100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
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100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
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Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#2Sadly hes probably just over normal now.
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#3They probably would have paid to see someone over 60 too.
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#4They probably would have paid to see someone over 60 too.
Old people weren't that rare. Over 80 would been more of a show, I guess. (But we should find some data, before we speculate.)
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#5Sadly hes probably just over normal now.
Average maybe but definitely not normal.
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#6Some clarifying comments on the link to the same story at marginalrevolution (http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/04...):
"It says in the linked page that Morgan weighed as much as 875 pounds. I think that's still a bit unusual even today."
Apparently the photo is him at a younger, slimmer point.
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#7Sadly hes probably just over normal now.
Not in Africa, South America, Asia or even Europe hes not.
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#8I always find it interesting that sci-fi depictions of "evolved" humans (i.e. many years in the future) usually depict very tall, thin - even willowy - figures. That seems to fly in the face of general trend :)
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#9They probably would have paid to see someone over 60 too.
Old people weren't that rare. Over 80 would been more of a show, I guess. (But we should find some data, before we speculate.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joice_Heth
P. T. Barnum traveled with this person, whom he claimed was 161 years old.
She was, in fact, about 80 when she died.
Re: 100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a circus sideshow.
#10Some clarifying comments on the link to the same story at marginalrevolution ( http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/04... ): "It says in the linked page that Morgan weighed as much as 875 pounds. I think that's still a bit unusual even today." Apparently the photo is him at a younger, slimmer point.
I imagine that number was a generous estimate given by the guys selling tickets.