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What's the oldest tallest person you know?

  • 18-07-2017 09:36PM
    #1
    A Battered Mars Bar
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    White men can't jump
    Black men can't swim

    But what's the oldest and tallest person you know?

    No such thing as an old giant they say...


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  • #2
    Donald Trump
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    White men can't jump
    Black men can't swim

    But what's the oldest and tallest person you know?

    No such thing as an old giant they say...

    Eric Moussambani would beg to differ!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ7uWpn4DTs


  • #3
    The_Valeyard
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    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Eric Moussambani would beg to differ!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ7uWpn4DTs

    There's always an exception.


  • #4
    entropi
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    I know a lad well into his Sixties who is 6ft 4in, so tall enough!


  • #5
    Four Phucs Ache
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    Dave


  • #6
    stimpson
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    I've a friend who is 6'11". All the men in his family die in their mid 50's. He's in his late 40's. Hopefully with good life insurance.


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  • #7
    Victor
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    I know a guy in his seventies who is about 6'2".
    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    No such thing as an old giant they say...

    People with Gigantism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantism tend to die early.

    However, this is unrelated to people who are just normally tall from genetics and nutrition and I've never heard of tall people dying young. If anything, I would think it is the other way around. Additionally, older people tend to become hunched and look shorter than they are.

    Note that in some cultures, adults today are 2 inches (50mm) taller than their parents generation. Over 2-3 generations, that adds up - someone considered taller than average when young are substantially shorter than their modern equivalents.


  • #8
    Hector Bellend
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    stimpson wrote: »
    I've a friend who is 6'11". All the men in his family die in their mid 50's. He's in his late 40's. Hopefully with good life insurance.

    Imagine the size of his pecker.


  • #9
    jojofizzio
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    Hector Bellend wrote: »
    Imagine the size of his pecker.

    If it follows the logic of "small jockey big whip",then I wouldn't imagine the shlong measures up to much;)


  • #10
    Lorelli!
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    Use to know a guy who was really tall! Not sure of his exact height tbh. Someone gave him the name "La Longue Carabine". I didn't know at the time but its a reference to The Last of the Mohicans".


  • #11
    Beasty
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    I've been six foot one and two-thirds inches for around 44 years now.


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  • #12
    stimpson
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    Hector Bellend wrote: »
    Imagine the size of his pecker.

    That's just put me off my battered sausage.


  • #13
    Wibbs
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    Both my maternal uncles. 6 feet 2 and 6 feet 4, both well into their 80's(the taller lad is 87).

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #14
    rossie1977
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    I don't personally know him but Bill Russell is 83 and still stands around 6'9-6'10


  • #15
    biko
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    Four Phucs Ache wrote: »
    Dave

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


  • #16
    LadyMacBeth_
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    I am the youngest and shortest person I know, I will live forever.

















    *may not be true


  • #17
    Hellywelly
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    I'm 6 foot 4 and a tiny bit.
    And female 😊.
    No gigantism. Just very tall. Very very tall.

    I'm planning to stay alive at least until I'm 99.


  • #18
    unkel
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    jojofizzio wrote: »
    If it follows the logic of "small jockey big whip"

    Only short men ever mention that ;)

    In reality body parts on average are proportionate. So tall jockey, big hands, big feet, etc. :p

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #19
    houlihand
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    charles barkely


  • #20
    maudgonner
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    7 foot 7 inches, and born in 1761.

    Well, I didn't so much meet him as saw his skeleton.


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