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Yesterday was warm, so I went out walking. When I say walking, I really mean a circuit around the mowed property. One whole side of our yard is surrounded by fields, so when I came around the back of the barn I made an interesting discovery. The corn was really tall! The old saying goes, “Knee high by the fourth of July.” Well, it’s only June and the corn is already knee high! It’s been raining quite a bit here, and its perfect weather for growing corn. The old saying is open to some speculation, however. Whose knee is the corn high to? Is it knee high to the average 5’9” American or is it knee high to my 6’3 towering frame? Is it knee high to farmer Joe at his 6’skinny as a rail self? Or is it up to his wife’s bulgy knees at 5”2”? Obviously there must be an average knee height, but I’m not so sure what that is. I did a little research on the average knee height, but I didn’t come up with anything except “how to detect growth deficiency by knee height!” According to my figures the average knee height based off of the average American’s height is around 21 to 25 inches. So “knee high by the fourth of July” probably means that the corn is around 21 inches high – on average.
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