Showing posts with label Size. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Size. Show all posts

Monday, January 3, 2011

Of Gulliver, Stars and Condoms


The new Jack Black movie, Gulliver’s Travels, seems to subtly play up the angle of penile size, at least in the promotional material, notwithstanding that it is aimed at the kids' Christmas holiday market.  Witness the poster above and the one below:


The issue of size in general in GT brought to mind Jonathon Swift’s observation in the original book that "Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison." Put simply, you cannot judge size except by comparison with other things.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Interesting Facts #30: Size Matters



Australia is just about twice as large as all of Europe and is two thirds as large as the continental United States.