Because it would look ridiculous with 8 inches.
When talking to you, the extrovert mathematician looks at *your* shoes.
Introverted Engineer looks at His shoes when he's talking to you. Extroverted Engineer looks at Your shoes when he's talking to you.
Irrelephant.
You take the ' ' out of ' ', and the ' ' out of ' '.
Because in the animal kingdom 6 inches just wont do
6 inches is medium 8 inches is rare.