Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

World's tallest man saves dolphins in China

Herdsman, 7' 9", uses long arms to pull plastic from creatures' stomachs

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16203273/?GT1=8816

 

This story is very strange, and pretty funny. Even better was the IM conversation I had with David ( http://mnexpatsports.blogspot.com/) regarding arm length and the world's tallest man.

David says: 

that looks like a publicity stunt

Nat says: 

41 inch arms?! that's nuts.

David says: 

 i just measured my arm. 41 inches is pretty much impossible

Nat says: how long is yourarm?

David says:

i'm not sure where to start the measurement. but it's about 24 inches

Nat says:

wow.

Nat says:

well, that man was 7'9"

Nat says:

that's like 2ish feet on you, right?

Nat says:

which is a third again your height

David says:

i'm 6'1". so about 20 inches

Nat says:

so reasonably, we could say your arm, a third again it's length, would be proportionate to giant man's arms

Nat says:

?

David says: 

he's about 1.2 times as tall, but his arms are about 1.7 times as long

David says:

though i'm a writer, not a mathemetician

Nat says:

so he's freakishly tall. it should come as no surprise that his arms are freakishly long too.

Nat says:

how strange. 7'9".

David says: but proportionately, his arms are more out of whack than his overall height.

Nat says:

so he may also win the guiness record for longest arms in the world

Nat says:

or i wonder if someone can beat that?

David says:

i would think they would go hand in hand. no pun intended

David says:

actually, intended

 

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