14 Oct
2006
14 Oct
'06
10:23 a.m.
If the heel is 1/4 inch square, the woman would have to weigh only 5117 pounds to exert that much pressure. My current girlfriend weighs just about that, but she's on a diet. Until she gets down to 5000, I refuse to marry her.
On 10/14/06, Daniel Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Don't know about the physical effects, but 55,000 psi sounds close to the pressure exerted by a stiletto heel (depending on who's wearing it), so not that hard to imagine.
Perhaps an elephant in stilettos would exert that much pressure. I think you're off by at least an order of magnitude.
--Dan