Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
Jan 10th 2004, 4:14 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
Hi,
but then why in the pics of him with american and british officers is he
of "average" height?
>>... (so are most of the men... look at pics
>>of General deGaulle walking in the crowds and he stands a full head
>>taller than the masses) ...
>
>
> He was very tall.
>
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but then why in the pics of him with american and british officers is he
of "average" height?
>>... (so are most of the men... look at pics
>>of General deGaulle walking in the crowds and he stands a full head
>>taller than the masses) ...
>
>
> He was very tall.
>
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Jan 10th 2004, 4:16 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
and walk more.
walk to the market
walk to the metro
walk to the office (from the metro)
devil wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:50:05 +0000, poldy wrote:
>
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Peter L" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>There are probably many less plus sized women in Paris than in any American
>>>cities.
>>Yeah isn't that one of the mysteries? The cuisine has a lot of
>>fat-heavy dishes but the women are slender?
>
>
> Just try cutting soft drinks for a start.
>
>
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walk to the market
walk to the metro
walk to the office (from the metro)
devil wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:50:05 +0000, poldy wrote:
>
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Peter L" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>There are probably many less plus sized women in Paris than in any American
>>>cities.
>>Yeah isn't that one of the mysteries? The cuisine has a lot of
>>fat-heavy dishes but the women are slender?
>
>
> Just try cutting soft drinks for a start.
>
>
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Jan 10th 2004, 7:40 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 05:16:03 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :
... and walk more.
...
... walk to the market
...
... walk to the metro
...
... walk to the office (from the metro)
Climb stairs.
electrons, so they looked like this :
... and walk more.
...
... walk to the market
...
... walk to the metro
...
... walk to the office (from the metro)
Climb stairs.
Jan 10th 2004, 7:48 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
On 10/1/04 9:40 am, in article [email protected],
"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Climb stairs.
.. in skirts.
My favourite.
J;
"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Climb stairs.
.. in skirts.
My favourite.
J;
Jan 10th 2004, 7:52 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
On 10/1/04 1:52 am, in article [email protected],
"devil" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:50:05 +0000, poldy wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Peter L" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> There are probably many less plus sized women in Paris than in any American
>>> cities.
>>
>> Yeah isn't that one of the mysteries? The cuisine has a lot of
>> fat-heavy dishes but the women are slender?
>
> Just try cutting soft drinks for a start.
And eating between meals. The French just don't do it (generalisation
alert!). There is a chocolate machine in my office building, but the only
people I ever see using it are the expat Brits.
J;
"devil" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:50:05 +0000, poldy wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Peter L" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> There are probably many less plus sized women in Paris than in any American
>>> cities.
>>
>> Yeah isn't that one of the mysteries? The cuisine has a lot of
>> fat-heavy dishes but the women are slender?
>
> Just try cutting soft drinks for a start.
And eating between meals. The French just don't do it (generalisation
alert!). There is a chocolate machine in my office building, but the only
people I ever see using it are the expat Brits.
J;
Jan 10th 2004, 7:53 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
On 10/1/04 1:36 am, in article [email protected],
"pmlt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alright perhaps I'm the one who knows almost all the exceptions to the
> anthropological stereotype. Nordic women are taller, that's a fact.
> That makes them have longer legs, that's a consequence of the first
> one. About breasts, natural ones, you'll find a bit of everything
> everywhere. My statement is not "anthropological" but maybe like said
> I just know the exceptions.
I'll make a definite point of making the appropriate
anthropologically-inspired observations in future ...
J;
"pmlt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alright perhaps I'm the one who knows almost all the exceptions to the
> anthropological stereotype. Nordic women are taller, that's a fact.
> That makes them have longer legs, that's a consequence of the first
> one. About breasts, natural ones, you'll find a bit of everything
> everywhere. My statement is not "anthropological" but maybe like said
> I just know the exceptions.
I'll make a definite point of making the appropriate
anthropologically-inspired observations in future ...
J;
Jan 10th 2004, 8:04 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
On 10/01/04 0:10, in article [email protected],
"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anonymouse writes:
>
>> ... but the women really ARE shorter ...
>
> Not true. The average heights of adult French and American women are
> almost identical (about 5'4").
>
An interesting side point is that many people feel that Blacks in America
are taller, on the average than Whites. This impression is gathered from
watching basketball.
In fact Whites and Blacks have the same average height in the US.
The current feeling is that Blacks are better natural athletes, look
at "all of them" in sports. Again, this might just be a matter of
selection. At one time, the 1920s, Blacks were considered inferior
to Whites in athletics. The fact that they were systematically excluded
from competing with Whites was not taken into account.
Even so, one notices today, there are not great black cyclists? Are
they not physically fitted for being great cyclists? Ironically,
largely forgotten in American history are the exploits of Major Taylor
around 1900, in the US, Europe and Australia.
Particularly interesting were Taylor`s performance and acceptance in
France at that time.
There is a good book by an English sports writer on Taylor.
"Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer
by Andrew Ritchie"
The web is also full of information on Taylor, just ask for it: "Major
Taylor". He is still remembered in Indiana.
Basically, most population groups, if large enough, have a wide
variety of physiques, and they will tend to have the same fraction
of geniuses and idiots, the tall and the short, the fast and the slow.
Earl
"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anonymouse writes:
>
>> ... but the women really ARE shorter ...
>
> Not true. The average heights of adult French and American women are
> almost identical (about 5'4").
>
An interesting side point is that many people feel that Blacks in America
are taller, on the average than Whites. This impression is gathered from
watching basketball.
In fact Whites and Blacks have the same average height in the US.
The current feeling is that Blacks are better natural athletes, look
at "all of them" in sports. Again, this might just be a matter of
selection. At one time, the 1920s, Blacks were considered inferior
to Whites in athletics. The fact that they were systematically excluded
from competing with Whites was not taken into account.
Even so, one notices today, there are not great black cyclists? Are
they not physically fitted for being great cyclists? Ironically,
largely forgotten in American history are the exploits of Major Taylor
around 1900, in the US, Europe and Australia.
Particularly interesting were Taylor`s performance and acceptance in
France at that time.
There is a good book by an English sports writer on Taylor.
"Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer
by Andrew Ritchie"
The web is also full of information on Taylor, just ask for it: "Major
Taylor". He is still remembered in Indiana.
Basically, most population groups, if large enough, have a wide
variety of physiques, and they will tend to have the same fraction
of geniuses and idiots, the tall and the short, the fast and the slow.
Earl
Jan 10th 2004, 8:18 am
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On 10/01/04 0:13, in article [email protected],
"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The first two are correct stereotypes. They do not have any particular
> smell that I'm aware of. I don't have any information on 4 and 5, but I
> know that many French women take regular showers (especially those under
> age 40 or so).
Some take baths, in fact, soaking in a hot bath in the winter time is
better than being chilled by a shower!
There is a message
Napoleon to Josephine
"I 'll be arriving in Paris tomorrow evening," Napoleon wrote to Josephine.
"Don't wash."
"Napoleon wasn't the only connoisseur of a strong sniff. In France, armpits
were once known as "spice boxes." A Victorian courtesan made a fortune by
selling handkerchiefs kept between her bed sheets. And some Austrian girls
still wear slices of apples under their arms to create fragrant gifts for
their suitors."
So the human stench has some appreciation. I think it is about
human pheromones. Commercialized now, the word gets 168,000
Google hits.
Earl
"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The first two are correct stereotypes. They do not have any particular
> smell that I'm aware of. I don't have any information on 4 and 5, but I
> know that many French women take regular showers (especially those under
> age 40 or so).
Some take baths, in fact, soaking in a hot bath in the winter time is
better than being chilled by a shower!
There is a message
Napoleon to Josephine
"I 'll be arriving in Paris tomorrow evening," Napoleon wrote to Josephine.
"Don't wash."
"Napoleon wasn't the only connoisseur of a strong sniff. In France, armpits
were once known as "spice boxes." A Victorian courtesan made a fortune by
selling handkerchiefs kept between her bed sheets. And some Austrian girls
still wear slices of apples under their arms to create fragrant gifts for
their suitors."
So the human stench has some appreciation. I think it is about
human pheromones. Commercialized now, the word gets 168,000
Google hits.
Earl
Jan 10th 2004, 8:48 am
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Re: Do French Women tend to be less endowed than other Women?
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:48:51 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Jeremy Henderson
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 10/1/04 9:40 am, in article [email protected],
... "Magda" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... > Climb stairs.
in heel-lenght skirts.
... My favourite.
...
... J;
Na ! ;-))
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 10/1/04 9:40 am, in article [email protected],
... "Magda" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... > Climb stairs.
in heel-lenght skirts.
... My favourite.
...
... J;
Na ! ;-))
Jan 10th 2004, 8:51 am
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:53:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Jeremy Henderson
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 10/1/04 1:36 am, in article [email protected],
... "pmlt" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... > Alright perhaps I'm the one who knows almost all the exceptions to the
... > anthropological stereotype. Nordic women are taller, that's a fact.
... > That makes them have longer legs, that's a consequence of the first
... > one. About breasts, natural ones, you'll find a bit of everything
... > everywhere. My statement is not "anthropological" but maybe like said
... > I just know the exceptions.
...
... I'll make a definite point of making the appropriate
... anthropologically-inspired observations in future ...
...
... J;
You misspelled "experiences", maybe ?
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 10/1/04 1:36 am, in article [email protected],
... "pmlt" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... > Alright perhaps I'm the one who knows almost all the exceptions to the
... > anthropological stereotype. Nordic women are taller, that's a fact.
... > That makes them have longer legs, that's a consequence of the first
... > one. About breasts, natural ones, you'll find a bit of everything
... > everywhere. My statement is not "anthropological" but maybe like said
... > I just know the exceptions.
...
... I'll make a definite point of making the appropriate
... anthropologically-inspired observations in future ...
...
... J;
You misspelled "experiences", maybe ?
Jan 10th 2004, 11:08 am
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[email protected] writes:
> but then why in the pics of him with american and british officers is he
> of "average" height?
Look again. He was 6'5" tall. In the pictures I see, he is clearly
taller than just about everyone around him.
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> but then why in the pics of him with american and british officers is he
> of "average" height?
Look again. He was 6'5" tall. In the pictures I see, he is clearly
taller than just about everyone around him.
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Jan 10th 2004, 11:14 am
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Earl Evleth writes:
> An interesting side point is that many people feel that Blacks in America
> are taller, on the average than Whites. This impression is gathered from
> watching basketball.
They _are_ very slightly taller. That's why they are so much more
prominent in basketball. A slight difference in mean height translates
to a large difference at the upper and lower extremes of height, so even
though the average heights aren't too much different, the tallest people
are slightly more likely to be black.
> The current feeling is that Blacks are better natural athletes, look
> at "all of them" in sports. Again, this might just be a matter of
> selection.
No, this is true as well. American blacks tend to be slightly larger,
heavier, and taller than American whites. Not all blacks in this world
are this way, but perhaps American blacks are descended from slaves who
were selected specifically for these characteristics. In any case, the
advantages of this small general difference in the extreme case of
athletics is obvious.
> Even so, one notices today, there are not great black cyclists?
Different sports require different abilities, and slight racial
differences give one race or another advantages or disadvantages for
each ability. Blacks have an advantage where height or strength are
handy (and that covers a lot of ground!), but not necessarily in other
domains. Endurance events seem to favor whites a lot more. The same
muscles that are great for sprints are difficult to keep nourished over
endurance events that may last for hours.
> Are they not physically fitted for being great cyclists?
Possibly.
> Basically, most population groups, if large enough, have a wide
> variety of physiques, and they will tend to have the same fraction
> of geniuses and idiots, the tall and the short, the fast and the slow.
No, there are clear-cut differences in many characteristics among ethnic
groups. An obvious example is skin color, but there are many other
differences. The larger the populations compared, the more consistent
the differences are (they vanish among individuals, or nearly so).
--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.
> An interesting side point is that many people feel that Blacks in America
> are taller, on the average than Whites. This impression is gathered from
> watching basketball.
They _are_ very slightly taller. That's why they are so much more
prominent in basketball. A slight difference in mean height translates
to a large difference at the upper and lower extremes of height, so even
though the average heights aren't too much different, the tallest people
are slightly more likely to be black.
> The current feeling is that Blacks are better natural athletes, look
> at "all of them" in sports. Again, this might just be a matter of
> selection.
No, this is true as well. American blacks tend to be slightly larger,
heavier, and taller than American whites. Not all blacks in this world
are this way, but perhaps American blacks are descended from slaves who
were selected specifically for these characteristics. In any case, the
advantages of this small general difference in the extreme case of
athletics is obvious.
> Even so, one notices today, there are not great black cyclists?
Different sports require different abilities, and slight racial
differences give one race or another advantages or disadvantages for
each ability. Blacks have an advantage where height or strength are
handy (and that covers a lot of ground!), but not necessarily in other
domains. Endurance events seem to favor whites a lot more. The same
muscles that are great for sprints are difficult to keep nourished over
endurance events that may last for hours.
> Are they not physically fitted for being great cyclists?
Possibly.
> Basically, most population groups, if large enough, have a wide
> variety of physiques, and they will tend to have the same fraction
> of geniuses and idiots, the tall and the short, the fast and the slow.
No, there are clear-cut differences in many characteristics among ethnic
groups. An obvious example is skin color, but there are many other
differences. The larger the populations compared, the more consistent
the differences are (they vanish among individuals, or nearly so).
--
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Jan 10th 2004, 11:14 am
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devil writes:
> Tiny microcosm?
Yes, a tiny microcosm of Europe that reflected the warped upbringings of
some parts of European society (e.g., in Vienna).
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> Tiny microcosm?
Yes, a tiny microcosm of Europe that reflected the warped upbringings of
some parts of European society (e.g., in Vienna).
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Jan 10th 2004, 11:15 am
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poldy writes:
> Yeah isn't that one of the mysteries? The cuisine has a lot of
> fat-heavy dishes but the women are slender?
No mystery. Calories are what count, not the percentage of fat in the
diet.
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> Yeah isn't that one of the mysteries? The cuisine has a lot of
> fat-heavy dishes but the women are slender?
No mystery. Calories are what count, not the percentage of fat in the
diet.
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Jan 10th 2004, 11:16 am
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Earl Evleth writes:
> So the human stench has some appreciation. I think it is about
> human pheromones.
The natural odors are pleasant-smelling to human beings. It's the odors
produced by bacteria in people who just don't wash often enough that can
become very rank and unpleasant. Even someone who is squeaky clean will
have some odor, but it won't be an unpleasant odor.
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> So the human stench has some appreciation. I think it is about
> human pheromones.
The natural odors are pleasant-smelling to human beings. It's the odors
produced by bacteria in people who just don't wash often enough that can
become very rank and unpleasant. Even someone who is squeaky clean will
have some odor, but it won't be an unpleasant odor.
--
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