Instead of asking for it to be let out (which would admit he had gained weight), he wore it unbuttoned under his greatcoat during the freezing retreat from Moscow. Historians later found letters suggesting that the restrictive, poorly fitting waistcoat restricted his breathing and circulation during the brutal cold, contributing to the illness that plagued him for the rest of his life.
The WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)!
One day, a famous waistcoat was delivered to Napoleon before the Russian campaign. It was beautiful, but the tailor—using his "guesswork" method—had made the waist slightly too tight. Napoleon, in a rush and famously superstitious, tried it on. He couldn't button the bottom clasp.
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