height of vanity

Maud, covering a profile of Jeanette Winterson, writes, "Naturally I honed in on the most vital information in the interview--namely, that Winterson's exactly my height":

"I'm five foot tall, how scary can I be?" she asks. "Sometimes you do wonder that people have this image of you as somebody who's going to arrive on a 1300cc Harley."

Stranger yet, for me, is that Winterson and Maud are exactly my height.
And yes, this is my admission that I've been lying for the past twelve years. I'm not 5'1". Still, don't think this means I'll take off my platform shoes in public.

Posted by nchicha at March 3, 2004 10:53 AM