rcaetano7@yahoo.com (Rafael Caetano) wrote in message news:<94a6da7.0408260840.734bea8b@posting.google.com>...
> "Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
> (...)
> > Maybe not so unlikely.  There's a lot of concern about growth 
> > retardation due to 
> > poor nutrition in North Korea - a couple of soldiers whose boat was 
> > blown into 
> > South Korea's waters by a storm decided to return because they were 
> > intimidated  by the height of South Korean women.
> > 
> > Now don't do anything awkward like ask for a link because I just 
> 
> http://www.detnews.com/2004/nation/0402/15/nation-63770.htm
> 
> "Starting in the mid-1990s, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (who
> reportedly wears elevator shoes to enhance his 5-3 height) ordered
> people to do special exercises designed to make them taller. As a
> result, it is not uncommon to see students hanging from rings or
> parallel bars for as long as 30 minutes. Basketball is also promoted
> as a national sport to instill the yearning for height."
> 
If all those things and a lot of wishful thinking worked, I'd be a lot
taller than I am now. But mabye it keeps the people from thinking
about their empty bellies.

John W.