It might be a good source of government revenue. Law firms would pay millions of dollars a year to the government for all the fatties on their payrolls.

"If we used the Japanese standards here, probably 90% of men over 20 would be overweight."

We would also all be a bunch of Ron Jeremys.

Hear, hear. Good on ya, Japan.

"I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese...I really think so"

90% of men? Really? I think most in-shape guys are around 30-32?

US also has way taller men. Isn't the average male height in Japan like 5'4?

I think those inch figures for Japan must be off. Why would men have a *smaller* threshold for obesity than women? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

I'm 6'1" and weigh like 150. I'm very slim, but I still have a 34 inch waist.

"I'm 6'1" and weigh like 150. I'm very slim, but I still have a 34 inch waist."

If you're a woman, you're a goon. If you're a man, you have the worst build possible....flabby and skinny.

He could just be "hippy"

I'm a man, and that build is certainly not flabby. Check out this link:
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

Huh, those numbers are correct (larger # for women than men):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/world/asia/13fat.html?_r=1

Huh, those numbers are correct (larger # for women than men):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/world/asia/13fat.html?_r=1

Also from that NYT article:

"A survey by the National Center for Health Statistics found that the average waist size for Caucasian American men was 39 inches, a full inch lower than the 40-inch threshold established by the International Diabetes Federation. American women did not fare as well, with an average waist size of 36.5 inches, about two inches above their threshold of 34.6 inches."

Hey, you can show me all the charts you want, but if you're 6'1", 150 lbs., and have a 34" waist, you have a bad build. Are you an African marathon runner?

I think this is discrimination against foreigners. The average Japanese man is much likelier to make that waist requirement because he's much less likely to be 6'4" and athletically built. If they wanted this to be about health, they could have based the requirements on body fat or something with an actual bearing on health. You can be perfectly healthy and have a 34" waist - but not if you're a 5'8" Japanese man.

11:39, it's clear you don't know what you're talking about. But yes, I do run, regularly. A 6'1" frame weighing 150 lbs with a 34" waist is not a bad build. What are your stats, big shot?

5'10, 185, 31" waist. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you never played any sports growing up. With that build you had no choice but run. Running, the activity for those that can't compete in sports.

I take it Judge Halverson would be considered "obese" in Japan then?

A lot of 6'1" dudes at 150 have builds that are slim, but not abnormal or gross. Here is an example (SFW):

http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=709

And another:

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=537

1240, You are kind of a judgmental prick though. Did guys in your high school make fun of other dudes' waists a lot?

1243

Those guys are probably really about 5'10". Again, if you ever played sports you'd know that these stats are always wrong. People are always made taller, bigger, etc.

12:48, I'm a different dude than who you were talking to before. I played D1 soccer, actually, all with a 34" waist (6'2" 175).

I'm not sure, as I didn't grow up on a horse ranch. However, in my suburban high school, if guys were big tubby blobs, yes.

12:40 sounds like a real winner. Probably compensating for the fact that he's only 5'10.

OK, here we go, I guess....

I grew up in Brooklyn Heights, not on a horse ranch,

"12:48, I'm a different dude than who you were talking to before. I played D1 soccer, actually, all with a 34" waist (6'2" 175). "

Wait. Something doesn't make sense. You just said that you were a man. How did you play soccer? Are you posting from the UK? If not, I'm sorry you were never good enough to play sports here in the US.

I know it's a big world, but something tells me I know 1240/1251. I bet he is a certain recent graduate of Hofstra Law.

12:53: Then why are you asking me about dudes?

Sorry, UCLA. Undergrad and law.

Isn't 5'10/185 pretty husky, even with a 31" waist? (Honest question -- I've never dated a guy that short)

Isn't 5'10/185 pretty husky, even with a 31" waist? (Honest question -- I've never dated a guy that short)

Is this 12:49?

Isn't 5'10/185 pretty husky, even with a 31" waist? (Honest question -- I've never dated a guy that short)

Is this 12:49?

6'3" 265. I'd like to see those little Japanese dudes line up on a football field. I may not be svelt, but I think these set requirements are a joke. Muscle weighs more than fat so it may be misleading. I know guys that played running back (and before you crack a joke I played in the Pac-10)

Whoever wrote that "they played D-1 soccer" shouldn't brag. That's like saying you were on the fencing team. Virtually no one plays it that is a legit athlete. If every african american played soccer instead of footbnall, basketball and baseball, you would have ended up playing D-III for Carnegie Mellon.

Whoever wrote that "they played D-1 soccer" shouldn't brag. That's like saying you were on the fencing team. Virtually no one plays it that is a legit athlete. If every african american played soccer instead of footbnall, basketball and baseball, you would have ended up playing D-III for Carnegie Mellon.

- my point exactly

"I'd like to see those little Japanese dudes line up on a football field."

Let's measure health by ability to play football. You know, because all football players are so healthy and enjoy longevity.

- Zombie Reggie White

1:19: Good job on missing the point.

@1:19:

What is the point, exactly--aside from snarky little put downs of other's build, athletic ability, and school?

1:05 Are you into bears? I hear a lot of twinks are?

Re: 12:40

If a man actually is 5'10", he tells people he's 6 feet.
So anybody who says he's 5'10" is probably about 5'7".

1240= Franco Columbu

Man, you tall guys with girlish figures really are sensitive. You know what might cheer you up ...a nice form-fitting dress. You've earned it by keeping so trim. Go on. Get something sassy.

1:33: I have no idea what you're talking about. Is that a reference to the fact that I played ball for UCLA? We call them Bruins . . .not bears.

No, I think someone was calling you gay (not that there is anything wrong with being gay).

I don't know where they might have gotten the idea that a man obsessively discussing the bodies of other men and displaying a narcissistic preoccupation with his own physique might be gay.

I bet you are in the closet though. Otherwise, you wouldn't be such a tense prick.

Actually, 12:40, I played hockey and roller hockey. And won a club national championship, so lick my nuts. (I'm 11:12).

I'm also sure that I went to a better law school than you and have a better appellate clerkship than you.

"I bet you are in the closet though. Otherwise, you wouldn't be such a tense prick."

Isn't this what you were just chastising the first poster for doing? That's right, all openly gay guys are fun and crazy party people. Good job. Look up the definition of irony.

Also, what kind of an insult is that? Are you 10? Here, I'll respond in kind. I am in the closet...with your mom.

Roller hockey? Oh man, you people are really making this too easy. Listen, I'm gald you won a "club" championship. Try playing in a top college program, then we'll talk. I know those clubs are really selective, but there's a slight difference. Club. Was it sponsored by Seamus' Old Towne Tavern? Thank you. I needed that laugh.

As to your latter comment: I said I went to UCLA, so you be the judge on whether you went to a "better" school. I never clerked. So you got me there. That being said, I'm not in the lit dept., so who cares?

What a pathetic thing to cling too. "I have a better clerkship than you." The strength of that comment is in keeping with your girlish figure.

wait, now it's a girlish figure? I thought I was flabby?

You can't seem to make up your mind.

Go back to reviewing draft 83.6 of that contract, you transactional monkey.

Finally, I find it hilarious that only playing certain sports at certain D1 schools qualifies one to be an athlete or have an athletic figure in your opinion.

Why one or the other? You're a flabby girl.

Aren't you in a clerkship now? You're going to mock me for doing transactional work. That's rich. Try to wise up. In biglaw, even the litigators don't go to court. How often do you think they actually do any litigating? Boy, you are green. Hold off on your moronic comments until you have a real job.

Have fun next year when you start your 3 year stint in doc review.

As for your amorphous figure -

Well, one guy said soccer, you said club hockey and running? What sports have you mentioned?

Athletic figure? Trust me, at 6'1" and 150lbs. no one would mistake you for an athlete.

They should fine men for being shorter than 6 feet tall.

"Isn't 5'10/185 pretty husky, even with a 31" waist? (Honest question -- I've never dated a guy that short)"

It can be. Depends on whether the 185 is muscle or fat.

No, I have a fantastic job awaiting me in which I will have plenty of opportunities for real experience.

But enjoy your M&A duties, and good luck keeping your job. Your firm must be getting sucked into the downturn, as you apparently have time to troll ATL comments & mock random people's height/weight.

"No, I have a fantastic job awaiting me in which I will have plenty of opportunities for real experience."

That is really funny. You totally bought into the firm's recruiting efforts, huh? I actually work on exec comp and employee benefit plans . . .and there's plenty of work. Thanks for the concern.

Real experience. Man. You are a real jackass. Reality is going to crush you. You still haven't shaken off the trappings of law school yet. Wow. "I'm going to be a litigator like on tv daddy!" Really, I thank you. Your comments have been so genuine, and so naive that they've made for pure comedy.

You think I'm going to a firm, huh?

Oh wait, are you going to DOJ? Good luck. Things are going really well there now.

I thought you said you went to a better law school. Regent isn't a good school.

5'11", 195 lbs., pure muscle. Am I freakishly huge or just intimidating?

While nearly everyone who has posted on this thread is a horse's ass, 1240 UCLA guy takes the cake w/o even getting a serious run for his money.

Yeah, I'd say he's a giant tool, but he admitted to being only 5'10"

So I guess he's just a tiny little tool.

Before becoming a Hall of Fame baseball player, Jackie Robinson lettered at UCLA in baseball, basketball, football, and track, at least one of which has to be a "real" sport in anyone's book.

Jackie Robinson was listed at 5-11, 204.

If you'd like to say that qualified him as a total lardass, please visit www.anorexiahelp.net

yeah dude, you're totally like Jackie Robinson.

FAIL

Yes, but how much do you bench?

6:04, I think the point was that Jackie Robinson was a better athlete than anyone ever to read this site, and that 12:40 still would have called him a fatass based on those vitals.

200 lbs. 33 inch waist. 350 bench (x5). 6:30 mile.

oh, and HYS. thead over.

12:19: You went to 3 schools. How'd that work?

12:19 left out one important statistic:
tiny wang

6:30 mile sucks.