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Englebert Slaptyback
2010-03-15 09:36:14 PM

World's Shortest Man Dead at 21. Years, not inches


"Keep 'em at 24,000. No, feet."
 
Dwreck
2010-03-15 09:36:38 PM
Im playing the worlds tiniest violin.
 
Junzi Nicuzn
2010-03-15 09:36:56 PM
Well, then he's not the world's shortest man now, is he?
 
chewielouie [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:37:25 PM
I lol a little.
 
TheShavingofOccam123 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:38:44 PM
When he gets to the gates of Heaven, there will be a sign..."You must be this tall..."
 
EducatedBum
2010-03-15 09:40:44 PM
Cherub-faced?

Hey, I'm not the best looking person either but, couldn't they have come up with a better descriptive phrase than that?

/Just a joke but I've got my fire extinguisher ready...
 
Gussie Fink-Nottle
2010-03-15 09:40:53 PM
it'll be tough finding someone to fill his shoes
 
skinink
2010-03-15 09:41:19 PM
This person will give the eulogy:


www.rockphiles.com


/They got grubby little fingers, and dirty little minds. They gonna get you every time.

 
What_Would_Jimi_Do
2010-03-15 09:41:42 PM
i.ytimg.com
 
jingks
2010-03-15 09:41:42 PM
To earn one of the most famous world records, the 18-year-old had to be measured three times in a single day to get his precise height, which was 29.37 inches.

then,

Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal, who stands at 22 inches tall, is in line to become the next record holder as the world's shortest man.

Huh? 29.37
 
nekom [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:42:14 PM
Seems like unusually tall or unusually short people often have health problems. Didn't the world's tallest man (Wadlo perhaps?) die young as well?
 
Funk Brothers
2010-03-15 09:42:39 PM
He only had a short amount of time to enjoy beer in the United States, legally.
 
jingks
2010-03-15 09:42:55 PM
jingks: Huh? 29.37

Ahem. Why wasn't the 22 inch fellow already the shortest man alive? Perhaps he isn't fully grown yet?
 
TomD9938
2010-03-15 09:43:28 PM
TheShavingofOccam123: When he gets to the gates of Heaven, there will be a sign..."You must be this tall..."

It wouldnt be Heaven if we had to spend our after-lives looking at that sort of thing would it?

Enjoy Hell PingPing.
 
What_Would_Jimi_Do
2010-03-15 09:44:11 PM
skinink: This person will give the eulogy:

/They got grubby little fingers, and dirty little minds. They gonna get you every time.

let's hear it for slow people.

/raises hand
 
Pextor
2010-03-15 09:44:48 PM
he pingping? he dead.
 
Antimatter
2010-03-15 09:44:54 PM
jingks: jingks: Huh? 29.37

Ahem. Why wasn't the 22 inch fellow already the shortest man alive? Perhaps he isn't fully grown yet?

Hes not 18 yet.
 
Kyosuke
2010-03-15 09:45:52 PM
Junzi Nicuzn: Well, then he's not the world's shortest man now, is he?

He's 6' shorter.
 
texdent [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:45:54 PM
He was a hobbit?
 
Larva Lump
2010-03-15 09:46:46 PM
He didn't last long.

/got had no reason to live
 
TeachingRoland [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:47:13 PM
Is there a record for world's shortest corpse?
 
NYRBill
2010-03-15 09:47:29 PM
jingks: jingks: Huh? 29.37

Ahem. Why wasn't the 22 inch fellow already the shortest man alive? Perhaps he isn't fully grown yet?

TFA: the Nepalese teen has yet to reached his 18th birthday
 
b0rg9
2010-03-15 09:48:15 PM
Hell that's still only 49 in regular-size people years.
 
D_Evans45
2010-03-15 09:51:35 PM
He looks more of Middle Eastern descent than Chinese.

/Methinks his mom was banging some turrists
 
serpent_sky [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:52:33 PM
jingks: Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal, who stands at 22 inches tall, is in line to become the next record holder as the world's shortest man.

Huh? 29.37

The NEXT sentence said he's not yet 18, therefore, not making him a man yet. Jeez.
 
NURBS
2010-03-15 09:55:50 PM
I wonder which would be a more difficult life, to be the shortest person in the world or tallest. I'd say shortest, but I imagine there are quite a few drawbacks to both.
 
macross87 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 09:57:42 PM
Englebert Slaptyback: World's Shortest Man Dead at 21. Years, not inches


"Keep 'em at 24,000. No, feet."

What I came for, leaving happy.

/He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air...
//yes, birds too.
 
jingks
2010-03-15 09:57:45 PM
serpent_sky: The NEXT sentence said he's not yet 18, therefore, not making him a man yet. Jeez.

That's what I get for only reading picture captions.
 
nagchampa
2010-03-15 09:57:48 PM
So He was the shortest man
Who was?
He was was?
He Who?
/etc
 
nagchampa
2010-03-15 09:59:02 PM
Ok, I don't know what just happened there...
 
Asplenium
2010-03-15 09:59:41 PM
NURBS: I wonder which would be a more difficult life, to be the shortest person in the world or tallest. I'd say shortest, but I imagine there are quite a few drawbacks to both.

I always thought that if I was anywhere close to that short, large dogs would absolutely terrify me. Same as raptors.

/But mostly dogs
 
mmm... pancake
2010-03-15 10:00:53 PM
When asked about the condition of the body, an officer on the scene responded "It's a little stiff".
 
Dr. Luftwaffle
2010-03-15 10:01:52 PM
He was a little guy, but he had a big heart.
We're pretty sure that's what killed him.
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2010-03-15 10:03:00 PM

Asplenium

I always thought that if I was anywhere close to that short, large dogs would absolutely terrify me. Same as raptors.


I think raptors would probably terrify me regardless of height - mine or theirs. Unless they were recently hatched, but I think that's just common sense.
 
Kenny B [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 10:03:12 PM
Only 21? Not a very lengthy run.
 
feanturi
2010-03-15 10:03:50 PM
EducatedBum: Cherub-faced?

Hey, I'm not the best looking person either but

I'm sure you're quite breathtaking.
 
Bagelox-99 [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 10:04:47 PM
nagchampa: So He was the shortest man
Who was?
He was was?
He Who?
/etc

upchucky.org
 
Quantum Apostrophe
2010-03-15 10:05:37 PM
So, uh, are people this small made of smaller cells, or just less of them?
 
Constable Tom
2010-03-15 10:06:40 PM
static.flickr.com

R.I.P. Ping Pong
 
nagchampa
2010-03-15 10:08:08 PM
Bagelox-99

yes, that was definitely more effective and elegant than my fail post -
cheers, man
 
RadicalMiddle
2010-03-15 10:08:24 PM
jingks: jingks: Huh? 29.37

Ahem. Why wasn't the 22 inch fellow already the shortest man alive? Perhaps he isn't fully grown yet?

Apparently he's only 17 years old. He will be the worlds shortest man when he's officially a man. He tried to pass himself off as 18, but that was just a tall tale.
 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache
2010-03-15 10:09:16 PM
Well that sucks. Poor little bugger.
 
DrunkArse
2010-03-15 10:13:24 PM
Quantum Apostrophe: So, uh, are people this small made of smaller cells, or just less of them?


Smaller atoms.
 
phoenixdan [TotalFark]
2010-03-15 10:15:54 PM
Englebert Slaptyback: World's Shortest Man Dead at 21. Years, not inches


"Keep 'em at 24,000. No, feet."

How do we know they were talking feet and inches? I have always wondered what the other person on the other end of the phone said to make him say the second half of the line.
 
cedarpark
2010-03-15 10:17:51 PM
t0.gstatic.com
RIP TinTin
 
jimi32
2010-03-15 10:19:00 PM
Quantum Apostrophe: So, uh, are people this small made of smaller cells, or just less of them?

I would believe that he has the same amount of cells...
/but in the current economy they don't take up as much space
 
cedarpark
2010-03-15 10:19:42 PM
www.singnet.com.sg
RIP PING
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2010-03-15 10:21:12 PM

phoenixdan

How do we know they were talking feet and inches? I have always wondered what the other person on the other end of the phone said to make him say the second half of the line.


That's the point: it doesn't matter. Any unit of measurement would be absurd except feet.
 
Weidermeijer
2010-03-15 10:21:14 PM
Came here to see Cartman laughing at the midget. Left disappointed.
 
jedzz
2010-03-15 10:21:37 PM
When he was underwater, did he get wet? Or did water get him instead?
 
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