Statistically unlikely baby
So, it appears that Sarah is pretty unlikely, from a statistical point of view.
Oh, not her conception–the McLarens are notoriously fertile (”… so fertile that sometimes the neighbours get pregnant.” Ba-Dum-Tsh)–but her height.
We measured her this weekend, and got a height of 30 inches. This measurement was, if anything, erroneous on the conservative side.
However, when we went to look at some statistics and see where 30 inches falls for a 9 month old girl, well…
Kira
Richard B.
May 30th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
What about her hands? Are they small? Does she smell like cabbage? If so, she may have a future as a carny…
May 30th, 2005 at 6:13 pm
She may be a nomad, but I kind of doubt she’s cut out for life a ‘circus folk’.
She is just as scary as nuclear war, though.
May 31st, 2005 at 7:49 am
Excuse me. She is going to be a gorgeous, six-foot tall supermodel/astronaut/neurosurgeon/author.
Hey, this transferring of all your hopes and dreams onto a defenceless (although soon to be taller than me) child is fun. This very comment is going to be one of the things she can use as evidence for how her mother completely screwed her up.
August 23rd, 2005 at 11:03 am
[...] but she quieted right down after the needles were done. We knew earlier on that she was statistically unlikely baby, but there was some question about [...]