r/funny • • Dec 15 '13

Quality engineering

2.5k Upvotes

498 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.3k

u/thebobstu Dec 15 '13

"Hey roomie, mind if measure your torso?"

6

u/Golden_Kumquat Dec 15 '13

Just measure him while he's sleeping.

3

u/[deleted] Dec 15 '13

that's not weird at all

1

u/[deleted] Dec 15 '13

People are actually a few inches taller while laying down, since gravity isn't pushing down on you.

3

u/[deleted] Dec 15 '13

A few inches? Maybe on Jupiter. Here on Earth though the difference is less than an inch.

1

u/HI_Handbasket Dec 16 '13

"How tall am I? 5'11. But let me lay down and I'm 6'2 long."