At 21:57 1/22/2005, Robert Fisher wrote: >Why, btw, is it always the left one? Um...sinistrosity is often undervalued by the dexter-ous; it sounds better; that's the way the Navy does it; and that one's typically a little closer to the outside already (hangs slightly lower in most men so they don't jam together -- unless I've got it backwards in which case it's because it's the nearer and dearer one. Cf: we Corpsmen always used to be accused of using (or was it that we threatened to use?) "a square needle in the left nut" so it's consistent. ;) d
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