# The bodily anomaly thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bodily-anomaly-thread/427221>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 20, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bodily-anomaly-thread/427221 "2007-11-20T19:34:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bodily-anomaly-thread/427221/81 "2007-11-23T20:12:50Z")

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[QUOTE=lobstermobster]  
Also doing those annual physical fitness tests they used to give us in school I always set the record in the “sit and reach” It’s how many inches past your knees you can reach to and hold for a few seconds.  
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Past your knees? When I did that, it was past your feet, and I always got about a foot.

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**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bodily-anomaly-thread/427221/82 "2007-11-23T20:40:50Z")

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[QUOTE=RedRosesForMe]  
Past your knees? When I did that, it was past your feet, and I always got about a foot.  
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My husband (and about half his family–it’s a dominant disorder) have X-linked hypophosphatemia, which is basically hereditary rickets. Think extremely stunted legs. Trust me when I say they usually win this event.

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