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How wide is a normal stool? are stools that are 1-2 cm wide normal, or are they considered pencil-thin stools?

Q: how wide is a normal stool? are stools that are 1-2 cm wide normal, or are they considered pencil-thin stools?

: I do not know of any pencils that are 1-2 cm wide - well maybe a carpenter’s pencil. Pencil thin stools would be as thin as a common lead pencil. If you have never seen one them maybe 1/2 as thin as your little finger or a free ball point pen you get at the bank.

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

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I do not know of any pencils that are 1-2 cm wide - well maybe a carpenter’s pencil. Pencil thin stools would be as thin as a common lead pencil. If you have never seen one them maybe 1/2 as thin as your little finger or a free ball point pen you get at the bank.

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Answered 9/28/2021

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A member asked:

How wide is a normal stool? are stools that are 1-2 cm wide normal, or are they considered pencil-thin stools?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

Dr Rhoads agreed

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