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(Reuters)   Tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives than short people   (story.news.yahoo.com) divider line 157
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2003-10-17 10:16:43 AM
Should have gotten the OBVIOUS tag. People aren't even aware that they're guided by nonsensical perceptions.
 
2003-10-17 10:43:37 AM
Great! Now if I can just grow about 20 inches.
 
2003-10-17 11:06:08 AM
ha ha, in your face short people!
 
2003-10-17 11:29:39 AM

What you talkin 'bout, Reuters?
 
2003-10-17 11:29:55 AM
We also get laid more, as women tend to like taller guys.
 
2003-10-17 11:39:19 AM
"Short people got no reason, short people got no reason to live..." - Name the artist
 
7fw
2003-10-17 12:07:34 PM
Hell, we have to get paid more. It takes a lot for we tall people to deal with you midgets.
 
2003-10-17 12:44:00 PM
Through the years, I've found that being tall only helps in basketball, which unfortunately I suck at.
 
2003-10-17 02:24:05 PM
Well, I dunno. I'm six feet tall and I make a good enough living, my boss is 6'4", but the VP that is our big boss stands a towering 5'2". And yes, I often find myself humming that Randy Newman tune though I make sure he isn't around.
 
2003-10-17 02:32:38 PM
i-likes-maple-syrup,

Asuming a search engine wasn't used...Good call!
 
2003-10-17 03:06:47 PM
Well, the pants probably cost more.
 
2003-10-17 04:31:59 PM
My dad use to have a couple of sayings:
1.) Everyone is the same height in bed.
2.) Everyone looks the same in the dark.
Thank you Dad for those pearls of wisdom.
 
2003-10-17 04:45:29 PM
I think this is a repeat. But obscure enough to be acceptable.
 
2003-10-17 04:48:43 PM
Bazillionaire
 
2003-10-17 04:48:54 PM
Figures. At a whopping 5'1", there's a reason I work with autistic second graders... They think I'm the world's tallest person EVER... and that I am married to Brad Pitt.
 
ESH
2003-10-17 04:49:10 PM
No shiat if they are factoring in all the pro baseball/football/basketball players.

Who ever heard of a 5'6" offensive lineman?
 
2003-10-17 04:49:38 PM
The extra money is to compensate us for all the death-looks we get from the shorties.
 
2003-10-17 04:50:18 PM
I call bullshiat!
I'm 6'1" and don't make squat. (f little people anyway)
 
2003-10-17 04:50:45 PM
Sweet!

6'8"
 
ESH
2003-10-17 04:51:12 PM
Fark tall people, FeFiFoFark. You wanna fight?

Napoleon Complex
 
2003-10-17 04:51:15 PM
short girls dont have it so bad, we're called petite,

short boys on the other hand, they don't have a chance ever
 
2003-10-17 04:52:10 PM
5'9"

boo.
 
2003-10-17 04:52:34 PM
My shoes cost more, so I make more. Simple.
 
2003-10-17 04:52:50 PM

I knew it!!!!!

5 foot, 8 inches of Spaniard here

Oh and tell that to this man!


 
2003-10-17 04:52:57 PM
6'5" and broke, could be due the fact that I'm going through my second divorce.
 
2003-10-17 04:53:04 PM
EHS
short-man complex. always wants to fight.
 
2003-10-17 04:53:11 PM
I'll just put "6' 8"" on my next resume.

-5' 10-AND-A-HALF-THANK-YOU"
 
ESH
2003-10-17 04:53:18 PM
<i>short boys on the other hand, they don't have a chance ever</i>

Wanna fight?

still more Napoleon Complex.
 
2003-10-17 04:53:25 PM

All hail The Tallest!
 
2003-10-17 04:53:34 PM
I've only known one short guy who DIDN'T have 'short man syndrome.' Unfortunately, I am currently working with the Grand Wizard of all Short Men. This guy stands about 5'1" (his brother is a midget - so this is apparently genetic.) He is the most raving, rabid, conservative, Christian republican (the later 3 words are his description.) He would be comical if he weren't such a complete and over the top zealot. EVERYTHING on Gods green earth is the fault of Clinton/Democrats/Liberals - including the Kennedy assasination, all the world wars and continental drift.

It is impossible to have a conversation with him that doesn't include any of the above references (regardless of topic - he can steer it that direction), incidental 'adjustments' made to his crotch, deep breaths involving puffed out chest and tons of "I'll tell you what I think outta happen,..." and finger pointing.

Short guys would not be the brunt of so many jokes if they'd stop this pathetic and painfully transparent posturing. It's like eternal adolecence.

He looks like a bald, angry elf.
 
2003-10-17 04:53:44 PM
short. broke.
 
2003-10-17 04:53:56 PM
Athletes are generally taller and get paid much more than the common man, who is usually shorter. This skews the stats a bit I bet.
 
ESH
2003-10-17 04:54:12 PM
*swings at FeFiFoFark and runs away*
 
2003-10-17 04:54:19 PM
I'm calling shinanogans on this one. Ever hear of midgit porn? DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
 
2003-10-17 04:54:42 PM
Tom Cruise is a short shait and that runt is loaded.
BTW 6'-5" I do well, but nothing to do with my height. Its my personality. ;)
 
2003-10-17 04:54:51 PM
me: 5'8"

my friends: 6' and up

I make the most.

pbbtt.
 
2003-10-17 04:55:21 PM
Quick1

hey, man, we get laid too. Just not for free...
 
2003-10-17 04:55:23 PM
Short people got it made, they can drive smaller cars, buy smaller homes, and actually find clothes that fit them in stores.

Dirty trixie hobbitses...
 
2003-10-17 04:55:47 PM
I'm 5'11"

Not short, but probably not tall either.
 
2003-10-17 04:56:35 PM
EHS
Quit hittin' my knee man!
 
2003-10-17 04:56:48 PM
SmarterThanYou
funniest. post. today. KUDOS!
 
2003-10-17 04:56:55 PM
HA! Lick me, short people.

Since you're down there, anyway...
 
2003-10-17 04:57:21 PM
6'7"

Goes by "Lurch"
 
2003-10-17 04:58:01 PM
At least short people have small hands. That helps them think they have big weeners.
 
2003-10-17 04:58:29 PM
Well, that blows. I'm 4'11".

Guess it's on to plan B- marry rich.
 
2003-10-17 04:59:21 PM
2003-10-17 04:56:55 PM MyrnaMinkoff

HA! Lick me, short people.

Since you're down there, anyway...


Woman 1: A guy in the elevator told me that my hair smelled nice.
Woman 2: What's wrong with that?
Woman 1: He's a midget
 
2003-10-17 05:00:18 PM
LMAO
 
2003-10-17 05:01:29 PM
ideal wife:

3' tall, flat head, no teeth & father owns a liquor store.

bawhawhaw
 
2003-10-17 05:04:44 PM
More useless statistics (789$ a year, like 2$ a day?). I want to see how size of dick influences pay next....
 
Kiz
2003-10-17 05:04:58 PM
Funny, I didn't think Bill Gates was particularly tall... He must be humongous.
 
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