"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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Talking of thinking laterally, since body mass index varies with the
square of height, I'm surprised that nobody has thought of the idea of
some means of making people taller.

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They have, it's called a 'Rack' and IIRC there is an example on display in
the Tower of London - were it was last used...

Not sure if that should be followed by a :~) or a :~( !!