Sickened! Not as tall as thought

Stinicker

I went for a physical today and my height was measured and it turns out I am two inches shorter than I thought. I always thought I was 5' 9' but when I was properly measured it turns out I am two inches shorter. It is an absolute kick to the guts tbh!

super_furry

What's the weather like down there?

Sh1tbag OToole

Be grand sure.

Sulla Felix

How OP? Was your mammy lying to you all this time?

IM0

and you though you were that because?

Larianne

You're taller in the morning. Just measure yourself then to feel better

Nino Brown

Have you noticed things are harder to reach since your physical?

mattjack

Stinicker wrote: »

I went for a physical today and my height was measured and it turns out I am two inches shorter than I thought. I always thought I was 5' 9' but when I was properly measured it turns out I am two inches shorter. It is an absolute kick to the guts tbh!

A kick to the guts ? surely you mean a kick in the chest ... shorty.

IM0

whatever you do dont measure your dick, youll probably cry

Stinicker

I measured myself using a measuring tape and another time just marked the top of my head on the wall and measured to the floor. I have lost over 2 stone in the gym over the last 5 months and it turns out my BMI is now much higher as a result of finding my true height.

SeaFields

buy two inch heals. sorted.

aujopimur

Dont worry, they say, small man big whip.;)

IM0

Stinicker wrote: »

I measured myself using a measuring tape and another time just marked the top of my head on the wall and measured to the floor. I have lost over 2 stone in the gym over the last 5 months and it turns out my BMI is now much higher as a result of finding my true height.

ah you must be cockeyed, you measured a diagonal line up the wall not a straight one

dont worry, most people are

Pug160

Stinicker wrote: »

I went for a physical today and my height was measured and it turns out I am two inches shorter than I thought. I always thought I was 5' 9' but when I was properly measured it turns out I am two inches shorter. It is an absolute kick to the guts tbh!

There is a noticeable difference between two inches. I suspect part of you realised you were maybe a bit shorter but you just liked the sound of 5'9'' better. Quite a lot of people give themselves an extra inch. It's rarer to find people who underestimate their height. I knew a girl who claimed to be much smaller than she was but that was probably down to not feeling feminine because she was quite tall.

smileyj1987

Buy some miracle grow !

trashcan

5.7, you lucky lucky bastard.:( (In a Monty Python voice)

lomtick

What rattled me was finding out an inch was 2.54 cm and not 2.5 cm; that discrepancy took a good inch off my height compared to what I thought it was as I had always measured in centimetres!

PizzamanIRL

6 foot 3 over here. Haw haw.

jester77

Feet we are metric now. Sounds better too as you would be over 1 meter 70 down there

recylingbin

big man - big boll*x, small man - all boll*x.

Having said that, surely you knew you were a short ar*e or have you been hanging around with jockeys.

coolbond

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

6 foot 3 over here. Haw haw.

im not too far behind ya at 6"2 ;-)

RobbingBandit

Get yourself to London OP new Star Wars movies coming soon and they need ewoks.

kerry4sam

Stinicker wrote: »

I went for a physical today and my height was measured and it turns out I am two inches shorter than I thought. I always thought I was 5' 9' but when I was properly measured it turns out I am two inches shorter. It is an absolute kick to the guts tbh!

Stinicker wrote: »

I measured myself using a measuring tape and another time just marked the top of my head on the wall and measured to the floor. I have lost over 2 stone in the gym over the last 5 months and it turns out my BMI is now much higher as a result of finding my true height.

Hope your now higher BMI didn't affect the outcome of your medical and you passed it okay

That's alot of weight to have lost over the last 5months Stinicker but you must be happy with that at least?! I'm trying to picture here how you fell short by 2inches though; 1/2 ->1inches okay; but two inches seems unusually high to be out by when you got your height measured beforehand yourself.

catallus

Were you wearing your shoes when you were measuring yourself op? Lots of people make that "mistake"

endacl

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

6 foot 3 over here. Haw haw.

6'4" here. How's the weather down there?

KTRIC

Dont worry about it OP , most Irish men think they're taller than they are for some reason.

Me on the other hand is 6ft4 :P

So na na na na naaawww !! :pac:

/ Wins thread.

theholyghost

This isn't remotely surprsing! Most people I meet blatantly over report their height. I never trust the figure anyone gives. A friend of mine is convinced that he is 5 9, he's about 5 6 but it is like a mental block, he's not exagerating his height, he is genuinely deluded.

cursai

your head will be bigger in comparison to your body now too. may want to get a set of stabilisers for that thing.

endacl

KTRIC wrote: »

Dont worry about it OP , most Irish men think they're taller than they are for some reason.

Me on the other hand is 6ft4 :P

So na na na na naaawww !! :pac:

/ Wins thread.

2nd place. Check post above.

:P

PizzamanIRL

endacl wrote: »

6'4" here. How's the weather down there?

Lanky bastard

endacl

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Lanky bastard

What's that?? Who said that?!?

Oh. Sorry. Didn't mean to step on your head.

Meteoric

I'm 5'8, been 5'8 for many years including for the last 8 years yearly work medicals, two years ago a temp nurse (covering for one of the practice nurses) measured me and said "so you're 5'6."
Me "No".
Her "Well we'll put it down as 5'6 anyway."
Me "No we won't, if I've shrunk that much in the last 12 months I have a serious medical problem and I want a referral"
Her: "Oh if you're going to be difficult I guess I'll check again" *remeasures* *allowed me 5'7*
Every single other time I have been measured I was 5'8 different nurses, doctors etc.
So maybe OP you just got the same nurse as I did that time? Short, blond, chatty? Would have made a serious dent in my BMI too (another thing they report in the medical)

Bajingo

If nobody pulled you up on it or noticed that you weren't 5' 9'' just keep telling people you are, if it comes in conversation. I think lads generally believe they're taller than they actually are.

flutterflye

I'm 5'2 - I clearly win the thread.

Ruudi_Mentari

Your fault, tbh

are only allowed to think you're a half inch taller max. I am 5"9 in the morning...

LizT

I'm between 5 11 and 6 foot and half an inch apparently. Depends on the time of day

Iwannahurl

Stinicker wrote: »

I went for a physical today and my height was measured and it turns out I am two inches shorter than I thought. I always thought I was 5' 9' but when I was properly measured it turns out I am two inches shorter. It is an absolute kick to the guts tbh!

You're not << 5' 9' >> you're 170 cm.

'Problem' sorted, with the added advantage that you've also arrived in 21st Century Europe.

PizzamanIRL

Iwannahurl wrote: »

You're not << 5' 9' >> you're 170 cm.

'Problem' sorted, with the added advantage that you've also arrived in 21st Century Europe.

He's 1.86 yards too.

LizT

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

He's 1.86 yards too.

Or 0.001056818 miles.

PizzamanIRL

LizT wrote: »

Or 0.001056818 miles.

Or 1700mm.

That should make him feel tall.

Sierra 117

Meteoric wrote: »

I'm 5'8, been 5'8 for many years including for the last 8 years yearly work medicals, two years ago a temp nurse (covering for one of the practice nurses) measured me and said "so you're 5'6."
Me "No".
Her "Well we'll put it down as 5'6 anyway."
Me "No we won't, if I've shrunk that much in the last 12 months I have a serious medical problem and I want a referral"
Her: "Oh if you're going to be difficult I guess I'll check again" *remeasures* *allowed me 5'7*
Every single other time I have been measured I was 5'8 different nurses, doctors etc.
So maybe OP you just got the same nurse as I did that time? Short, blond, chatty? Would have made a serious dent in my BMI too (another thing they report in the medical)

What time of day was she measuring you? You start off taller in the morning after a nights sleep and slowly lose about an inch, inch and a half throughout the day.

Esoteric_

I'm 5'1. Fcuk you all.

humbert

Starting at 5'9" that really would be a kick in the nuts. Time to start investigating that leg-lengthening procedure they're all raving about.

LizT

Esoteric_ wrote: »

I'm 5'1. Fcuk you all.

I'd give you some of my height if I could. Wouldn't mind being a few inches shorter

PizzamanIRL

Sierra 117 wrote: »

What time of day was she measuring you? You start off taller in the morning after a nights sleep and slowly lose about an inch, inch and a half throughout the day.

Thought that was a myth so i googled it. Stupid bodies.

Yes, it's true! The average height of a person decreases, on average, 15mm over the course of the day. This is equal to about a 1% loss of height from morning to evening.
Why does this occur. The answer is that the intervertebral discs, or spinal discs, are composed largely of water. The discs rest between the spinal bones, or vertabrae. These intervertebral disca are compressed as we stand and walk--it is our own body weight that compresses the intervertebral disc. When you sleep at night, the compressive pressure is relieved, and the discs expand again. While the difference is small, it is a fact!

The Backwards Man

I've never measured myself.

AndyMc

I'll light a candle for ya.

FTA69

Men always accentuate their own height. I'm 5'9", I've had my height and weight measured countless times for boxing and it's always been the same. However, many of my friends are bang on the same height as me and will maintain blind (with nothing to back it up) that they are "6 foot" or "five eleven" despite being shorter than me.

It's he height equivalent of using Just for Men or having a comb-over.

cloud493

6'6 according to the GP :cool:

yizorselves

6'10 here

Temptamperu

There's a tiny lad always cleaning his car across the road. Hobbit small.