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Letter: Alas, not true

Published 19 August 2000

From Name and address supplied

With regard to the adage about the size of a man’s feet being related to the
size of other extremities of the body
(24 June, p 35),
I can only offer the
following observation. My own feet are rather on the large size (UK size 13). To
the disappointment of both myself and members of the opposite sex, I remain,
however, “hung like a hamster”. You will excuse me if I prefer to remain:
Name and address supplied

Issue no. 2252 published 19 August 2000

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