Monday 12 September 2011

Elbow-ism

A Guest posted a very lucid comment over at Lady Short Legs:

Another one of the things I'd like to share with you is how I can tell if a person's torso is longer and has short legs (without having to calculate the measurements) -- check out the waist and elbows when they are standing upright.

If the tiniest part of the waist falls ABOVE where the folds of the elbows are, then they are short torso-long legs. However, if their waist fall BELOW the level where the folds of their elbows are, then they are of long torso-short legs. Check out Angelina's and Claire Danes' waist to elbow fold level in these photos:

Short torso-long legs: http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/14/1433/ZICR000Z/posters/angelina-jolie.jpg. Imagine if she just left her arm hanging, the tiniest of her waist would still be higher than her elbow's fold.

Long torso-short legs:
http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2009/02/claire-danes-2009-film-independents-spirit-awards.jpg. Notice the tiniest part of her waist and where the fold of her elbow's level is.

Okay, that's all that I wanted to share with you guys. I thought it might be easier to measure based on my theory :) Enjoy!


I hope you won't let this tip go to waste.

5 comments:

James Higham said...

Another one of the things I'd like to share with you if how I can tell if a person's torso is longer and has short legs (without having to calculate the measurements) -- check out the waist and elbows when they are standing upright.

Now that was unfair. The bloody coffee spilt on the floor and I have to mop it up now.

Pavlov's Cat said...

I for one am extremely grateful to you for this advice, I certainly won't be fooled again

Mark Wadsworth said...

JH, apol's.

PC, and thank you to you for tracking down that single-issue blog in the first place.

Pavlov's Cat said...

@Mark You're welcome

I tend to use a modified version of Rule 34 If it exists, there's a web page for it

dearieme said...

Greeks tend to be rather short-arsed. And moustachioed. And their men too.