"Since I was a kid, I've always had a thing for really slender women" he stated. "But", he added as an addendum "about average is okay, too." 

And therein is the rub. What, exactly, in this instance, did he mean by about average?

Yeah, we agree. Slender. 

I've often wondered why we even bother to use the term average to describe anything. 

Average height. Average weight. Average looks. Pretty vanilla description. Unless, of course, you live in Hollywood. And are a famous thesbian. Then you'd be above average. Even if you are of average height, weight and looks. Icons, for some people, can't be average.

Average rainfall. Average snowfall. Average sunshine. Relevant info if you are planning a vacation. Unless you are visiting off season. If you aren't paying high season prices, you, they say in the brochure, get what you get. 

Average income. Average retirement age. Average mortality. And so it goes. If 60 is the new 40 does it throw actuarial charts into chaos?

But back to our hero up top. He, like all the rest of us, knows one thing for sure. Size matters. Unless of course you are about average.