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Quote: chipolata @ August 5 2009, 3:48 PM BST

5'10ish.

The 'ish' says you're 5'8" really. ;)

Quote: chipolata @ August 5 2009, 3:48 PM BST

5'10ish.

Your BMI is satisfactory then.

Quote: chipolata @ August 5 2009, 3:48 PM BST

5'10ish.

Congratulations, your BMI is nothing to be ashamed of.

Quote: Tim Walker @ August 5 2009, 3:49 PM BST

Your BMI is satisfactory then.

That's what a man said who came into the kitchen and caught me.

Quote: David Bussell @ August 5 2009, 3:49 PM BST

Congratulations, your BMI is nothing to be ashamed of.

He sounds like a stockier me. Can you imagine that, David? Can you?

Quote: chipolata @ August 5 2009, 3:51 PM BST

That's what a man said who came into the kitchen and caught me.

I think I've seen that porn film.

Quote: Ben @ August 5 2009, 3:51 PM BST

He sounds like a stockier me. Can you imagine that, David? Can you?

I simply cannot. You're the stockiest man I know by a country inch.

Quote: Tim Walker @ August 5 2009, 3:52 PM BST

I think I've seen that porn film.

I think I've heard that gag.

Quote: Tim Walker @ August 5 2009, 3:52 PM BST

I think I've seen that porn film.

He actually scared me. I was just staring at the dial, when suddenly this voice goes, "Hello! What's going on here!"

Quote: chipolata @ August 5 2009, 3:55 PM BST

He actually scared me. I was just staring at the dial, when suddenly this voice goes, "Hello! What's going on here!"

You sure it wasn't one of those speaking scales?

Quote: David Bussell @ August 5 2009, 3:49 PM BST

Congratulations, your BMI is nothing to be ashamed of.

Just did - http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx

Height: 185.4cm (6'1")
Weight: 73kg (11st 8lb)
BMI: 21.2 (Smack bang in the middle of the green zone :D)

BMI is poo!

The man who invented the body mass index actually invented it as a means of telling things like breeding and if a person was prone to things such as crime. It was never meant to indicate ideal weight! Random fact I know.

PLUS

According to the BMI index, Most rugby players are obese!

The correct rule is you are overweight if you weigh more than your doctor :P

Teary Spoil my results why don't you! :(

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ August 5 2009, 3:59 PM BST

The man who invented the body mass index actually invented it as a means of telling things like breeding and if a person was prone to things such as crime. It was never meant to indicate ideal weight! Random fact I know.

Are you sure that wasn't the original intention, and now it has been adapted for a better use?

It really was intended for the above use.

BMI is a very dodgy and dark grey area. It CAN come in useful sometimes but it's not a quality indicator of health.

BMI is a guess to be honest and gets taken a bit too seriously.

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ August 5 2009, 4:04 PM BST

It really was intended for the above use.

BMI is a very dodgy and dark grey area. It CAN come in useful sometimes but it's not a quality indicator of health.

BMI is a guess to be honest and gets taken a bit too seriously.

In other words, stick to phrenology.

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