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There was an uproar when the right hand enabling act came into law.
The lefties reeled in disgust that their left-handedness was being outlawed. Was the world to return to the persecution of all the left-handed folk?
The right handed, found a new righteousness in their attitude to all things right handed. The evangelical right handed pointed out the right hand of God as being far more virtuous than the left.
The ambidextrous were prevented from all sport, left-hand drives in cars were to be corrected to right-hand drive never mind the chaos that might generate.
Over time people lost the use of their left hands and arms. They dangled as another appendage, and some of the virtuous had them removed.
Human dexterity waned as people realised the limitations of one hand only. Performance being rewarded by the sound of one hand clapping only went so far.
It began the time of the resurrection of the left hand.
Written for: https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2017/09/04/fffaw-challenge-week-of-september-5-2017/
Morpethroad 
Ha ha, great last line. As a (mostly) left-handed person, I applaud the revolution!
Yes indeed should be more of it…lol
Can’t keep a lefty down! 😁
That’s right, they are innovative and often crafty competitors…
I gotta hand it to you, this was a fascinating post.
Lol right on…or should it be left on 😂
“Performance being rewarded by the sound of one hand clapping only went so far.” This line I loved. Such a different thought process. Never would have thought about this. Good one!
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it.
Such a unique, innovative take on the prompt.
Thanks moon glad u could stop by
Having lived through the “you WILL use your right hand to right,” regime at school, I have but one word to say…well, okay, two. “Lefties Rock!” So they’d better watch out because my throwing arm is very good 😀
As I would suspect Lyn…go Lyn go..
😀 😀
I’m a righty who always wanted to be a lefty. So, I throw my weight behind the resurrection of the left hand. 😀 Good one, Michael. Thanks for the laughs.
Pleasure, thanks for stopping by.
Very innovative. Great write.
Thank you.
Hahahaha! This is sadly funny. There is so much meaning in it. It reminds me of my grandmother who was left handed but in school was forced to write with her right hand. She continued writing with her right hand and her writing was almost ineligible. So sad!!
Yes many people suffered your grandmothers plight.
So very sad. Great story, Michael!
Great post. Love the one hand clapping bit.
Thanks so much.
Haha, great take on the prompt. I’m married to a ‘leftie’ – they can be troublesome!
The certainly can…
Took me back to my time at school – I was not allowed to use my left hand to write. I am left handed.
The good old days. Not.
I think the difficulty is that each child is a individual and school for most is undertaken as a group activity. It works, but is not good for all children
HA! Reminded me of a line from a song..”Talking to you is like clapping with one hand…”
Thanks you are taking a trip thru my blog I see….
Yes, and enjoying it 🙂
I’m not online that often these days and so I neglect the blogs for chunks of time so when I do visit someone I follow (old or new) I like to “kick my shoes off and stay awhile”
Well I’m flattered you can do so.