Being Short Vs Being Tall

ejmaztec

ejmaztec wrote: »

Isn't that a sport in Australia?

No really....It has even happened to me and I'm robustly built.
Just the once though and clearly that man was on drugs.

Terry

I'm 5'8", so I can reach stuff on the high shelves and can also stand up on busses.
All is good.

Tall people suck.

akamossy

Terry wrote: »

I'm 5'8", so I can reach stuff on the high shelves and can also stand up on busses.
All is good.

Tall people suck.

Whats standing up on the bus got to do with your height?

Terry

Terry wrote: »

I'm 5'8", so I can reach stuff on the high shelves and can also stand up on busses.
All is good.

Tall people suck.

oohh In my imagination your pocket sized. :-|

silvo

Shorter women get picked up physically by drunken/angry/idiotic people.
Thats not good.

So true, Im 4' 11" and have been thrown into skips, bins, shopping trollies, bushes, cardboard boxes, suitcases, kitchen cabinets... drunks love small people

truecrippler

women prefer us

Jahsus man, you's have it all so...

Karoma

akamossy wrote: »

Whats standing up on the bus got to do with your height?

I think he means that he can, as a shorty, stand upright on a bus without getting a sore neck, back or head. Tall people have to bow their head for the duration of a journey or back, or end up getting a knock on the noggin when going over a bump.

KnifeWRENCH

Terry wrote:

I'm 5'8", so I can reach stuff on the high shelves and can also stand up on busses.
All is good.

Amen!

I'm around 5'9".
Not too tall, not too small. I'm just right!

raemie21

Female & 5"10

Adv-
Less head-straining at gigs.
Also easier to see people in a pub/room etc.
Zara trousers fit better.
I was able to go on rollercoasters before my older sister.

Dis-
Men are definitely getting smaller & with heels, often the tallest person in the place...
On Saturday, a barman told me I should go shoot some hoops.
Some other guy randomly shouts on Grafton St. that I "shouldn't be that tall" as he passes. Yeah.
Sometimes my feet don't stay under the duvet

Epic Tissue

Terry wrote: »

I'm 5'8", so I can reach stuff on the high shelves and can also stand up on busses.
All is good.

Tall people suck.

snap.. I think!

Fol20

Im 6.2 and im proud of it...the only disadvantage for being taller is that i more than likely will have back problems when im older and im a bit of an fool when playing soccer...legs are too long to play soccer skillfully but meh...ill still love playing soccer

rossie1977

my friend who is 6'5 and 18 stone has big trouble on planes too, even me at 5'11 barefoot can barely fit in economy class on some planes, they seem to be making the damn seats smaller every flight :mad:

i have met 7ft, 30-33 stone WWE wrestler Paul "big show" Wight a few times in person and how he copes with all the travelling involved in his job is beyond me, one time in NY i saw him attempting to get into a huge hummer limo and it was hilarious; on a plane i can only imagine, WWE fly all over the world to far flung places like australia, japan, UAE, Brazil and wrestle something like 300 days a year all across america, it must be a nightmare for him to fly.

thats him next to our ronan for those who don't know of him
http://i33.tinypic.com/ogvx52.jpg

rossie1977

Fol20 wrote: »

Im 6.2 and im proud of it...the only disadvantage for being taller is that i more than likely will have back problems when im older and im a bit of an fool when playing soccer...legs are too long to play soccer skillfully but meh...ill still love playing soccer

hasn't stopped peter crouch, that guy has some skill at 6'7, ask Galatasaray
about that bicycle kick

Aoibheann

I'm about 5'3 or 5'4, not sure which.. but short anyway, apparently. All of my friends are quite tall so the mockery never ends..

I actually quite like being short, it was (surprisingly) quite useful when I used to play basketball - could duck under the arms of the others who were scarily tall -> easy points for moi!

Used to have a major thing for really tall guys (still do tbh, I'm just not quite so picky now) which as one can imagine is amusingly awkward..

Pride Fighter

I think I am small and I am 6ft1, what is considered tall these days?
I was always one of the tallest in my school growing up, in da city ye know. As soon as I start to go to College an stuff all the D4 heads are giants compared to me. What is it? Better nutrition or do they give those Rugby School heads growth hormones.

Big Ears

Moonbaby wrote: »

oohh In my imagination your pocket sized. :-|

You wouldn't say that if you saw him, the man's as big as a house :eek:




I've no real idea what Terry is like but just going by his posts he seems like Santa Claus outside of the Christmas period.........Santa must be the only one who drinks less at Christmas .


I like Terry am 5'8(barefoot), I'd prefer to be another 2/3 inches taller but am am, what I am so.........

Creature

I'm 6 foot, though I'd rather be 6 inches. I could live in someone's pocket, that'd be cool.

Reku

Earthhorse wrote: »

Why?

Pretty much everything as a complaint in the OP can be reversed for small people e.g. finding it hard to find clothes that fit etc. and being tall comes with plenty of advantages too.

Exactly, there are pros and cons to each condition. Being in the middle, well I guess it means you don't get any of the pros or cons.
Think I'm in around the middle, possible the smaller end of it though.:o

A_M101

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

:eek::eek: I'm 5 11 too:eek::eek: And I'm horrified that you're not enjoying your tallness! I like being tall, its nice to stand out from the crowd, most guys seem to like it, and you look really striking in heels. And in flats I'm generally considered not that tall.:)

I wouldn't like to be short or even average height, 5'8" or 5'9" would suit me just fine, then I could be tall but buy in the regular sections of clothes shops and still wear heels without going over into the 6 foot realm. (I wear heels anyway, as long as it's a large pub/club I'm going to, small confined pubs make me look taller still!)

cournioni

Blisterman wrote: »

Just reading this thread, about a guy who felt discriminated against for being tall, by being made to pay for extra leg room on a plane.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055329008

Well, I'm 6'2'', and I know all you short people think "Oh, tall people have it easy" , but that's not the case.
Sure, women prefer us, we always get a good view at concerts, and our presence commands a certain respect, but there's many many downsides.

For example:

We really do have to mind our heads, wherever that sign is posted.

We're constantly harrased by old ladies in the supermarket, who want us to remove things from tall shelves.

It's hard for us to hide in crowds.

You know how you look out a plane, and everything seems tiny? Well, what may seem like a large apartment for a normal person, seems much smaller to a tall person, meaning we have to pay more for the same effect.

And when I was in China, I couldn't walk down the street without being stared at, like I was the elephant man. People even asked to take pictures. it did irreperable harm to my self esteem.

So, it's not all fun and games and seeing over walls, for us tall people. We have it hard too.

So spare us tall people a thought, next time you're fitting comfortably in your small fuel efficient car, and paying a low food bill as you need less nourishment than us, and remember, tall people are people too.

I'm 6'6, and I have to say, stop whinging. The only problem I have is the space on planes.

Steve_o

Pride Fighter wrote: »

I think I am small and I am 6ft1, what is considered tall these days?
I was always one of the tallest in my school growing up, in da city ye know. As soon as I start to go to College an stuff all the D4 heads are giants compared to me. What is it? Better nutrition or do they give those Rugby School heads growth hormones.

6'1 is tall... I'm 6' and my mates say i'm tall. In the next few years I can see 5'10'' - 6'1'' being the new average height and 6'2'' upward being the new tall

Earthhorse

Moonbaby wrote: »

oohh In my imagination your pocket sized. :-|

His pocket sized what? I need closure on this!

silvo wrote: »

So true, Im 4' 11" and have been thrown into skips, bins, shopping trollies, bushes, cardboard boxes, suitcases, kitchen cabinets... drunks love small people

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest you need to be more assertive with those drunks.

raemie21 wrote: »

Some other guy randomly shouts on Grafton St. that I "shouldn't be that tall" as he passes. Yeah.

Now that's just mean. I don't mind having a laugh about my height provided people are prepared to put the effort in and come up with something funny.

farohar wrote: »

Exactly, there are pros and cons to each condition. Being in the middle, well I guess it means you don't get any of the pros or cons.

I don't mind being small but about the only real pro I can think of is the comfort in seats thing. Not all it's cracked up to be either.

jellie

im 5ft (female), but i think as a girl id prefer to be small than tall. though im not sure why cause theres plenty of disadvantages:

- can never see at gigs. EVER. even up on my toes.
- i cant reach stuff. why do certain shops put petite length trousers on the high rails? are you trying to tease us? or do you just want to laugh at us stretching & trying to reach?!
- normal trousers are always too long. i dont have one pair of trousers that doesnt drag on the ground
- "cropped length" trousers reach my ankles
- sometimes sitting on certain chairs my feet dont touch the ground. my ex used to have a great laugh at me for that
- if you get lost in a crowd its quite scary cause all you can see are peoples backs/chests
- you put on any weight whatsoever & it shows really easily cause theres less places for it to go
- edit: forgot to say that my legs are short so when walking with tall people ive to walk twice as fast to keep up with them!

i could keep going..

advantages
- as someone said, we fit better into hugs. i miss hugs dammit
- we can wear heels without worrying we'll be too tall
- we look cute??

there seems to be more disadvantages but i prefer being small

Disco Stu

Aoibheann Brady wrote: »

I'm about 5'3 or 5'4, not sure which.. but short anyway, apparently. All of my friends are quite tall so the mockery never ends..

I actually quite like being short, it was (surprisingly) quite useful when I used to play basketball - could duck under the arms of the others who were scarily tall -> easy points for moi!

Used to have a major thing for really tall guys (still do tbh, I'm just not quite so picky now) which as one can imagine is amusingly awkward..

Haha being 6ft5 I have a thing for the smaller ladies also... not so much amusingly awkward as potential for huge amounts of entertainment

Raemie at 5ft10 your feet don't stay under the duvet??!! You need a bigger bed... superking all the way and my feet don't stick out the bottom of the duvet or over the end :P

Reku

Being tall = more of you to love.
Being small = less of you to have to put up with!

oneweb

I'm a slim 6'4 and in general quite happy with my stature. As a kid I was an easy target but once I learnt to laugh it off all was good.

The main irritations are...

-everything these days is designed to be 'accessible', which means low counters, low sinks, low handles etc etc. It's a pain in the back bending over for everything although granted, it's not exactly easy for a wheelchair user to get up out of their chair.

-Dublin Bus seat spacing on a good few of their previous generation buses was done for midgets. I blew a fuse once when someone asked me twice to move over - my legs took over most of the two seat spaces. The newest buses make me feel tiny downstairs! When standing in the 'upper saloon', I still have to bend my head sideways, my shoulder nearly touches the ceiling. I hate when there's a delay with people getting off, stuck like that for ages :-/

-decent clothes are hard to find. Either you're short and skinny or tall and fat. Small tees fit my frame better but end near my belly button :-/ Medium tees are too baggy.

-being told to stand up straight!

More below...

Blisterman wrote: »

we always get a good view at concerts

We really do have to mind our heads, wherever that sign is posted.

We're constantly harrased by old ladies in the supermarket, who want us to remove things from tall shelves.

It's hard for us to hide in crowds.

The view at concerts is a blessing and a curse. + you get to see everything, even from far back, - everyone behind you curses you for blocking their view, I always feel paranoid.

I've only been asked 2 or 3 times to reach for something in the supermarket. I've offered a few times, because rather than ask they were trying to climb the shelves!

It's very handy a lot of the time, you can scan an entire shop floor for you mates in most cases (unless they're really short).

Wazdakka wrote: »

Do you notice how just offhandly hostile the average person gets once they realise that you can see the top of there head?? Weirdiest thing ever

No, but I do notice how many people have bald spots and wonder if they know :pac:

briano wrote: »

Can't stand up in a bus. Can't have footboards on beds. Can't buy trousers without having them look like capri pants.

<snip>

But, on the plus side, Do you know where the best place to stand at a gig is when you're this tall? Anywhere!

And the worst? Right behind me.

I'm still getting used to having my feet hang out of a footboard-less bed. It's fantastic!

I was at a gig in Cologne and had trouble seeing over that crowd!

Dord wrote: »

The one thing that annoys me most is people with comb overs. I'm sure it looks "okay" (/sniggers) to small people, but tall people see EVERYTHING and its not nice! :mad:

I'm 6' 4" btw.

snyper wrote: »

Women tend to feel safe around me (so ive been told)

i corrected their mistake.

I'd love to ask but I think for the integrity of the boards community it's best we don't

Gyalist wrote: »

Almost 6'7" here. Life is good.

Ooh, you're one of those taller-than-me guys that I swoon upon Whatever it is, I get all competitive and eye up the opposition (purely to assess the height difference, of course! ok, ok, so it's not just that, heh) Maybe there's a sort of empathy there too, here's another sod who's been through the same!

PORNAPSTER wrote: »

I'm 6'6, and I have to say, stop whinging. The only problem I have is the space on planes.

another one, *swoon*

panda100

6'1 and female.
When your growing up as a gawky,lanky teenager its horrible the amount of abuse you get and the height abuse doesnt stop when your in your teens.
Random people will stop and say 'wow your tall','u should play basketball',basically all code for 'your a female freak'.

Being tall is okay in Dublin but I hate going home to Limerick. Everyone is tiny there and you stick out like a sore thumb!

Gyalist

panda100 wrote: »

6'1 and female.
When your growing up as a gawky,lanky teenager its horrible the amount of abuse you get and the height abuse doesnt stop when your in your teens.
Random people will stop and say 'wow your tall','u should play basketball',basically all code for 'your a female freak'.

Being tall is okay in Dublin but I hate going home to Limerick. Everyone is tiny there and you stick out like a sore thumb!

Hmmm, we'll have to get together and make some tall babies!!

Reku

Gyalist wrote: »

Hmmm, we'll have to get together and make some tall babies!!

Imagines doing a video edit of one of these tall people walking down the street with scenes from the original War of The Worlds, people staring up in horror and fear and such.:D

Well I have to say I see absolutely nothing wrong with a girl being tall, as long as she's got a good heart and a sound mind does it really matter if you've to look up to her?

Dord

raemie21 wrote: »

Sometimes my feet don't stay under the duvet

I can't lie in bed with my legs straight.

Reku

Dord wrote: »

I can't lie in bed with my legs straight.

So enjoy some spooning.

Dord

farohar wrote: »

So enjoy some spooning.

ROFL! :pac:

Gyalist

farohar wrote: »

Imagines doing a video edit of one of these tall people walking down the street with scenes from the original War of The Worlds, people staring up in horror and fear and such.:D

When my identical twin visits me in Ireland we always get a good laugh at all the puzzled looks.

Duggy747

I'm tall but I love it. The advantages of being able to just walk over fences with ease and intimidating people by towering over them is always handy.

I like short people, I can always rest my arm on the top of their heads and lean on them like a pillar quite comfortably though they don't seem to like it :pac:

oranjeboom

Im 5ft 2 and constantly being told Im small, I dont think that's small.

Another one Iv head about a millions times - Are you suing the council? Why would be the response. For building the road to close to your arse?

I dont think Id want to be any different than the height I am. Im grand with my height its my width I have a problem with.

ejmaztec

Duggy747 wrote: »

I'm tall but I love it. The advantages of being able to just walk over fences with ease and intimidating people by towering over them is always handy.

I like short people, I can always rest my arm on the top of their heads and lean on them like a pillar quite comfortably though they don't seem to like it :pac:

You won't be laughing when one of them nuts you in the balls:p

tobiesheba

I'm female, 5 10 (ish) and love my heels. But it really, really annoys me when guys that I don't know feel like they can come up to me in pubs saying "You're tall", I normally tell them I like looking down on people.

Also annoys me when people tell me I shouldn't wear heels - I like them so why not?

bill_ashmount

A_M101 wrote: »

Anyway, it's 5 o'clock, I'm off to do some jeans shopping in the Topshop Tall section with the other freaks!

2 Questions.Is this a womens shop or do they do mens as well? Are they in Cork? Never heard of them.

Sick of buying jeans that are too short, almost impossible to get anything over a 34" length leg, complete joke.

smokingman

I always find short guys have a major chip on their shoulder (maybe they could use it for some platform shoes ).

I'm 6 foot and happy out, not too big, not small and angry....

akamossy

tobiesheba wrote: »

I'm female, 5 10 (ish) and love my heels. But it really, really annoys me when guys that I don't know feel like they can come up to me in pubs saying "You're tall", I normally tell them I like looking down on people.

Also annoys me when people tell me I shouldn't wear heels - I like them so why not?

Im the same height as you also female and i can't wear heels purely because i feel self-concious wearing them good for you though that you can wear them without feeling like that, i'd love to be able to do it

FlexiLexi

im a girl and im 5'10 and everyone thinks thats realllllly tall, but i dont??? my friend is 6'5 and i would consider him to be quite tall!

akamossy

FlexiLexi wrote: »

im a girl and im 5'10 and everyone thinks thats realllllly tall, but i dont??? my friend is 6'5 and i would consider him to be quite tall!

Im that height and i consider myself tall. It is quite tall for a girl, im taller than my mum and my older sister, i'm reaching the heights of my olders brothers and dad :eek:

thefinalstage

5'10 for a girl is relatively tall for Ireland but average for most places.

Earthhorse

farohar wrote: »

Well I have to say I see absolutely nothing wrong with a girl being tall, as long as she's got a good heart and a sound mind does it really matter if you've to look up to her?

By "look up to" I hope you mean in a physical sense and not that you would respect or admire her.

smokingman wrote: »

I always find short guys have a major chip on their shoulder (maybe they could use it for some platform shoes ).

THAT'S IT! You just made the list.

*scrambles for notebook*

thelastangryman wrote: »

5'10 for a girl is relatively tall for Ir
eland but average for most places.

Nope. 5' 10" is pretty tall for a girl anywhere. 5' 4" is the average height in the US, it's about the same here. Link.

Dyr

Duggy747 wrote: »

I'm tall but I love it. The advantages of being able to just walk over fences with ease and intimidating people by towering over them is always handy.

I like short people, I can always rest my arm on the top of their heads and lean on them like a pillar quite comfortably though they don't seem to like it :pac:

dems foightin words longshanks!

*puts fists up and hops around*

Gyalist

It's strange how many people on this thread claim that they are very tall and yet I see very few tall Irish people around.
I presume that it's the done thing to exaggerate your height on the internet.

gabgab

Blisterman wrote: »

Just reading this thread, about a guy who felt discriminated against for being tall, by being made to pay for extra leg room on a plane.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055329008

Well, I'm 6'2'', and I know all you short people think "Oh, tall people have it easy" , but that's not the case.
Sure, women prefer us, we always get a good view at concerts, and our presence commands a certain respect, but there's many many downsides.

For example:

We really do have to mind our heads, wherever that sign is posted.

We're constantly harrased by old ladies in the supermarket, who want us to remove things from tall shelves.

It's hard for us to hide in crowds.

You know how you look out a plane, and everything seems tiny? Well, what may seem like a large apartment for a normal person, seems much smaller to a tall person, meaning we have to pay more for the same effect.

And when I was in China, I couldn't walk down the street without being stared at, like I was the elephant man. People even asked to take pictures. it did irreperable harm to my self esteem.

So, it's not all fun and games and seeing over walls, for us tall people. We have it hard too.

So spare us tall people a thought, next time you're fitting comfortably in your small fuel efficient car, and paying a low food bill as you need less nourishment than us, and remember, tall people are people too.

Pighead wrote: »

Are you sure you don't look like the elephant man? Pighead has also walked down the street in China (well Parnell St but more or less the same) and there was nobody staring or asking could they take any pictures. Well maybe a few chicks stared but that was lust and is fairly normal.

In stitches reading this, Brilliant stuff!!

Big Ears

Gyalist wrote: »

It's strange how many people on this thread claim that they are very tall and yet I see very few tall Irish people around.
I presume that it's the done thing to exaggerate your height on the internet.

1. Most people do overestimate their height(or at least it seems this way)

2.Boards.ie does not represent Ireland as a whole very well, to take a guess I would say there is a higher % of tall people on this forum than in the country as a whole .

Dord

bill_ashmount wrote: »

2 Questions.Is this a womens shop or do they do mens as well? Are they in Cork? Never heard of them.

Sick of buying jeans that are too short, almost impossible to get anything over a 34" length leg, complete joke.

The guys version of the shop is called Topman, tbh the clothes are pretty mingin'

I have the same problem, very hard to find longer trousers. It seems most shops just cater for short fat midgets.

tobiesheba

Gyalist wrote: »

It's strange how many people on this thread claim that they are very tall and yet I see very few tall Irish people around.
I presume that it's the done thing to exaggerate your height on the internet.

I think it could also be because people who are of average height don't have much to say on the subject