The Perfect Man?

Call me irreverant but I couldn't help but snerk a bit at some of the items on this list. I mean come on! How can you read "Thighs like a royal stag" with a straight face? And when combined with "Tongue long and broad", "Voice resonant", and "Eyes blue" he sounds like he should be on the cover of a romance novel. Well, if it wasn't for the "Well retracted genitals" whatever that means. Sounds painful actually.

I wonder how a life long Buddhist takes this? Do they even think about it out of context? I couldn't help thinking of those lists of Mary Sue characteristics that we've been talking about at WASIF.

THE 32 SIGNS OF THE BUDDHA
Courtesy of www.tientai.net/glossary/32signs.htm

1. Thousand-spoked wheel sign on the foot print
2. Level feet
3. Long slender fingers
4. Pliant hands & feet
5. Finely webbed toes & fingers
6. Full sized heels
7. Arched insteps
8. Thighs like a royal stag
9. Hands reaching below the knees
10. Well retracted genitals
11. Equal length & stretch of arms
12. Every hair root is dark colored
13. Body hair graceful & wavy
14. Golden hued body
15. Surrounded by a radiant ten foot aura
16. Soft smooth skin
17. The soles, palms, shoulders & crown are well-rounded
18. Below the armpits well filled
19. Lion shaped body
20. Erect Posture
21. Full shoulders
22. Forty teeth
23. Teeth white even & close
24. Four canine teeth pure white
25. Lion jawed
26. Saliva improving the taste of all food
27. Tongue long & broad
28. Voice deep & resonant
29. Eyes deep blue
30. Eyelashes like those of a royal bull
31. White urna or curl between the eyebrows
32. Usnisa or fleshy protuberance on the crown of the head