“In one round of the experiment involving 628 viewers, the researchers found that men whose hands held a .357-caliber handgun were thought to be almost 5 feet, 10 inches — more than 2 inches taller than men whose hands held a caulking gun.” – Amina Khan, A gun in hand makes a man look taller, study says, latimes.com
A sample size of 628 gives a probable error of about 4%. 4% of 70 inches is over 2.5 inches. Therefore the difference in apparent height lies within the probable error of the experiment. Yup, I’m kind of a kill-joy.
LOL, Moonshine are you a Quality Engineer ?
Yeah but 2.5 inches is nearly 50% of 5.5 inches. . . just imagine what that big, beautiful .357 could do for perception . . . oh never mind.
I beleive it was Al Capone who said “you can get more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.”
Cruise is not short…he uses lifts.
Call it like it is Jess,
Tom Cruise wears high heels so he does not look like the crazy runt that he is.
That’s nothing. A recent survey of 5243 rapists found that a woman holding a .357 looks gi-f^cking-normous.
I’m no scientist, but I’m pretty sure that gi-f^cking-normous is outside the margin of error. 🙂
I held a Sig 210 a year or so ago and I swear I grew about 6″
Vertically or horizontally?
Or circumference?
Horizontally–He’s saying that he was rolled over in shock when he saw the pricetag…
Now put a gun in the hand of the viewers and re-ask them to estimate the height of the man with the gun. Colt made a man equal and that is why men like BO and EH don’t want free men to own guns. Modern politicians (alphas) of both sexes want most men to be held down and turned into beta and omega males. I’ve chosen to go Zeta and ghost from society and its pre-set game board rules.
For more on Zeta males, go to:
http://www.avoiceformen.com/
Does this gun make my caulk look bigger?
Tom Cruise probably needs a big gun. Needs platform shoes as in the disco era.
Can’t believe that Cruise is going to portray Jack Reacher in the movie version of “One Shot”.
On behalf of the couple of percent of the population that are actually Reacher’s fictional size (6’5″ and 260lbs), I am deeply offended.
That makes no sense. One of the major facts about him is that he’s built like a linebacker.
Ok, I’m confused. I know S&W makes a 627 in .357 magnum and a 629 in .44 magnum and I know that the magnum rounds are both taller than their respective parent cartridges but I can’t find a 628. They made a model 28 in .357 magnum though. Oh, wait, it was 628 viewers – what kind of .357 was it? Was it an N frame? K,L? I have a model 19 – does that make me taller? Man am I confused.