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spot;648023 wrote: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/rec ... erson.aspx

That's 15 inches, Smallest Waist on a Living Person. Do you really think the historical record has someone half as narrow again?




OK maybe I should take some History lessons :o

I will be on the lookout for the 8 inches it gotta be somewhere here :wah:
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Right I didn't find the 8 inch but I did find a 13 inch & that waist belongs to a woman called Ethel Granger.

Now that's what I call a proper lesson really enjoyed doing that :D
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Bill Sikes;648015 wrote: Do you also believe in faeries? There's far more chance that they exist, you know, than that anyone has or ever had a waist with a cirumference of 8".




When I was six years old I did!:o
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spot;648163 wrote: I thought you were out to blacken the good name of today's Chinese, the way G-man is.


:-2 ...and I thought your other claim was far fetched. Wow.

It's much easier to prove that something happened than it is to prove something didn't happen... the current population of China is roughly 1.3 billion according to 2006 estimates, which as we all know these census estimates tend to be lower than actual populations. If it truly concerns you this much, then you've really got your work cut out for you, Spot... you've got a little less than half of that population to investigate to prove that the practise doesn't still to this day exist. I suggest you either get over the fact that you actually... G_d forbid... made a human error or get to work.

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G-man;649413 wrote: you've got a little less than half of that population to investigate to prove that the practise doesn't still to this day exist. I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave earlier.
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Long but interesting article on footbinding: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1155872
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koan;652264 wrote: foot binding continues today:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... A960958260


Oooh you're good. Okay, you have a convincing indication of the real existence of adults binding adult feet for spiritual reasons. I restrict my claims in this thread to the binding of feet initiated during childhood. I'm quite sure that all the fashion three inch shoes being sold are display or collectors' exhibition items and not for use.
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koan;652264 wrote: foot binding continues today:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... A960958260


:yh_worshp


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G-man;652748 wrote: :yh_worshp
And there very properly we have a spectator worshipping feet. Very appropriate.

Carry on.
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