I always heard them say those Dutch folks are tall.

That's about 5' 11", Onna. You're only one inch shorter than me.

John Lucas 

that's not right, Finland is the 2nd fatest country in the world to the USA.  Personally i've met many finnish girls and generally they are not skinny. 

XD good one

Guys in general are indeed tall in the Netherlands but not the women. They're around 1.70-1.75 as average. Luckily an Otto sells modern jeans for tall women like me or else I would have a serious problem with that :=/.

My guess is it could hold more than that, though I would not test it for fear of breaking it. There has to be some sort of limit, as the thing can't be indestructable. People typically don't like limitations though, and so if the thing can hold, say 400 pounds, and you say no one over 300; odds are none will break it and have to be turned in or repaired.

strage deal though. When was the last time you had to tell somebody that they could not play a video game because they were too heavy? Let's see....I guess never have.

I've yet to see percentages for different weight brackets in different countries, just average weight (which doesn't tell the whole story). I think some countries have a more "flat" curve, while others have Sumo type people balancing out the skeletons.

Damn, only those under 18 stone will bother to buy it!!

I's only got a market for about 8 people in USA then 0:P

capable of eatIng 8 whole chickens and 5 birthday cakes for breakfast?

Finnish women certainly don't weigh 40kg on average (wtf?), but they're most definitely not the second fattest after Americans either (wtfwtf??). I don't remember the specifics, but our percentage of obese people is around half of that in the US, so nowhere near the top, but still far above that of really fit countries.