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davywavy ([personal profile] davywavy) wrote2006-07-26 01:20 pm

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

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.

[identity profile] robinbloke.livejournal.com 2006-07-26 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I find it distressing that there is even a shirt in that size.

[identity profile] robinbloke.livejournal.com 2006-07-26 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
12X? 102 chest? That's in inches ??!!
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[personal profile] chrisvenus 2006-07-26 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
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?

[identity profile] robinbloke.livejournal.com 2006-07-26 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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) 2006-07-26 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
102cm is only 40". Not very big at all.
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[personal profile] chrisvenus 2006-07-26 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
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) 2006-07-26 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

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[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2006-07-26 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If it were made of the appropriate material, that would make a tent that sleeps two comfortably...

[identity profile] davywavy.livejournal.com 2006-07-26 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's kind of you to offer, but you just aren't my type.

(Anonymous) 2006-07-26 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The biggest shirt I ever found whilst randomly searching for wierdness was 17XL, from a shop in Western Samoa.

[identity profile] davywavy.livejournal.com 2006-07-26 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
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.