Proper Heights

by Valarien

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Exarius2005-12-29 09:47:06
QUOTE(Vix @ Dec 27 2005, 06:35 PM)
Solution: Don't put exactly how tall you are in your description. Have you ever been able to guess someone's exact height?
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All the time.

I correctly guessed Prince Charles' height right down to the nanometer. Well, his height in sock feet, anyway.

I got even closer with Madonna and Sigmund Freud.

I did make a huge blunder with the Pussycat Dolls. My frame of reference was all off, and I guessed them all 5/32nds of an inch shorter than they actually are.

But all that aside, yes: People who specify the precise height of the their characters in descriptions are losing sight of the forest for the trees.
Verithrax2005-12-29 10:07:58
This whole thread reminds me of this comic. Warning, this may not be safe to be viewed at work, by small children, and so on.
Valarien2005-12-29 11:22:10
Oh My God! ohmy.gif

That was funny

In a horrible, bad sort of way...

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Goodness, ask a simple question, throw throw the whole of Lusternia into the gutter


Tsk!