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American zippers on the right(wrong) side

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assface
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why are almost all other countries zippers on the left side of the zipper when it is unzipped, it makes so much more sense to zip a coat with your right hand, then i put on a coat from canada, and it pisses me off so much

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Nov 13 2009 7:32PM
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Totes_Magotes
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i know some people might call you stupid.. but i just got my new jacket.. with the zipper switched... i almost wanna cry everytime i go to the end and my fingers pull off.. it's a sad lonesome feeling
Nov 13 2009 7:36PM
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TheQuailman
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I think it has something to do with like the royalty in england having zippers on their clothing first, in which a handmaid would obviously zip and un-zip the clothing, then the rest of the nobility got them the same way and by the time it had spread to the masses, they still had zippers on the left.

Now I'm guessing in America they were like screw the royalty, its all about the common man with no nobility, and when they made zippers they were like yea we should put it on the right because honestly I don't have a handmaid.

Of course this is just a guess, I have no clue. 

Nov 13 2009 7:48PM
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Funnel
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Like Quailman said. The royalty use to have someone zip their clothes for them, so if the zipper was on the left, it would be on the person zipping it's right. Does that make sense?
Nov 13 2009 7:54PM
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Slinger1x1
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i thought the zipper on the left meant it was womens?
thats what my mommy told me...
Nov 13 2009 7:59PM
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*valkyrie*
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it's only supposed to be with buttons.  girls are on the left, guys on the right
Nov 13 2009 8:04PM
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NW_Rider
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This is the only one I have heard of/noticed, supposedly so when a girl buttons/unbuttons and guys shirt and vice-versa, it is the same as unbuttoning their own shirt.
Nov 13 2009 8:08PM
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assface
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you hit the nail on the head with the lonely feeling thing
Nov 13 2009 9:52PM
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Malcolm
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kinky
Nov 13 2009 9:54PM
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Casey
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Thats a decent guess. makes sense to me.

Nov 13 2009 10:21PM
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soulskier
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maybe you should try a womans jacket
Nov 13 2009 10:23PM
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skiP.E.I.
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I don't think zippers were invented yet when that rule was made, but it's true for buttons, so may have carried over.
I don't see that having the zipper on a different side would make much difference, since once you slide the little starter into the zipper, you can use either hand to zip it up. I've never noticed what side a zipper was on.
Nov 14 2009 1:13AM
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Funnel
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Fuck, I was thinking of buttons.
Nov 14 2009 1:15AM
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[~_~]
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This is hilarious when taken out of context for some reason.
Nov 14 2009 1:35AM
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wh@t
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internet pro
Nov 14 2009 1:52AM
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Valind
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My mens Orage jacket zipper is on the left. Would make sense though, Orage is made in Canada. LOL
Nov 14 2009 1:53AM
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B-runge
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alls i know is my orage zipper is on an undesirable side.....
Nov 14 2009 2:02AM
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assface
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maybe yours is newer and they realized its stupid to have it on the left. or your canadian
Nov 14 2009 3:36PM
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Totes_Magotes
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ding ding ding.. i hate it
Nov 14 2009 5:11PM
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k-rob
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i have zippers that go different ways and i never even notice the difference. i don't think it matters.
Nov 14 2009 5:13PM
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Malcolm
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every coat ive ever owned zips from the left and ive never noticed until now
Nov 14 2009 5:17PM
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Number_9
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I bought a hoodie without realizing that the zipper was on the left. It took me about 3 weeks to figure out how to zip it up successfully.
Nov 14 2009 5:17PM
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assface
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i still havent figured my zippers out
Nov 16 2009 1:13AM
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Balto
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what are wifes for then?
Nov 16 2009 1:15AM
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Abc567def
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this
Nov 16 2009 1:16AM
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Yung_Gnarley
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rawr
Nov 16 2009 1:20AM
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