Spread your hand out wide
thumbtip to little finger tip = 9"
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 8 Dec 2004, 16:26, archived)

if that is true
then yes, the theory holds for me

but same as hankster, am i a skinny bastard
( comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Wed 8 Dec 2004, 16:27, archived)

maybe it isnt ...
maybe everyones handspan is the same length as their nipple apartness
( DeathWish, Wed 8 Dec 2004, 16:28, archived)

I'm sure Jo Brand's hands are less than a metre wide.
But she could have had surgery...
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Wed 8 Dec 2004, 16:30, archived)