Small, Very Big

       Looking for gifts for nieces, Connie and I came across a blouse that was sized "Petite Extra Large"?!  To me that sounded like a contradiction in terms, "petite" being French for "little."

       My petite-sized wife said, as we looked at this broad-gauge blouse, "It means short but..." and her gesture said "wide."

       "Oh, OK," I said.