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On the stupid studies issue, I think there's money the government sets aside as grants and if people can "sell" their idea and if it meets with approval, off they go to do their study. I spent a summer with a guy from South Dennis taking samples in to salt marshes all over the Cape on grant money. His theory was that where there were cat-o-nine tails in a salt marsh it was an indication of fresh water, because that's where they grow. I don't know if he was thinking of tapping the springs and marketing it or what.
On the height versus popularity study, I did my own. The guy who sits next to me is about the same height as me, he has graying hair, I don't, though I'm older. He's got more of a spare tire and each of our first names can be shortened to three letters. We're pretty much the same, except he has a steady flow of single women coming to his office all day long. I get nada except for the occasional, "I stopped by a couple times today, but he wasn't there. Do you know when Joe will be back? Could you tell him I stopped by."
I firmly believe popularity as loosely defined by the study is definitely measured in inches, but not height. Either that or there's something about a wedding ring that single women totally shy away from.
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