The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36305   Message #501727
Posted By: IanC
09-Jul-01 - 06:37 AM
Thread Name: Significance of left shoulder
Subject: RE: Significance of left shoulder
Hi

The reason we drive on the left is that we're a seafaring nation and the steering oar was on the Starboard (steerboard) or right side. When coming into port, you didn't want to crush the oar so you came in on the port side.

Because you start and end on the left, you also drive on the left.

I was always told that the tights fall down and the mites crawl up.