I am mostly right-handed, but do some things (like this, and dealing cards) 'left-handed'. I sometimes use a table knife under the rim to slightly prise the lid, clearing the vacuum. It's sometimes impossible to get the knife in properly though before coffee, which is when I'm mostly opening new jars. Toby is good at opening jars though because he is stubborn and doesn't give up. I don't think he'd want to live in your kitchen drawer though.
One of my motivations for enquiring which hand people use is because I'm not sure which way round is right-handed! I do things a mixture of right-handed and left-handed, and I'm vaguely curious which I am for jar-opening.
I'm a left-hand-on-lid, which is the minority case (11 vs 17) but I'm not sure if it's minority enough to be left-handed. Maybe this is a thing in which there's more variation than most?
I am right handed and my left hand is on the lid. However, I don't think that means that my jar opening is left handed: my left hand is just holding the lid as tightly as it can; my right hand is doing the actual job of trying to twist the jar.
What does it feel like if you swap hands? If I put my right on the lid, it's my right that feels confused and inadequate, so I suspect I am doing it left-handed :)
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Date: 2014-11-26 09:53 am (UTC)I sometimes use a table knife under the rim to slightly prise the lid, clearing the vacuum. It's sometimes impossible to get the knife in properly though before coffee, which is when I'm mostly opening new jars. Toby is good at opening jars though because he is stubborn and doesn't give up. I don't think he'd want to live in your kitchen drawer though.
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Date: 2014-11-26 10:31 am (UTC)I'm a left-hand-on-lid, which is the minority case (11 vs 17) but I'm not sure if it's minority enough to be left-handed. Maybe this is a thing in which there's more variation than most?
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Date: 2014-11-27 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-11-27 06:58 pm (UTC)I see your point.
What does it feel like if you swap hands? If I put my right on the lid, it's my right that feels confused and inadequate, so I suspect I am doing it left-handed :)
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Date: 2014-11-27 07:58 pm (UTC)