Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

Ned Flanders

Ned Flanders is left-handed, devoutly religious, and has a surprisingly chiseled physique. Oh, and he's fictional.

In Season three of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson's next door neighbor uses his life savings to open the Leftorium, a store that specializes in products for left-handed people. Homer Simpson sends the store out of business but feels guilty about it and helps revive it. Although the store only appears in one episode — "When Flanders Failed" — Flanders occasionally references it throughout the series, so we know it's still around. According to Springfield's most religious lefty, the Leftorium is suffering now that a left-handed megastore, Left-Mart, opened up nearby.