But for the white-collared man, big arms generally mean gym time. And I can’t help but picture him looking at himself in the mirror, straining to get out his set of bicep curls, checking out the other guys, sweating up a storm. Not particularly appealing for me. And then you also come across the ones who can’t stop. They saw some dude do a 160kg bench press and now that’s their new goal, no wait, it’s 180kg now.
So what’s the theory? There’s an arm-to-intellect ratio. As arms increase in fabulosity (my scientific term), intellect decreases. It’s a generalisation, and there are subjects outside the norm, but unfortunately, dating these days is a numbers game, and the odds are against us. See Figure 1:
As intellect gets higher, arm fabulosity gets lower
So it’s a fine balance ladies, or a search outside the norm. As I’ve now got a test sample of thirteen bachelors, I shall demonstrate based on evidence:
Bachelor Number One – white collar job – arms = 5/10, intellect = 6/10
Bachelor Number Two – white collar job – arms = 3/10, intellect = 4/10 (obviously a dud)
Bachelor Number Three – white collar job and basketballer – arms = 7/10, intellect = 3/10
Bachelor Number Four – white collar job – arms = 2/10, intellect = 8/10
Bachelor Number Five – blue collar job - arms = 5/10, intellect = 7/10
Bachelor Number 6 – grey collar job – arms = 6/10, intellect = 5/10
Bachelor Number 7 – white collar job – arms = 3/10, intellect =7/10 (he was over 50, so give him credit)
Bachelor Number 8 – white collar job and wakeboarder – arms = 8/10, intellect = 6/10 (outside the norm)
Bachelor Number 9 – white collar job – arms= 1/10, intellect = 6/10 (it’s only 6 because he can write software)
Bachelor Number 10 – blue collar job, and wakeboarder - arms = 8/10, intellect = 7/10 (if only he could spell) :)
Bachelor Number 11 – no job, graffiti artist – arms = 4/10 (you’d think they’d be better), intellect = 8/10
Bachelor Number 12 – blue collar job – arms = 4/10, intellect 6/10
Bachelor Number 13 – poker player (white collar?), and fire-twirler – arms 8/10, intellect 6/10 (good with numbers, bad with words)