Fun things about being 6'5" ...
- School buses
- Twin size beds
- Voting booths
- Submarines
- Fighter planes
- 18th century houses
- Phone booths
- Riding in the back seat of an RX-7
- Mazda Miatas
- Heck, anything smaller than a minivan
- Most clothes
- Chandeliers
- All those cute short women
- My (and many others) basement
- Parking garages
- Limbo!
- Limos
- Many toilets
- Circulation to my hands and feet
- Umbrellas (too small, poked in the eyes, ....)
- THIS GODDAMN CHAIR!!
- Space shuttles
- Won't be mistaken for Ross Perot (not necessarily a bad thing...)
- I can see right over stalls in the bathroom
- Mass transit
- Airport shuttles
- Having no basketball skills whatsoever
- Being called "Shorty"
- Ever heard the question, "How's the weather up there?"
- Barbers' chairs
- Low showerheads
- Seat belts
- Those low-hanging lights over pool tables
- Everybody has to look up to me
- And in doing so, often enough, they have to look up my nose
- And, as well, I have to look down to everyone
- The sprinklerheads in the University Book Center
- Back Pain!
- Center of Gravity
- Knees
- Tall women who are tired of short guys
- Desks
- I'm easily visible in any crowd
- If you're looking for someone in a crowd, just ask me
- Cubicles cannot defeat me!
- When roofs cave in, guess who gets hit first
- Those keyboard slide/drawers (I don't fit under them)
- It's easier to get claustrophobic
Contributed:
From Stefan A. Nagey <snagey@usa.net>
- The television sets on 737-300s
From Geoff Ellingwood <ellingwd@students.uiuc.edu>
- Parent's bald spots clearly visible
- Top-down view of attractive women ;)
- You can get away with talking about your "wingspan"
- Being able to shop at a "Big and Tall" store and not worrying about anyone considering you "Big"
From Jen Summers <jen@obscure.org>
- Rollercoasters... You have no problem being taller than the line.
David Raynes
Last modified: Wed Dec 23 21:56:40 EST 1998