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ladymuck replied

9 April 2022, 12:42
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

Yeh, found I need to be about 6" taller. Thought I was in healthy range but waist size of clothes you wear comfortably is not the same thing. Have to stop buying flapjack slices. But who can live without flapjacks??

PS According to recent research, the diameter of a lady's bum needs to be at least 5 times that of her shoulders.

Is that research as published on your blog
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xoggoth replied

9 April 2022, 09:54
Yeh, found I need to be about 6" taller. Thought I was in healthy range but waist size of clothes you wear comfortably is not the same thing. Have to stop buying flapjack slices. But who can live without flapjacks??

PS According to recent research, the diameter of a lady's bum needs to be at least 5 times that of her shoulders.

Last edited by xoggoth; 9 April 2022, 09:56.
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ladymuck replied

8 April 2022, 22:26
I'm at least 10 cm too short
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vetran replied

8 April 2022, 22:08
Originally posted by Whorty View Post

When was the last time you saw Little Vetty without using a mirror?

apparently you saw it more recently than me.
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OwlHoot replied

8 April 2022, 17:10
Originally posted by Whorty View Post

When was the last time you saw Little Vetty without using a mirror?

Dammit, can't find the image I was looking for, the guy with a periscope. So this will hve to do
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Whorty replied

8 April 2022, 16:20
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

Perfect when using inches to measure waist and centimetres for height

Some on here, they know who they are, would still fail the test
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Whorty replied

8 April 2022, 16:19
Originally posted by vetran View Post

FTFY

When was the last time you saw Little Vetty without using a mirror?
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Paddy replied

8 April 2022, 15:13
Perfect when using inches to measure waist and centimetres for height
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d000hg replied

8 April 2022, 14:41
Only way that could be true is if you're a thalidomide survivor
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vetran replied

8 April 2022, 14:01
Originally posted by Warty View Post

I wish I measured up to Vetran, his chap drags on the floor

FTFY
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hobnob replied

8 April 2022, 13:41
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

Is your waist technically where your belly button is - as this chap (or lady) is demonstrating? I thought your waist measurement was just above the hips... if you have any sort of a belly you'd get very different number.

Quoting from the BBC article:
"Explain to people that to measure their waist, they should find the bottom of their ribs and the top of their hips, wrap a tape measure around the waist midway between these points and breathe out naturally before taking the measurement,"
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Whorty replied

8 April 2022, 13:08
Vetran is awfully quiet on this thread

That's more like it, the world is back to normal
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Gibbon replied

8 April 2022, 12:34
Originally posted by malvolio View Post

I'm just about 14 inches too short...

Aren't we all!
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malvolio replied

8 April 2022, 11:44
Waist measurement is fine. I'm just about 14 inches too short...
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OwlHoot replied

8 April 2022, 11:34
Just did a quick rough waist measurement with string and it only comes up to my chest. Phew! Almost out of the danger zone!
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