Er I think I may have lost the plot ( Again I here some of you cry)

Are we discussing ASBOs or the OUTside leg measurements of Morris Dancers.

If as Snuffy suggests napkins/hankies/wavers/neckers or whatever are 30 ins. square, the mathematically astute among you ( square on the hypotenuse and all that) will quickly calculate that when held on the diagonal the length will be 42.43 (to 2 places)ins.

With me so far ? Wake up that boy at the back?

This leads us to decide if
(a)the lower corner should touch the ground or just "clear" it (if so by how much?).

(b) should the upper corner touch the belt or hip bone of the dancer?

Class your task for home next weekend is to:
1 attend the next Stand (or practice night) of your local morris side

2 note there answers to a and b above as given by th dancers

3 with the aid of your calculator/pda/laptop, calculate the average leg length of the dancers

4 enter the data into an Spreadsheet ( your tutor can only view Excel spreadsheets)

5 on Monday morning combine all the data gathered by the members of you Tutor group into another spreadsheet and use that info to calculate the Average outside leg of all the Morris sides interviewed by the other members of your Tutor Group

6 On Tuesday prepare a report for submission to EFDSS and the Ring - you report is to include the spreadsheet that you prepared on Monday

Dave (No I,m not a Maths Teacher but you could tell that anyway couldn't you/)