weight poll

[bluecuracao]

I think it'd be somewhat accurate...do it...

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

I think it'd be somewhat accurate...do it...

stop picturing that. right now. im not doing it

[bluecuracao]

OK, fine.

Monkeyboy claims that the rest of your body will exert some force on the scale. I can see that. But I still think it wouldn't be far off the mark.

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

how would you weigh someone's head...if you wanted to go about it. short of weighing, beheading and re-weighing?

Originally Posted by lumberjim

stop picturing that. right now. im not doing it

Agreed, it is quite inefficient. Why weigh, behead, and weigh again, when you could just behead and weigh the head?

To be charitable, maybe Bluecuracao was suggesting that you do the lie-down-with-your-head-on-the-scales technique. This would give a pretty close reading, if the scales are pretty thin and sit on the floor. Although it raises the question of how much neck should be counted as "head". (cue Linda Lovelace reference closest thing to a blowjob smilie I could find ).

PS Yes BMI shouldn't be taken too seriously. It makes no allowance for whether the person is 230 pounds of flabby fat or 230 pounds of steely muscle. But it is a starting guide to comparing people's height/weight ratios.

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

To be charitable, maybe Bluecuracao was suggesting that you do the lie-down-with-your-head-on-the-scales technique.

You're absolutely right, that's exactly what I was thinking.