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Thumb Wrist Neck Waist Height

March 18, 2025 Art Zemon 2 Comments

I was somewhat older than I am in this photo of my parents and me when my dad taught me something kind of amazing. It popped into my brain while I was trying to take a nap this afternoon.

Richard Zemon, Marjorie Zemon, and young Art Zemon on the back of a dark horse. There is snow on the ground. All of the people are wearing cowboy hats.
Richard Zemon, Marjorie Zemon, and four year old me

Go get a long piece of string or yarn. Wrap it around your thumb.

Now double the length of that piece of string. It will be pretty close to wrapping neatly around your wrist.

Double it again and it will be just about right to wrap around your neck.

Double it again (and take off your pants and the inches that you haven’t lost yet from those December holiday desserts) and it will pretty much wrap around your waist.

Double it one more time and it will be pretty close to your height.

Have fun with this one.

It’s not quite as catchy as “Hands, fingers, knees, and toes” but I like it. Thanks, Dad.

Fun

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Comments

  1. David Zemon says

    March 19, 2025 at 2:09 pm

    I feel like you’re just trying to get strangers on the Internet to take their pants off… I am skeptical of your intentions…

    Reply
  2. David Schroder says

    March 19, 2025 at 5:09 pm

    David, I think you are on to something there.
    dave

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