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  StevenMcD

  1 year ago

  I'm a righty who stirrs counter clockwise because its more comfortable for me. Here's another funny fact.
  
  get 2 people to make you a mug of coffee, a person who stirs clockwise and one who stirs counter clockwise. Make sure they use the same amount of coffee and/or sugar and taste the difference.
  
  Us counter-clockwise stirrers always make the best mug of coffee, no jokes, ask my entire family and my fiance's family. (I'm the only counter clockwise stirrer )
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  justBcoz

  1 year ago

  Ok, I would NEVER have given this ANY thought whatsoever =)
  
  But now, dammit, I want to know - what DOES make me stir my tea/coffee clockwise (I am right handed.)
  
  I wonder if this has any connection to whether one is left or right brained?
  
  Is there any significance in it all? What, if anything, does it reveal ....?
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  Stii

  1 year ago

  Bloody hell! Thats random, but very interesting...
  
  I'm sure there will be plenty of interesting theories, although Steven, I have disagree strongly with yours! We'll have a showdown on that next time we see each other as I'm right handed and stir clockwise. ;)
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  SheBee

  1 year ago

  I couldn't agree with Steve more if I tried :)
  
  I was one of the counter clock stirrer lab rats. Random post, but fun :)
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  Ian Barnes

  1 year ago

  LIES!!!! THOSE STATS ARE NOT CORRECT. THERE WHERE 4 LEFT HANDED PEOPLE THAT REPLIED. I DEMAND A RECOUNT :D
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  Justin Hartman

  1 year ago

  @Barney, let's keep the peace here please.....!
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  Justin Hartman

  1 year ago

  @StevenMcD - glad to see I'm not the only random person around here!
  
  @justBcoz - I wish I had the answers for you. I really wanted to know if left- or right-brain had any effect in this but I don't see any sign of this from my anecdotal experience. I think there's a model for a research paper here ;)
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  Mike

  1 year ago

  1. Left-handed, stir clockwise...
  
  2. GET A REAL JOB!
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  Colin Daniels

  1 year ago

  I've got to manage you guys better...
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  IrcMaidon

  1 year ago

  @Justin: Thanks for the laugh :)
  
  @Colin: Hahaha
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  Wogan

  1 year ago

  Right handed, use left hand for cutting and stirring, and I stir in a counter-clockwise direction.
  
  And I make damn good coffee ;)
  
  ~ Wogan
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  Riaz Kanani

  1 year ago

  LOL - right handed - clockwise - does that make me boring?
  
  great post :)
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  namo

  1 year ago

  I am right handed. I usually use clock wise stir direction but sometimes I use counter clock wise and sometimes both
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  Al

  1 year ago

  Nice - just the kind of random stats that I like to see.
  
  What software did you use to draw those nice graphs?
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  Justin Hartman

  1 year ago

  Al, the graphs were done in Apple's Keynote.
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  CaroleS

  1 year ago

  I'm left handed and I always stir counter clockwise. If I change to stirring with my right hand, then it's clockwise. We lefties just do things the other way round to right handers.
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