TY - JOUR T1 - How big is that? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 69 LP - 69 VL - 56 IS - 522 AU - Neville Goodman Y1 - 2006/01/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/522/69.abstract N2 - If you want to convey something's size, try a familiar comparison. There was a story about a hapless biology teacher who had reached the birds and bees lesson. Faced with a class of pubescent girls and needing to tell them how big the testicles were, she ventured that they were about the size of a peewit's egg. ‘Well, now we know how big peewits' eggs are,’ came a stage whisper from the back. Doctors usually go for fruit. Tumours are the size of almonds, grapes, tangerines, oranges or … ER -