[ale] [OT] [OBNOXIOUS-HTML] Odd WTF question - REALLYr OT

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 8/15/2011 4:28 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> It was the article I saw where mens clothing sizes were now as bogus 
> as womens. 36 waist means different things per brand.
> I tested this at the local Target. Picked out 6 different pants of the 
> same size from different labels. Buttoned the waist and stretched them 
> flat. The size variation was nearly 2 inches.
>
>
<snip>

I get variations in the same brand/style.  Levis  550's 40/36's are not 
all created equal.