believed it to be. It is!

[kedrys]

8. It's a worthy experiment...

Every once in a while, I realize I've been pouring soda into my glass with one hand and switch to see if it still works. It does, but I have to keep in practice. :)

At least you do cool stuff when you're bored...I tend to do stupid and destructive things :D

[KittyWampus]

3. Wow! I Actually Think That Sounds Like An Interesting Thing To Do!

[bigwillq]

4. Way to go!

:bounce:

[drdon326]

5. Get the Crest Spin Brush Pro....now !!

bought one and its the greatest......i actually enjoy brushing my teeth and theyve never been cleaner.

[DemBones DemBones]

9. How is it better than others? I've been thinking about

getting a new electric toothbrush.

[drdon326]

10. just works great.....and i think less than $10 to find out. n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

12. Ah, the price is right!!! Thanks much. nt

[Bok_Tukalo]

6. Supposedly, breaking your routine in little ways helps spur creativity

I do it alot.

[DemBones DemBones]

7. Practice! It's good to know how to use both hands -- I broke my right arm

a couple of years ago and was glad I'd been deliberately using my left hand a good bit before it happened. (I'm not a psychic who foredaw a need to use my left hand; it's that my right hand is more affected by lupus than my left hand, often contorting itself into a claw.) The hardest thing to do with the non-dominant hand is writing, IMO, but, interestingly, I can draw with my left hand. I decided to try that since we all know the right side of the brain controls the left hand and the right brain is also the creative side. I should go back to practicing drawing left-handed -- thanks for reminding me!

[Orsino]

11. Then the terrorists have won! n/t

[Flaxbee]

13. I try to do that, too...

keep the brain from hard-wiring too much into certain patterns. My mom's got Alzheimer's ("AD"), and I read somewhere that you can keep the onset of AD away longer (and of course now I'm paranoid b/c my mother has it) if you do lots of puzzles, do balance exercises, switch hands a lot while brushing teeth, washing dishes, etc... it really does help keep mental pathways active, and that's one of the things that can help combat AD.

[sundog]

14. No injuries I hope

:scared:

[HEyHEY]

15. I thought I felt a disturbance in the force

[Left Is Write]

16. I brush my teeth left-handed every morning!

:D

[JVS]

17. Have you tried wiping that way?