Inside me, there are several thin men trying to get out

[davywavy]

I am suitably amused by my discovery that it is possible to get "Superman" logo t-shirts in XXXXXL size.
You know, for the whopping great fat bastard with delusions of grandeur in your life.

Comments

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I find it distressing that there is even a shirt in that size.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

You can get pretty large T-Shirts these days: http://cgi.ebay.de/Ubergroesse-Sondergroesse-farbig-T-Shirt-XXXL-XXXXXXXXXXXXL_W0QQitemZ5475854251QQcategoryZ32341QQcmdZViewItem

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

12X? 102 chest? That's in inches ??!!

[chrisvenus]

Is it? I reckon cm personally. Mainly because of the length of 96 which if it were inches would make it 8ft long. And that's really not going to happen, I'm sure. Right?

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Yes. Cm. It must be.

I shall keep thinking that and try not to think about people who could wear a T-Shirt that was 102 inches chest.

[(Anonymous)]

102cm is only 40". Not very big at all.

[chrisvenus]

An excellent point. Well made. I think they are using made up units then. Since I don't believe 102cm and 102inches is just crazy crazy crazy talk... Well, more realistically following the progression downwards assuming that it remains roughly constant the XL t-shirt will be about 62" chest and the L 58", M 54" and that's sounding a bit big... Oh well, I'll just not buy one. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I think these numbers might refer to the rectangular dimensions of the garment laid flat, in centimetres.

That would give about 3'2 length, 6'8 circumference.

H

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

If it were made of the appropriate material, that would make a tent that sleeps two comfortably...

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It's kind of you to offer, but you just aren't my type.

[(Anonymous)]

The biggest shirt I ever found whilst randomly searching for wierdness was 17XL, from a shop in Western Samoa.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you didn't read about that in the Spectator? They did a feature on that about a year ago. It supplies the King of Tonga.