General Reaction to Tall People

[SoxFan1]

I've always wondered this for some reason but what is your reaction to seeing tall people in public? I always used to think that they were weird and I'd stare a lot when I was small. I still catch myself doing that once in a while, but then I realize I'm 6'5 myself. Now, I just look and think, "Man, they probably have some bad knees too." What annoys me most is when people ask if I play basketball...ugh, that pisses me off. That, and when I'm a a party or something and people ask me to stand up.

 

I often ask people at school questions like "Do I stand out in the hallways?" or "Do I look like a giant?" It's just something that has often made me curious. SO what do you think when you see a tall person?

Edited May 1, 2007 by SoxFan1

[bmags]

I usually just gawk and point at the freaks!

[RockRaines]

I think its more unusual to see a really short person, like Jockey short.

[Texsox]

I am 6'1" and the shortest of my friends growing up. I never really thought twice about someone being tall unless they where over about 6'10" or also very muscular. Keith Van Horn in a leather trench coat is still the most intimidating human I have ever met.

 

I didn't think twice until George Gervin started an NBA development team in town, now I look twice in case it is someone who once was famous.

[StrangeSox]

I've always wondered this for some reason but what is your reaction to seeing tall people in public? I always used to think that they were weird and I'd stare a lot when I was small. I still catch myself doing that once in a while, but then I realize I'm 6'5 myself. Now, I just look and think, "Man, they probably have some bad knees too." What annoys me most is when people ask if I play basketball...ugh, that pisses me off. That, and when I'm a a party or something and people ask me to stand up.

 

I often ask people at school questions like "Do I stand out in the hallways?" or "Do I look like a giant?" It's just something that has often made me curious. SO what do you think when you see a tall person?

 

I'm 6'3" myself, and yeah, the basketball question gets old quick.

 

For comedy value, my girlfriend barely cracks 5'0".

[SoxFan1]

I'm 6'3" myself, and yeah, the basketball question gets old quick.

 

For comedy value, my girlfriend barely cracks 5'0".

I'm sure you also get the jokes about tall guys and short girls.

[SoxFan562004]

i tend to chase them with torches

[knightni]

It depends on whether they look like Richard Kiel or not.

[The Critic]

First I ask them how the weather is up there. (That's always an awesome ice-breaker)

Then I challenge them to a slam-dunk contest. (I let them win)

Then I ask them to clean my gutters for me. (Selfish pricks always say no)

Then I think of original nicknames for them like Stretch or Phone Pole or or Stilts or Manute Bol.

They usually get pissed at some point, but I just keep running through their legs and they get frustrated cuz they can't catch me all the way down here.

Then, to be nice, I offer them a ride wherever they're going, and I let them know it's cool cuz my car has a sunroof for their head.

 

So yeah, we get along.

[southsider2k5]

First I ask them how the weather is up there. (That's always an awesome ice-breaker)

Then I challenge them to a slam-dunk contest. (I let them win)

Then I ask them to clean my gutters for me. (Selfish pricks always say no)

Then I think of original nicknames for them like Stretch or Phone Pole or or Stilts or Manute Bol.

They usually get pissed at some point, but I just keep running through their legs and they get frustrated cuz they can't catch me all the way down here.

Then, to be nice, I offer them a ride wherever they're going, and I let them know it's cool cuz my car has a sunroof for their head.

 

So yeah, we get along.

 

Winner!

[Rowand44]

I usually give them a stunner.

[dasox24]

If I see someone really tall, I think "Damn, he's tall." And that's about it. If you're like 6'3'', I think nothing about it.

[StrangeSox]

I usually give them a stunner.

 

Pssh, if you could even reach that high!

[Kid Gleason]

Lock 'em in the zoos.

[SoxFan1]

This thread assured me of something. That I never want to meet Critic.

[Heads22]

I hate those giant f***s.

[whitesoxfan101]

Spending the last couple years in classes with a lot of basketball players and offensive/defensive lineman has made me pretty much not notice tall people anymore. I marvel far more at the really short people really.

[knightni]

If you made a thread asking for age and height, you'd find very few guys under 30 that are shorter than 5'10".

 

It's the McDonald's beef/growth hormone conspiracy.

 

Hmm... Guess I will.

[SoxFan1]

If you made a thread asking for age and height, you'd find very few guys under 30 that are shorter than 5'10".

 

It's the McDonald's beef/growth hormone conspiracy.

I see why you made the other thread...

[GoodAsGould]

I think at 6'5 your just barely at the point where if I see you ill be like that kid is tall but wont really think anything of it. At 6'8 or taller you start to become giganto ;p. Of course im 6'3-6'4 range and ive always been the tallest of my friends. So, when I do happen to see someone taller than me it just feels weird and even if they are only half an inch bigger it seems so much more.

[maggsmaggs]

At 6'5" your just tall, but on the same token there are people who are short, too. I just think, hey that guys pretty tall and think nothing more about. But at school when I see 6'5" guys who are big (athletically big) I think I bet he is an O-lineman.

[Controlled Chaos]

I usually size them up and be like...Pfft I can take them. If my head only comes to their shoulders I just have to go all patrick swayze on their ass. Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone.

[knightni]

My theory's holding water so far.

 

Hardly anyone less than 5'9"/5'10".

[southsider2k5]

My theory's holding water so far.

 

Hardly anyone less than 5'9"/5'10".

 

What is "average" now?

[Iwritecode]

My theory's holding water so far.

 

Hardly anyone less than 5'9"/5'10".

 

I remember reading once that the average height for a human has gone up over the years. It said that the average man today wouldn't fit in an average-sized suit of armor from the medevil times.