Comments | lordandrei: The perpetrator was a 40 yr old caucasian male

lordandrei

The perpetrator was a 40 yr old caucasian male

Jun 11, 2008 17:00

I've always been impressed how in cop shows they can tell the age of a random person. The really amazing thing is that they do this without cutting them in half and counting the rings ( Read more... )

age, determination, toddlerhaving, milestones

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omni_videns June 12 2008, 00:55:10 UTC

"I'd ask, "So how old is he? 3 yrs"
"No Andrei, she's 9 months"
"Oh.""

Missed the gender too? ;-)

No really.... lordandrei June 12 2008, 00:57:09 UTC

I was that bad with children

jd7a June 12 2008, 00:56:59 UTC

don't worry. It gets harder again when they hit "pre-school age". :)

happi_feet June 12 2008, 06:20:27 UTC

That's a much easier practice when the kid is built like they ought to be at any given age. Try having three kids that run ahead of their peers. *Isaac is mistaken for a six-year-old, people think Becky is four, and Kaely has gotten aged at six months old on a few occasions already. Developmentally they're all about average, except that they're more well-spoken, which throws people off. It's mostly just that they're all so darned tall.

*Isaac - nearly-five, Becky - just-three, Kaely - three months

lapig93 June 13 2008, 00:00:13 UTC

What you'll find interesting is that you can usually tell age very well within your won race only, or if you grew up mostly with another race. Also, people can tell people apart rarely from races they are not normally surrounded by. Hence why witnesses can rarely identify someone from another race correctly if they normally aren't socially around said race.