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Short People Problems

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    #152
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,634 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Nahhh...My brother is 6 foot and my sisters are 5/5.1. So I don't think so.

    Yeah, there are far too many other factors at play for the relationship between parental height/offspring height to be significant.


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    #153
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Precious flower wrote: »
    But I understood height to roughly be the average of both of your parents, though sometimes it is influenced by heights of other family members like grandparents etc.?

    Well, myself and my brother are both around 6'1, our mam and dad are 5'4 and 5'7 and there's no one in the family over 5'10 so I don't think so.



    Edit: And no, we weren't adopted :p


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    #154
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    Nim wrote: »
    Well, myself and my brother are both around 6'1, our mam and dad are 5'4 and 5'7 and there's no one in the family over 5'10 so I don't think so.



    Edit: And no, we weren't adopted :p

    how tall was the milkman


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    #155
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    nokia69 wrote: »
    how tall was the milkman

    :pac:

    I thought I had all bases covered with that edit..


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    #156
    Luke92
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Luke92


    Candie wrote: »
    I'm 41kg, I'm lucky I'm not sucked out the extractor fan.

    You must be absolutely tiny!


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    #157
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    its a combination of genetics and environment

    we are on average a little taller than previous generations

    north and south Korea are a good example of the difference nutrition makes to height


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    #158
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Nahhh...My brother is 6 foot and my sisters are 5/5.1. So I don't think so.

    Yes, my family are average to tall and I'm teeny. My parents would be smaller than 3 of the 4 kids.


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    #159
    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Im 6ft... I think


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    #160
    Sever Tomorrow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭Sever Tomorrow


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    He's suicidal over it sometimes TBH. It's not taken seriously as an issue.
    Candie wrote: »
    That's a tragedy for your friend. It's not like you can change your height by much (there is an agonising procedure that involves breaking your bones and painstakingly lengthening them).

    And the pity is that I'm sure there is much, much, much, more to him than his size.

    I remember seeing a man on the Late Late Show a while back who was hugely bothered by his height and was getting that operation done (which was ridiculously expensive) just to gain 2 inches.


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    #161
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Sever Tomorrow wrote: »
    I remember seeing a man on the Late Late Show a while back who was hugely bothered by his height and was getting that operation done (which was ridiculously expensive) just to gain 2 inches.

    That's mad guys. Never heard of it myself. It seems to be the male equivalent of boob enlargement.


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    #162
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    todders wrote: »
    Don't feel bad because your weak argument collapsed on itself jimbob

    How about telling us all that "tame" joke about overweight people now?

    No? Didn't think so....


    Just pull up a couple of chairs, sit down and cool off.


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    #163
    porsche959
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    One solution, bit extreme perhaps

    http://cdn03.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2008/06/bono-platform-shoes.jpg


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    #164
    todders
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭todders


    Candie wrote: »
    Just pull up a couple of chairs, sit down and cool off.

    Ha rich coming from you Candle, judging by your recent rants and ramblings


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    #165
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    I'm 4'10 but I have a colossal fishtank thats 4 1/2 feet high. I can't reach the bottom of it unless I stand on a chair, but then I'm at an angle where I might fall in, or worse, pull 350 litres of water and 415kg of weight down on top of me.
    And kill my fish.

    :(


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    #166
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,634 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    todders wrote: »
    Ha rich coming from you Candle, judging by your recent rants and ramblings

    Looks like the joke went right over your head.


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    #167
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Looks like the joke went right over your head.

    It's usually my head things go over.

    Another Clarkson fan, it seems. :)

    EDIT: Silverfish is smaller than I am! Thank you Silverfish!


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    #168
    todders
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭todders


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Looks like the joke went right over your head.

    Was that your joke about overweight people or the "joke" about chairs Jimbob?


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    #169
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    todders wrote: »
    Was that your joke about overweight people or the "joke" about chairs Jimbob?

    I'm overweight, bring it.


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    #170
    todders
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭todders


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    I'm overweight, bring it.

    Doctor Jimbob seems to like making "tame" jokes about overweight people, but he's gone a little quiet after being called out to share one


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    #171
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Candie wrote: »

    EDIT: Silverfish is smaller than I am! Thank you Silverfish!

    No probs, I did it all by myself, glad you like it.


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    #172
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    Silverfish wrote: »
    No probs, I did it all by myself, glad you like it.

    Is any of your fish silver? :eek:


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    #173
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Silverfish wrote: »
    I'm 4'10 but I have a colossal fishtank thats 4 1/2 feet high. I can't reach the bottom of it unless I stand on a chair, but then I'm at an angle where I might fall in, or worse, pull 350 litres of water and 415kg of weight down on top of me.
    And kill my fish.

    :(

    I'd be more worried about falling in and drowning :eek::p


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    #174
    Kat97
    Registered Users Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Kat97


    I'm 5ft 4 and I find it so awkward! Not tall but not exactly small either.

    It's impossible to find trousers that fit. A size that fits at the waist is too short and a size that is the right length is too big at the waist :p


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    #175
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Rudy Mancuso displays short peoples problems quite well here.

    https://vine.co/v/OKW3j7nnbZ9


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    #176
    EoghanIRL
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    6footclub :P


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    #177
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    6footclub :P

    I would be a tank of a woman if I were 6 foot tall, with all these tattoos. I would hear bollox retreating into body cavities where ever I walked.


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    #178
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    bodice ripper wrote: »
    I would be a tank of a woman if I were 6 foot tall, with all these tattoos. I would hear bollox retreating into body cavities where ever I walked.

    That's very small minded of you.
    *runs* :)


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    #179
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    That's very small minded of you.
    *runs* :)

    Didn't say it was a bad thing.


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    #180
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,634 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    todders wrote: »
    Doctor Jimbob seems to like making "tame" jokes about overweight people, but he's gone a little quiet after being called out to share one

    Can you quit pushing whatever the hell kind of agenda you're trying to push? I can't even work out what it is but it's becoming really tedious.


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    #181
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    Kat97 wrote: »
    I'm 5ft 4 and I find it so awkward! Not tall but not exactly small either.

    It's impossible to find trousers that fit. A size that fits at the waist is too short and a size that is the right length is too big at the waist :p

    Isn't that the average women's height in Ireland? If you can't find trousers that fit we're all fecked! :p


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