Quote Originally Posted by Fanny Warmer
Since you bring up the subject of babies I usually cringe when somebody announce a new birth, 8.6 lbs and 18 inches long or something like that. Why don't they say 18 inches tall?
Uhm, I guess because, until it's a walking, it isn't tall, it's long. The height of a newborn would only be four or five inches, because it can't stand up.