Re: CHAT: Bouncing (jara: My girlfriend is a conlanger!)

Andreas Johansson

> I'm nursing my grand sociological theory that says that bouncing
> around from joy and similar, well, motoric expression of feels is
> something primarily indulged in by people who are short and thin.
> Possibly cause they're less likely to break expensive stuff when
> doing it, perhaps because they're less likely to hit the ceiling with
> their heads, perhaps because some subconscious part of the
> brain believes that because they are small they must still be
> children and therefore should be behaving childishly.
I am quite bouncy.  I'm on the shorter side for where I live (5'7")
and I've always been thin (IQ higher than body weight), though I
seem to be getting thicker every year.

-Tone