Thursday, 10 November 2011

How is this possible?????

Article in newspaper today:
woman loses 9 stone, is now 5' 6", weighs 12 stone 2 pounds, and is a size 12!

I am 5' 4 and a half", weigh 10 stone 2 pounds, and am a size 12.

One of us is lying...........

6 comments:

GrumpyRN said...

Ah but that extra 1 and a half inches she has on you really makes a difference as she is all stttrrreeeeettttcccchhheeeddd out and is really a 'long' 12 unlike your normal 12.

See, years and years of avoiding "does my bum look big?" means I can BS pretty well.

grumpyoldwoman said...

Shop sizes have a lot to answer for - and self-dellusion.
BTW - good answer - bet Mrs GrumpyRN loves you loads

nicknick said...

I am 5'6 eleven stone four pounds and a size twelve (proud to comment as I have lost over two and a half stone over the last eighteen months x)

Jennie said...

Nah - it's not really lying - just selective bending of the truth. I am usually a size 14 but can wear size 12 - comfortably mind! So I tell people I am a size 12.

Read an article about clothes sizing and it seems to happen with shoes too - the author has a size 7 shoe but had to buy shoes labelled size 9.

grumpyoldwoman said...

I am a 10 in M & S
I am a 14 in H & M
Must be summat to do with initials...

grumpyoldwoman said...

PS: Well done Nicknick x