They don't top out at 34 but 32-34 is probably a pretty common waist line. I'm a 33-34, was 32 when younger and really skinny. There are lots of bigger waist sizes. Source: Swede

Many things would be canceled if they applied censoring to non English languages. My favorite is the "kuk" food company which means dick in Swedish :-) I've seen kuk lorries driving around on the roads and a kuk werehouse. Maybe we should just stop being so easily offended instead of canceling everything?

Yes, "iPod earphones" was just the parrot speaking. Earphones give a lot of bang for the buck (the car is a valid argument though).

The article however was not about MP3 compression but rather dynamic range compression used when mastering CDs :-)