How much is your body worth?

[vishenda]

You're worth more than you think!

A great number of people have spent a great deal of human and financial resources calculating the composition of, prior to the decomposition of, and the worth, or worthlessness of, the human body.

When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50!

This value is, however, subject to change, due to stock market fluctuations. Since the studies leading to this conclusion were conducted by the U.S. and by Japan respectively, it might be wise to consult the New York Stock Exchange and the Nikkei Index before deciding when to sell!

The U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils invested many a hard-earned tax dollar in calculating the chemical and mineral composition of the human body, which breaks down as follows:

# 65% Oxygen
# 18% Carbon
# 10% Hydrogen
# 3% Nitrogen
# 1.5% Calcium
# 1% Phosphorous
# 0.35% Potassium
# 0.25% Sulfur
# 0.15% Sodium
# 0.15% Chlorine
# 0.05% Magnesium
# 0.0004% Iron
# 0.00004% Iodine

Additionally, it was discovered that our bodies contain trace quantities of fluorine, silicon, manganese, zinc, copper, aluminum, and arsenic. Together, all of the above amounts to less than one dollar!

Our most valuable asset is our skin, which the Japanese invested their time and money in measuring. The method the Imperial State Institute for Nutrition at Tokyo developed for measuring the amount of a person's skin is to take a naked person, and to apply a strong, thin paper to every surface of his body. After the paper dries, they carefully remove it, cut it into small pieces, and painstakingly total the person's measurements. Cut and dried, the average person is the proud owner of fourteen to eighteen square feet of skin, with the variables in this figure being height, weight, and breast size. Basing the skin's value on the selling price of cowhide, which is approximately $.25 per square foot, the value of an average person's skin is about $3.50.
DID YOU KNOW?

* The Nazis, during the Holocaust, used human skin as a substitute for leather in the manufacture of lampshades and shoes, among other things.

[Bookie]

As the recent scandals have highlighted, most people are far more valuable than they would ever imagine -- when broken up for parts.

Wonder what the loan value of the average person would be?

[PRICEPLUS]

This topic is fairly frightening. Soylent Green comes to mind.

[Ima saver]

I don't think anybody would pay anything for my body.I have used my skin so much, I have gotten it all wrinkled!

[Broken Arrow]

Fascinating! I've never looked at it that way before.

[Bookie]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

I don't think anybody would pay anything for my body.I have used my skin so much, I have gotten it all wrinkled!

Julie, I think this is known as "antiquing."

[PRICEPLUS]

Julie, I think of you as a fine wine. You are aged to perfection and you only get better as time goes on!

[bjl584]

Kinda weird. I'd say that your most valuable asset is your brain. No one is going to get rich selling off pieces of themselves. Intelligent thought is the only way to go.

[aleish]

wow! i only discovered it now.. starting from now i will take care of my skin..hahaha

[vishenda]

Also check the stuffs you put inside your body.

[tabbycat31]

ok my mind went into the gutter when I saw this thread...... by the title, I thought I would have to sturt my stuff at the street corner.

[magnate]

I've always thought my body is worth millions..hehe.. This "fact" is depressing...

[Jerryg50]

Just an interesting thought...

If you were to go out and get a job at minimum wage in most European or North American countries, you would earn your body's chemical composition worth in the first hour. After that, you are going at pure profit until you have to buy your lunch!


Jerry G.




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Originally Posted by vishenda

You're worth more than you think!

A great number of people have spent a great deal of human and financial resources calculating the composition of, prior to the decomposition of, and the worth, or worthlessness of, the human body.

When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50!

This value is, however, subject to change, due to stock market fluctuations. Since the studies leading to this conclusion were conducted by the U.S. and by Japan respectively, it might be wise to consult the New York Stock Exchange and the Nikkei Index before deciding when to sell!

The U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils invested many a hard-earned tax dollar in calculating the chemical and mineral composition of the human body, which breaks down as follows:

# 65% Oxygen
# 18% Carbon
# 10% Hydrogen
# 3% Nitrogen
# 1.5% Calcium
# 1% Phosphorous
# 0.35% Potassium
# 0.25% Sulfur
# 0.15% Sodium
# 0.15% Chlorine
# 0.05% Magnesium
# 0.0004% Iron
# 0.00004% Iodine

Additionally, it was discovered that our bodies contain trace quantities of fluorine, silicon, manganese, zinc, copper, aluminum, and arsenic. Together, all of the above amounts to less than one dollar!

Our most valuable asset is our skin, which the Japanese invested their time and money in measuring. The method the Imperial State Institute for Nutrition at Tokyo developed for measuring the amount of a person's skin is to take a naked person, and to apply a strong, thin paper to every surface of his body. After the paper dries, they carefully remove it, cut it into small pieces, and painstakingly total the person's measurements. Cut and dried, the average person is the proud owner of fourteen to eighteen square feet of skin, with the variables in this figure being height, weight, and breast size. Basing the skin's value on the selling price of cowhide, which is approximately $.25 per square foot, the value of an average person's skin is about $3.50.
DID YOU KNOW?

* The Nazis, during the Holocaust, used human skin as a substitute for leather in the manufacture of lampshades and shoes, among other things.

[jIM_Ohio]

whatever mines worth, I'm donating it to science fiction when I go.