How to find out if you are fat.

[vetran]

its a cushion for the pushing!

[veroli]

How long is a piece of string ?
this is actually already answered, inadvertently, in the first message.
the length of a piece of string is double half its length

[ZARDOZ]

Alternatively, you probably already know your waist and height, so you could double the former and see if the result is less than the latter. This would save you the trouble of hunting around for the string, eventually finding it in that drawer full of oddments in the kitchen, and then having to disentangle it from an old hairbrush, three plugs, and some parts from a long-broken alarm clock.

Many people dont realise how fat they are as womens and mens are often vanity sized. Eg most size 34 waist mens jeans are now closer to a 36. I bet if most people cut the string to the size they thought they were it wouldnt meet.

[d000hg]

The waist seems a poor measurement of girth when men in particular seem to develop an overhang. Yet I never heard of your tummy being used - only chest and waist.