# Rules for old people

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-old-people/27798>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 2, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-old-people/27798 "2000-08-02T04:42:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-old-people/27798/41 "2000-08-05T16:43:06Z")

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Shiny last word? What the hell happened to the Chrysler Labaron and the year supply of Turtle Wax?

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-old-people/27798/42 "2000-08-06T15:11:56Z")

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I guess this is just a nitpick since the discussion has gone off in another direction, but Diane wrote:

\> I haven’t found the dress size yet, but Marilyn Monroe  
\> was 5’0" and her weight fluctuated between 100 and 119  
\> lbs. Her messurements were 38-23-36.

According to the Internet Movie Database, she was 5’ 5 1/2"  
tall.

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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-old-people/27798/43 "2000-08-07T02:19:52Z")

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Yes, you are right. It was either a brain fart or a typo. The book where I copied the information shows 5’5 1/2" right there in black and white. How I got 5’0", I’ll never know.

I did double check, and by the grace of God I was able to get the other info correct.

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