Whats it like been a short-arse?

Mycroft H

Just wondering what it must be like to be small..... Must be a pain not been able to reach the counter at the pub, or no the flip side it must be easier to get under tables.....

Whats it like been vertically challenged?

CreepingDeath

Well apparently 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

liah

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Well apparently 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

They should be, they've got the most awesome sport in the world dedicated to them solely because of their shortarsedness.

Ingrates!

Saibh

landyman wrote: »

Whats it like been vertically challenged?

Beats been horizontal challenged

Terry

6' 2" here. I rarely meet many people taller than me, but I find it intimidating when I do.
I just hack the legs.

Gummy Panda

I say it would be awesome if you're a ninja, then you could be a minja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehQo7s_02sc

TPD

BEING

Ann22

TPD wrote: »

BEING

I was dying to say that:D.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Being 5'8" I wouldn't know, sometimes I think it'd be cool, not to be a proper dwarf like, just little and dainty. A tiny little Thai barmaid at home (actually she's called Home), used to be able to walk under the bar and had to like reach up over her head to put drinks on the counter.

Hephaestus

landyman wrote: »

Must be a pain not been able to reach the counter at the pub

Dont ever let a midget near a pub.

They're not very good drunks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLp1PBG1Lw4&feature=related

El Weirdo

Ann22 wrote: »

I was dying to say that:D.

Ditto.

Seonad

I was told a great story today actually!
My friend was on a packed bus to Crumlin with his girlfriend and a dwarf got on. Up jumps some young lad and says "here have my seat". Queue the dwarf laying into the poor boy-"what you think just cause I'm small I need to be offered a seat" etc
Then some old dear at the back piped up-"Snow White wouldn't be very happy with you!"
Aparently the whole bus was in tears...except the dwarf probably..:(
So maybe not so nice being a "short-arse"

ibarelycare

Seonad wrote: »

I was told a great story today actually!
My friend was on a packed bus to Crumlin with his girlfriend and a dwarf got on. Up jumps some young lad and says "here have my seat". Queue the dwarf laying into the poor boy-"what you think just cause I'm small I need to be offered a seat" etc
Then some old dear at the back piped up-"Snow White wouldn't be very happy with you!"
Aparently the whole bus was in tears...except the dwarf probably..:(
So maybe not so nice being a "short-arse"

That story was robbed off overheardindublin

javaboy

liah wrote: »

They should be, they've got the most awesome sport in the world dedicated to them solely because of their shortarsedness.

Ingrates!

.

Gimli wrote:

Nobody tosses a dwarf!

Disease Ridden

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Well apparently 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

Sigh. Joke robbed from sickipedia. Not the first time I've pointed out somebody doing this either. Nothing gets past me horse!

ShooterSF

I've started to enjoy it. You get off with so much more, when my boss used to give out and I got bored I'd level my eye's off at his chest level. Pissed him off no end, shame it weren't a she though. Also I can fly ryanair comfy

6th

I like being short (5'6") but then again not many people will slag me in person about it.

CreepingDeath

Disease Ridden wrote: »

Nothing gets past me horse!

Really ?
Does your horse nudge you with its hoof when you've missed something?

Disease Ridden

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Really ?
Does your horse nudge you with its hoof when you've missed something?

:rolleyes:

jigglywoo

Sucks when you're stuck behind some tall person at a gig

Acacia

Do you mean dwarves or just shorter than average? I'm quite short, but it's great, you can get away with anything, cuz people just think you're cute. Especially men. :pac: They always help me to reach stuff on the top shelf and things like that.

If people slag me, I just say "I'm not small, I'm fun-size."

Sharpshooter

Disease Ridden wrote: »

Sigh. Joke robbed from sickipedia. Not the first time I've pointed out somebody doing this either. Nothing gets past me horse!

What's it's name, "Jealous"?

MizzLolly

I'm 4" 11 and a half!

It's grand, I'm happy the way I am!!

Galvasean

Sucks. When I want to purchase filthy magazines in Eason I have to ask for assistance, and there's never a dude around, its always a chick.

"No not that one, the slightly more perverted one to the left..."

damn top-shelf system. :mad:

Mars Bar

MizzLolly wrote: »

I'm 4" 11 and a half!

It's grand, I'm happy the way I am!!

I'm much the same height, coming 20 this July. Hardly ever asked for ID when I go out, it's all in the demeanor!

Sharpshooter

Galvasean wrote: »

Sucks. When I want to purchase filthy magazines in Eason I have to ask for assistance, and there's never a dude around, its always a chick.

"No not that one, the slightly more perverted one to the left..."

damn top-shelf system. :mad:

*Cluckles.

Galvasean

Sharpshooter wrote: »

*Cluckles.

Thanks

Mr.Lizard

Apparently short-arses live longer than tall people. Regular people live til about 70 or 80 but dwarves live until they're 500 years old. Midgets only live until they're 400. The worlds most famous dwarf (Yoda) lived until he was over 800 years old. He would have lived longer except he lost interest in the underlying premise of his own existence.

Sharpshooter

You're welcome, chicken.:)

Disease Ridden

Sharpshooter wrote: »

What's it's name, "Jealous"?

Nah. I don't have a horse. People from around my neck of the woods say "horse" when the mean chap or boy-o. I KNOW you know this so please go away, kthxbai..

Banter Joe

Nala Stocky Sax wrote: »

Being 5'8" I wouldn't know, sometimes I think it'd be cool, not to be a proper dwarf like, just little and dainty. A tiny little Thai barmaid at home (actually she's called Home), used to be able to walk under the bar and had to like reach up over her head to put drinks on the counter.

6th wrote: »

I like being short (5'6") but then again not many people will slag me in person about it.

Wheres the bar being set here?

5'9 5'10 or lower?

landyman

landyman wrote: »

Whats it like been vertically challenged?

Been vertically challenged? As in, used to be vertically challenged in the past but not anymore?

Rocky Balboa 2

this thread..BLOOOWWWWSSS

tony1kenobi

Disease Ridden wrote: »

Sigh. Joke robbed from sickipedia. Not the first time I've pointed out somebody doing this either. Nothing gets past me horse!

Nothing gets past your horse? Is it a high horse?

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Banter Joe wrote: »

Wheres the bar being set here?

5'9 5'10 or lower?

Well, seeing as I'm a wimmin and 6th isn't we can't really be compared! If you must though, I'd deduce 5'7" as the cut off point based on those posts :pac:

PurpleBerry

On the plus side I can comfortably fit on the sofa if I need to sleep there for the night following a fight with the OH.

On the minus side because I can fit on the sofa I am the one to sleep there for the night following a fight with the OH.

r3nu4l

Disease Ridden wrote: »

Sigh. Joke robbed from sickipedia. Not the first time I've pointed out somebody doing this either. Nothing gets past me horse!

Except a number of diseases apparently!

Galvasean wrote: »

Sucks. When I want to purchase filthy magazines in Eason I have to ask for assistance, and there's never a dude around, its always a chick.

"No not that one, the slightly more perverted one to the left..."

damn top-shelf system. :mad:

FFS! You have the internet, why the fcuk would you want to buy crappy porno mags?

Banter Joe

Nala Stocky Sax wrote: »

Well, seeing as I'm a wimmin and 6th isn't we can't really be compared! If you must though, I'd deduce 5'7" as the cut off point based on those posts :pac:

Oh yeah, play the wimmin card. When it comes to equal rights in the work place, and stuff like that, there they are, but suddenly when it comes down to the big stuff like comparing heights, there have to be different standards.

Typical

jigglywoo

jigglywoo wrote: »

Sucks when you're stuck behind some tall person at a gig

yep this is the only time it bothers me being lickle. All other times I can wear heels, people actually giggle when they see me in flats :pac:

*slightly off thread but LOVING your username!!!

ShooterSF

Deleted User wrote: »

yep this is the only time it bothers me being lickle. All other times I can wear heels, people actually giggle when they see me in flats :pac:

*slightly off thread but LOVING your username!!!

Hmm people giggle and point at me when I wear heels....

southofnowhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JnkHYTWxCw

Jabcity

I hate being short. Not a dwarf but Im 5'1'' and there are a load of situations where I would love to be an extra few inches taller:

standing in a crowd at a concert
getting served in the chipper / pub
changing light bulbs
climbing ladders
walking through a crowd in a pub / club / football match
trying to look out high windows
in the cinema and someone taller sits in front
reaching high shelves / hangers (having to bring my boyfriend into shops so i can reach the big bras, why do they put them on top??)

absolutely hate being small

Aisling(",)

I'm not too small.just reached 5'3 but in a chinese in my area i have to stand on my tippy toes to get my food because the counters too high.

AvAv

getting served in the chipper

Major one. Being 5"2 sucks, when a random drunk person comes in beside you and gets served before you do.

Also, having people take your phone,keys,wallet etc; and then raise their arm and say "Jump for it!"

Ensures a swift jab to their ribs.

Kinetic^

6'5", being tall is win.

ShooterSF

Kinetic^ wrote: »

6'5", being tall is win.

Damn wish I had of thought of it as a kid.

Aodan83

Aisling(",) wrote: »

I'm not too small.just reached 5'3 but in a chinese in my area i have to stand on my tippy toes to get my food because the counters too high.

Am i the only one who sees the irony in that?!?!
At 6 foot, I don't have a problem with my height. On the other hand, both of my brothers (one of whom is younger than me) and most of my cousins are 6'2" and more, which makes family stuff a bit annnoying.