It's fashion born of function – although a mink scrubbing sponge is something different.
The appeal hinged on answering a metaphysical question how fast would Pistorius have run had he been born with functioning legs below the knee?
Over the last decade, our homes have reflected America's affluence, with the average size of a new house now a whopping 2,330 square feet (the excess born not of function but of imitation, because somebody they know has one, said Gopal Ahluwalia, the director of research at the National Association of Home Builders. Even in recessions, house sizes show no signs of shrinking.
Storey, who was born without a functioning left hand, could easily have been part of that trio.
Born without a functioning left hand, Storey had questioned whether she could even compete in the Paralympics.
Born without a functioning left hand, Storey's Paralympic career began back in Barcelona in 1992 where, as a 14-year-old, she won two swimming golds.
"What's one hand missing when you're on a bike?" Being born without a functioning left hand was a more obvious hindrance in Storey's previous career as a swimmer.
The Manchester rider, who was born without a functioning left hand, narrowly missed out on a place in the gold-winning Olympic team pursuit team, but is now on course for a Paralympic clean sweep.
The school was born, grew and functioned amid multiple traumas.
Severe pain after rehabilitation, problems with exercise tolerance functions, born outside of Sweden and full-time sick leave/disability pension the year before rehabilitation were all associated with an EQ-5D level < 0.5 at follow-up.
