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  • Left-handed guys, be proud, you earn more (Happy Southpaw Day!)

    08/13/2006 6:59:53 AM PDT · by socal_parrot · 38 replies · 387+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 8/13/6 | Mehul Srivastava
    In the iconic TV show "The Simpsons," Homer Simpson is constantly jealous of his neighbor Ned Flanders' prosperity -- so jealous that when the left-handed Flanders opens a store for left-handed people (the Leftorium), Simpson never tells any of his left-handed friends about it. "My kingdom for a left-handed tin opener," yells Mr. Burns, the richest man in the fictional town of Springfield, but Simpson keeps quiet as the Leftorium shuts down for lack of customers. The show's creators may not have known it then, but they were on to something -- Homer Simpson probably has a good reason to...