Posted on 09/19/2005 3:32:59 PM PDT by blam
Well, I think it's best to stay away from a sentence that has "queen" & "Elton" in it.
Which sword? Are you currently wielding a sword?
It's possible that those surviving to adulthood, and therefore reaching their "full height," were the best-nourished and therefore tallest of the population. This would be consistent with the much shorter height on pre-adolescents, compared to today: they were malnourished, they didn't grow very tall, then they died young.
Height is very much a function of nutrition. Japan, for example, has been having to re-size many things in their society for the people born in the 80's and later. Even as children, they were so much taller than earlier generations that they needed bigger school desks, among other adjustments.
Or Elton and the term "Bottoms up!".
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That too!
Let's hear it for The Prince of Darkness.
What you don't realize about that photo is that, just off to the photographer's left, they've just taken a whole beef sirloin off the barbecue.
I've read that the height requirement for a Roman legionarie was 5'10".
I supposed the guy wearing the armor for ceremonial kind of stooped over for ceremony and stood tall for war.
That would be a Japanese blade?
5'8" is a fine height for a man! I'm 5'8", and so is my idol, Maxwell Smart.
Yeah, my little brother is 6'2" and my oldest son is also 6'2".
I think I was weaned too early.
"If you have a dead ten year old and a dead adult, how can you claim the ten year old will become a "normal" size?"
Excellent point.
Darwin wrote about the mercenaries in the civil war from Europe whose uniforms had to be shortened from the stock used by the regular forces; what has GB to do with the modern world?
Suppose I should have explained better. Full suits of armor that were actually used during Medieval times has long since rusted or been destroyed in battle. Most Ceremonial armor is very heavily decorated,after all it is a show piece, and would not last 2 seconds in an actual battle(very thin metal because of the decorations.
These ceremonial suits were never actually fitted for anyone, but instead were made to make the Lord of the manor look good. A good comparison would be someone with lots of money who flaunts it by putting expensive furniture in their home for the purpose of "Showing off".
You are correct.
It sure seems like the average guy in America is taller than 5'7". Although 5'7" is half a foot taller than me.
Overly short? Damn, I'm no where near 6'. You probably think I'm handicapped or something equally silly.
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