I wrote:
> Not a joke! At least, not intentionally... > > http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/84/98130.htm?printing=true > "...Researchers claim that the formula spelled out > below can tell the maximum heel height a person can > handle without toppling over or suffering > excessively. > > > h = Q�(12+3s/8) > > The variables are: > h: Maximum height of the heel (in centimeters) > Q: A sociological factor with a value between 0 and > 1 (see below) > S: Shoe size (in UK ladies' sizes) <snip snip>
What!? No remarks about how these formulae are laced with fudge factors? Or how slipshod this "study" looks? Or how down-at-the-heel these researchers must be to have stooped so ludicrously low? Or--
Wouldn't bust size have an effect, by making one, er, top- and front-heavy?
Torque Around The Ball Of The Foot Maru
-- Ronn! :)
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