I learned something rather amusing today. It seems that you can estimate the height of your children using some very crude mathematical calculations devised by the weird people in paediatrics. I don't know the validity of this claim (Kebar insists it's true.... hmmm~) but i see no harm in trying it out. And since Kebar and Arsyad were the only 2 available male victims in my study group, I used their height to tease out an estimation.
Now, before anyone gets any suspicious ideas, the things I'll be writing in the next couple of paragraphs are purely hypothetical, and in no way should you treat them as truth.
Got that? Yes? Okay, good!
So, if i had a hypothetical son with Kebar who is 179cm (my, u're tall!), our hypothetical kid would grow up to be 182cm. If it were a girl, she'd be 168cm (Wahhhh.... tinggi sungguh anak-anak kami~ =P).
If i were to have an imaginary kid with Arsyad who is a good 3cm shorter than me at 168cm, then our son would turn out to be 176.5cm (I was quite surprised at that), and our daughter would be 162.5cm (which is probably a bit on the shorter side, but tall enough i suppose).
We had a pretty good laugh afterwards!! Gosh, just imagine a bunch of nerdy med students hunched over a piece of scrap paper, excitedly calculating their non-existent-children's heights~ (Oh how awfully lame~ Hahahaha) .
But anyways, lame as it was, i felt the urge to test the theory out on real human data. So i used my parents' heights to see how tall i was supposed to turn out had this mathematical equation really been true.
And Surprise surprise!!!! I'm 10cm taller than what it says I should be. Hmmm..
You don't need to be a genius to see how this thing is scientifically worthless. And thus, we can all safely dump that horrible excuse for a theory into the wastebasket and never talk about it ever again!
The End!
p/s: Just in case u're curious, this is how u calculate: (Father's height + Mother's Height)/2. Then you add 7 to that if it's a boy and subtract 7 if it's a girl. Simple, ne? Good luck!
5 comments:
Kejap kejap.. what's the age of these parameters? Ke kire the tallest that person can be?
Arghh.. Im short. Darn it.
izyan girl, you've made me calculating all night long! ;p
well surprised..surprised..my daughter akan same tinggi ngan i (155 cm) and my son, would be sama macam my dream guy, 170 cm.
lol that's a bit too illogical eh? the good part is; we can make a nasyid team..lelaki sama tinggi dkt blakang, perempuan same pendek dkt depan. hahaha ;p
[NoktahHitam] - yeap, tallest that person can be. Btw, if u marry a tall girl, that'll prolly help balance out ur lack of height and give u taller offsprings. (wink*) hehehe~
[aween lia-na] - My dream guy would be someone whoiz about 176-180cm. Any shorter than that and i'd have to give up wearing high heels. (NOOOO!!!!!)
I know why your height does not agree to the tried and tested formula (wisdom?) that your friend gave you. I've been meaning to tell you earlier, but this is a good time as any, i guess?
You sebenarnya anak angkat!
(queue screeching noice)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
You tipu!!!!! Jahat!
Abah and mama said I'm their daughter, okay!!! hmphh~
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