Well that explains a few things.

I briefly learned to write (badly) in cursive Cyrillic. My prof said it looked like Arabic and asked if I wanted to switch languages.

I still wonder if she still has that cross-eyed bear.

Maybe that is what the recipe calls for.

Perhaps they misspoke and meant bull-faced lyre:

Where are you looking at? Redmond is full of them.

Honestly my first take before coffee this morning was he had a wardrobe malfunctions with the diaper.

You played your part too. Don't try to pass the blame just because one body is larger than the the other. Massist!!!

/s

My theory is that this is based in the Anchoring Heuristic. People aren't very good at imagining large numbers and it can manifest in several ways. They can be primed for more accurate answers but it takes effort and thus nobody want's to do it.

I take it you have never seen "Threads"? It is like the Mona Lisa of disaster porn.