[Dixielandjazz] Not the "Old Left-Hander"!

[Bill Gunter]

Hello all,

I earlier wrote (re: left and right handed people):

>The two cells were symmetric mirrors of each other and, as a result, the 
>two individuals produced were identical but mirrored (if that's a word). I 
>know two sets of identical twins and in each case one is right handed and 
>the other is left handed.

A question just occurred to me - does anyone know if the Midiri Brothers are 
left and right handed?

Cheers,

Bill "Not that it matters" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Not the "Old Left-Hander"!
>Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:42:34 +0000
>
>Hi all,
>
>Regarding left handed folks (ths sinister people):
>
>I've heard a theory (don't know if it's accurate) that identical twins 
>spring from a single fertilized egg which when, as a cell, first divided 
>into two cells they somehow separated and became two individual basic stem 
>cells, each of which was capable of developing into a full human being.
>
>The two cells were symmetric mirrors of each other and, as a result, the 
>two individuals produced were identical but mirrored (if that's a word). I 
>know two sets of identical twins and in each case one is right handed and 
>the other is left handed.
>
>The theory holds that if one of the cells so split somehow does not 
>develop, and it is the "right handed cell" that is lost, then the left 
>handed individual who makes it through the gestation period is actually the 
>identical sibling of a cell which never developed.
>
>So all of you lefties out there are supposed to have a brother or sister 
>exactly like you in all respects but who never developed into a foetus.
>
>That's just a theory I heard somewhere, but perhaps someone can validate it 
>. . . I really don't know.
>
>I wonder, if we are talking about left handed musicians, if the lost 
>sibling would have had musical tendencies also.
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Bill "I could be wrong" Gunter
>jazzboard at hotmail.com