The ER? Yeah, not the place to pick up girls, you sleaze.

[Food Lady]

It's like a gritty, hardass version of a clown car.

You have such a way with words.

[Marlowe]

You have such a way with words.

Why thank you Ma'am

[Pixilated]

My first thought when he was talking about his "wink wink" was that he was there to pick up another industrial-sized bottle of Viagra.

I'm wondering if his ER pickup lines have ever actually worked, since why else would he still be trying it out ...

[Marlowe]

I'm wondering if his ER pickup lines have ever actually worked, since why else would he still be trying it out ...

Maybe he learned from previous unsuccessful conquests that ended in violence that to actually start out in the ER itself cut out the middleman and saved him valuable sleaze time.

[TheCheerfulTreeRat]

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

What?

[Marlowe]

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

What?

Practice makes perfect!

[TheCheerfulTreeRat]

I can write more clearly with my right foot than my left hand. I did learn to mouse left handed when I was doing lots of data entry.

[raudf]

I'm a southpaw, but I can write with my right too. I need more practice, but I can do it. I also use my mouse on the right hand, lift heavy objects with the right hand, and slap harder with the right hand.

Sadly, I also very easily confuse right from left, thanks to a bit of doggerel, "This is the hand I write (right) with *supposed to raise right one - but I don't WRITE with that one* and this is the hand that's left!"

My father is truly ambidex, because he sawed off the tip of the ring finger on his left hand and while recovering was forced to do everything with his right. He can now swap jobs between hands with very little fuss.

[dawnfire]

My father is truly ambidex, because he sawed off the tip of the ring finger on his left hand and while recovering was forced to do everything with his right. He can now swap jobs between hands with very little fuss.

my hubby was the opposite, he was ambidex before loosing the tip off 3 finger and reconstruction (they grafted toe tips to his fingers). unfortunately he lost a bit of sensation in those fingers, so he can't do much with them any more.

[Marlowe]

I think I learned/reinforced it because when I was a little kid I naturally favoured my left hand, but then when I started school the teachers used to tie it behind my back so I had to use my right

[Ree]

I think I learned/reinforced it because when I was a little kid I naturally favoured my left hand, but then when I started school the teachers used to tie it behind my back so I had to use my right

They did the same with my older brother, and my late husband way back in the 60's when they were in school.
It was common practice back then, I believe.
I wasn't aware it was still being practiced back in the 80's.

My husband became ambidextrous as a result, but not so much for my brother.
Even though he was actually quite clever, he failed his first year in school as a result.
His teacher tied a bell to his wrist and if she heard it, he got the strap. He grew up hating that teacher.

(Too bad his teacher couldn't see him now, though. He's one of those people who decides he wants to do or learn something and he does it. He actually taught himself taxidermy. I don't know why. I found it odd, but he enjoyed it. He also taught himself photography and learned how to develop film and print pictures in a darkroom he built for himself. And, as I said, he's still left handed.)

[Marlowe]

They did the same with my older brother, and my late husband way back in the 60's when they were in school.
It was common practice back then, I believe.
I wasn't aware it was still being practiced back in the 80's.

Neither was my mother until she found out from me that they'd been doing it. Boy was she MAD... That teacher was older than dirt though so maybe she learned it back when she was at school in the 16th century or something. She also used to rap our knuckles with a ruler if we rested our hands on the desk.

(Too bad his teacher couldn't see him now, though. He's one of those people who decides he wants to do or learn something and he does it.

I do that too. I was so used to being constantly bored at school because the lessons went so slow that I just started teaching myself to do stuff. I think it's why I have such a weird range of interests and skills... and man do I wish my grade school teacher could see me now. That bitch thought I was "RETARDED" (her words) and sent me to a special therapist! "Hey Mrs G how're things? Why, yes, this is my diploma..."

(never taught myself taxidermy though... and... it kind of sounds like something with a lot of potential for some truly HORRIFIC mishaps. )

[Aethian]

With my Aunts and Uncles being in high places I was given educational gifts that my Mom made fun for me. The downfall was that because I could look at a math problem and get the right answer I would be marked wrong by the teachers. It happened so often I just gave up since why bother if I'm wrong all the time?

Some teachers are excellent, some are stuck in the dark ages.

[Ree]

The downfall was that because I could look at a math problem and get the right answer I would be marked wrong by the teachers.

Yeah, my Grade 10 math teacher accused me of looking the answer up in the back because I didn't show all my work. I had this weird thing going on where I would do some in my head and just forget to write the steps, but I would get the right answer.

[mathnerd]

I think I learned/reinforced it because when I was a little kid I naturally favoured my left hand, but then when I started school the teachers used to tie it behind my back so I had to use my right

I wish the nuns only tied my left hand behind my back. They used rulers and pointers instead to swat my left hand, leaving bruises and welts pretty much daily.

Yeah, my Grade 10 math teacher accused me of looking the answer up in the back because I didn't show all my work. I had this weird thing going on where I would do some in my head and just forget to write the steps, but I would get the right answer.

Must speak up from the math teacher point of view: I do get that some concepts are easy for some students and they can just "see" the answer, but requiring work to be shown has more than just one purpose. First, from my point of view, math is not all about the answer. The logic used to get the answer is, in my opinion, even more important. Also, if the student gets the wrong answer, but shows his or her work, then I can see where he went wrong, and if it was just a simple mistake, I can give credit for the parts that he did get right. If there's no work shown, I can't do that. Secondly, and even more importantly to me, is that some students come up with a mental math trick that works sometimes, but not all the time, or works for lower level math, but won't work at higher levels, when we need to expand on prior knowledge. If the student has managed to convince himself that the shortcut is really how it works, then it becomes very difficult to un-teach that shortcut and teach the "real" concept. If I'm seeing the work/though process the student is using, I can catch those things early, saving the student and future teachers a lot of heartache.