A friend is all excited about a new granddaughter, born 4 days ago. The kid is "21-1/4 inches long," she says.
That's the first time I have seen the Closest Half-Inch rule broken. Used to be, a kid would be 21" or 21-1/2" long. Now they are measuring, apparently, to the nearest 1/4 inch.
Or are they?
I mean, how accurate do you think a nurse is going to be when he/she does the measurement? What kind of equipment do they have? How many nurses do they commit to that measurement? One for the legs, one for the head, one holding the tape measure, and maybe one yelling at the kid to stretch out?
Yeah. In the blink of an eye, some unassisted nurse, in a hurry to get all the other stuff done so she/he can get a smoke break, eyeballs the tape and pronounces the kid to be 21-1/4.
There should be a couple of challenge flags in the delivery room.
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