I agree..
My handwriting is completely unreadable, I can't spell or do simple mental calculations.

Yet I have a good job as a computer programmer.

I guess we're all doomed! :D
(ldwater otherwise known as a 'jive turkey', Wed 4 Feb 2009, 9:35, 2 replies)

My handwriting's also lousy
But I'm a scientist. My father's handwriting is even worse, and he's a (far better) scientist.

There is a theory that scientists have messy handwriting as they're struggling to write down the ideas as they come. I suspect the same could apply to computer programmers - and I presume you must be able to type fairly legibly?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 9:56, closed)

Ummm
I'm a humanities ponce, and I, too, have awful handwriting.

My suspicion is that it's to do with the preponderance of keyboards for serious writing - and the unfashionability of proper pens. And proper education.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 9:58, closed)

^^^I agree with this...^^^

In my experience, shoddy handwriting is the hallmark of a keen mind.

\has handwriting like a spider on LSD that has been dipped in ink and let loose on the page
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:02, closed)

A perfect example
The puns and painfully bad jokes are racing through your mind so fast that your pen can't keep up with them.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:04, closed)

Ooh, actually...

Ever seen that episode of 'The Simpsons' where Homer says: "I'm going to use all the power of my brain", and the camera zooms inside his head...where there is a donkey leaning against a tree wearing a straw hat with flies buzzing round it?

My mind is very much like that...only the donkey is dead.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:11, closed)

Bad handwriting = clever
My handwriting is bad, but ledgible, and I am an educated fellow. However my GP's handwriting is unreadable by me, yet he is a qualified practitioner and can dispense all sorts of wonderful medications. Plus anyone who wears a 3 piece pin stripe suit everyday must be repected.

SO, I conclude that the worse your handwriting the brainier you are.

We need look no further than the perfect rounded clear writing of your average teenage bimbo (complete with little hearts on the "i"'s) to illustrate the point that clear handwriting means your brain is working so slowly you have time to focus on HOW you write what you're thinking.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:19, closed)

I can only conclude
that your handwriting must be quite "legible" and you are "respected" for it.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 12:04, closed)