[WikiEN-l] GWB weight

Tue Aug 17 22:44:48 UTC 2004

According to the www:
"At his August 2001 physical, Bush was 6 feet 0 inches tall, and weighed 
189.75 lbs"

189.75 lbs ~ 86kg

The Second Edition of the OED weighs 62.6kg and consists of 59 million 
words on 21,730 pages. (http://www.oed.com/about/facts.html).

So assuming the printed WP had the same size volume and type of binding 
as the OED, it follows after a little calculation that WP would weigh 
the same as GWB if about 3350 words were put on each page. This is 
possible if you use a size 8 font and big (OED sized) pages.

The heaviest President was William Taft (1909-1913), at 322lbs. If we 
are allowed this weight, we could probably use size 10.

Pete