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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:52 AM Original message |
How do you respond to "You're short?" |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I'm over six feet tall, so if someone tells me that |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. "It runs in my family.... |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I like that |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, don't get me started... |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. My niece was always big like that.. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. "You've got sharp eyes." n/t |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. "And you're ugly. I could have a growth spurt, you will never have a beauty spurt." |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. "And your fly's open." |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have been hearing that my whole life |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You are taller in character than most, and you are a Democrat! |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Short women take up all the tall men - leave me w/slim pickins |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Sorry, I guess "moron" wasn't the right word |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. No worries - I'm the Cyrano de Bergerac of tall |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Sounds like you and I are in the same spot |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. 5'5" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Great response to your co-worker! |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Well, like I said... it never really did bother me... |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. "And that affects you....how????" |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. How about |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. I kick the idiot who said it in the ankle! |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks ... you're ugly. |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. The cut-off for genius is 5'4". |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. Tell them they're ugly and you have high heels. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm 6'2", so if someone calls me short... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. "yup" |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. how about a simple "you're kidding!" |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I say, "Yes, I am. I am also brunette." n/t |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. "You're perceptive!" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. I know, now give me the (whatever I needed down off a high shelf.) |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Yeah so? I could still kick your ass." |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. "Out of my way, hulking peasant"? n/t |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. My SO is a large weightlifter, and one friend said: |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. I just shrug it off |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. "And you are an unmannered jackass. Anything else we should point |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
36. "tall people are a blight on the earth's resources" n/t |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. *gasp* This sounds like a job for Obviousman! |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. I just say "I'm 6 feet tall - only short in the NBA" |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kick 'em in the shins? |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. I get "you're too tall to be Elvis" all the time (he was 6' and I'm 6' 5") |
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