I have just had an interesting couple of days where I have watched an individual trying to be 'in-charge' by generally being obnoxious, insensitive and rude, and all because he thinks he should be in charge. In actual fact it doesn't really matter who is in charge the work still gets done but 'Napolean' (name changed to protect the little pr*t) still has to stir.

Why do small people crave power?

I recall arguing with a vertically challenged director at the body shop. I said don't get short with me. He fixed me with his best Dangermouse glare & replied: That will do nothing for your career prospects.

He was right. Shortarse.

Why do small people crave power?

Not sure maybe they hate getting a crick in the next looking up at everyone, talking to chests or even worse tummy buttons.

I have worked with some very horrid smaller people.

But saying that I know some lovely small people (well shorter then myself) and they are not like that at all, very approciable. proffesional and all round good sports.

TnT

>Why do small people crave power?

It's a reaction to inferiority complex. From infant school days all the monitor jobs (and the best musical instruments like the drums and tambourines) were automatically given to the tall pupils (the tiddlers had to settle for triangles).
As soon as a scent of authority is detected, the small guy realises that his stature doesn't command respect, so he has to 'throw his (insignificant) weight around' to get noticed. I know various gentle giants who are awesome managers (because everybody listens) whereas shorter people are dismissed as 'insignificant'.

Of 3 billionaires I've met, 2 of them could be accused of being "vertically-challenged" I suppose...

Bloody right, G-CPTN, about those damned triangles. Happened to me in 1938, Paisley East School, kindergarten, and you needn't think I have forgotten. By no means. I do not, moreover, like this "they" so common in this thread. Not one bit. I prefer "we". You lot better smarten up, I tell you, or it will be the worse for you.

Apparently, the common thread amongst mega rich, highly driven people is the loss of a parent, especially a father whilst young, not so much whether one is a short stop or not. Having said that, Branson is ruled out I guess. Most shorties I know are ok, but those who have a problem with it are heart on sleeve types.

Can you clarify 'small man'? Are they

a) tall men (long torso) with short legs
b) short men (torso) with long legs
c) short men with short legs.
d) men with small minds.
e) men with small winkies.
:8

Rushton
They are short bodied, short legged and short tempered!!!

PA

f) All of the above

I've got one of those here,supposedly in charge of me.The biggest A hole I have ever met.His rents gone up at the B&B he stays at,being a tyke hopefully he'll f**k off now.

Is it that human nature takes badly to having to give way to someone that our prehistoric ancestors would have dispatched with a kick up the arse?

That'll be it Cheerio he is a genetic throw back!!!

PA

I have a hypothesis that the great majority of huggy-fluffs are < 6ft tall.

Grrr...I'm making a list of all yer names and there'll be trouble.

(I'm standing on me chair to type this)

Most small people are fine. It's the few that have an inferiority complex you can bounce rocks off that sod it up for the majority. Don't think size would matter in their case, they're just naturally social hand grenades...:(

It needs to be pointed out that it is patently obvious in many walks of life that there is an abundence of very poor managers around. As these have been promoted over the brigades of short arses it follows that their substance is directly proportional to their inabilities.Therefore promote more shorties because they can't do any worse.
More importantly look at how many of the greatest and best pilots are shorter than average.

Happily 5''8.78' or 1.746.

I don't think of them as short people... I think of them as part of a larger community...

...things that squeak when I step on them ... :p

--D (happily 6'4")

My best mate is a shortass, his whole family aren't tall, but they're horsey so it's an advantage.

Polite, well mannered (well he can be if he wants to be) and an all round great bloke.

The shorter women I know are great too :ok: :E

Remember a short arsed kid at school,he was a holy terror,everybody was scared of him, trouble after a few years he was still a short arse and we had all got coniderably taller, he then got the cacky kicked out of him on a regular basis.
:rolleyes:

airball
I'm having some trouble with your height. Converting from the metric makes you about 5' 8". But the first bit makes you 8' 8" plus another 5", or 9'1". That makes you a giant. Care to explain?

I suppose I have to cough to being short. I don't have an inferiority complex though. I'm stuck with an overwhelming superiority complex. Like taildragger 55 I have noted all of your names. When I have bluffed my way through to a position of Chief Dictator then you lot have s**t out! (except for the girls of course!!):p

Remember, everyone's the same height lying down . . .

Tall, short - it's so relative you know.
In the Philippines for example, a man of 5'8 is quite tall indeed, in Finland....:rolleyes: ... in Finland 'tall' is considered 6'2 and above...:O

In my experience, the best thing about being short is facing up to tall women. :ok:

:oh: :ooh: :ouch:

Ronnie Corbett failed the medical to get into the Guards because of his eyes.

They were too close to the ground.

everyone's the same height lying down

No I'm not, I'm taller lying down.

(Not me willie, me gut) :(

I dunno about all the best pilots being short, but all the light aircraft designers must be. A tall mate can't find an airplane he can fit into.

As for tall people making the best managers, I can't comment, I report to Snow White.

Scott Adams (Dilbert's creator) says that anyone who is tall and has good hair can get a management job. I can't disagree.

For those who want to find short people to step on, I suggest you go find a few Gurkhas.
:E

I read once of an officer's assessment.

It stated simply, "This officer is tall."

As they say about short blokes with taller women:

When they're nose-to-nose their toes is in it, when they're toes-to-toes their nose is in it and when it's just right there's no-one to talk to.

Zoom, you say that like it is a bad thing?

As a youngster I was terrified by a tall size 20 (younger than me) woman who took a shine to me at a party. She was in a relationship with an older married colleague (who wasn't at the party, and was also 'not tall'), so I knew that she 'did', but I just couldn't handle it. I've often wondered what I missed . . .
Nowadays I'd be keen to be mothered by such an adversary.

I should think a tall woman would be OK for a short bloke, to begin with. It should be easy enough to get her to stand next to a wall for initial meetings.

Although I can imagine the travelling to and fro might be tiring once the relationship moves on and she's lying down... ;)

I am vertically challenged yet calorifically gifted. I have no problems, providing things go according to my plan, and my plan only.

>It should be easy enough to get her to stand next to a wall for initial meetings.

Nah! The short guy sits on the edge of the kitchen table whilst Ms Tall stands and delivers.

My ex suffers from small man syndrome......he was small in more ways than one!

hehehe ;)

The late Mr.Best was 5.'8"
Hmmmmmm.
Hic,

Shortarse, then.......:E

>My ex suffers from small man syndrome......he was small in more ways than one!

HelliGurl (and any others who consider themselves qualified to answer):-
DOES size matter? I realize that some dicks may be limp-wristed, whilst others may be enthusiastic f*ck*rs, but CAN you tell the difference (now be honest)?
Does a bad biggun beat a good littlun?
And what about endurance?

Why do small people crave power?

Ask Sarkozy.

DOES size matter?

No, taste does. Monica L.

ATN

Since you're obviously concerned, you can answer that one for yourself G-CPTN. Do they come back for more? :E

But are small ones more juicy?

Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live

They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Round here

Short people are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)

Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love

They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That got beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here


Randy said it all really:p

They did, they did, but I'm married now and out of the market. I wanted an independant judgement from a recipient. I appreciate that (male) enjoyment is mental (ie in the brain) as you can imagine that you're with the sexiest girl in the world. Just like going solo . . .

You got to pick em up to say hello...
hilarious. lol
:}

Fos (respectable 5'11, girlfriend shortarse 5' nothing, her feet are so small I'm surprised she doesn't topple over)

Not so much nowadays, but one used to see tall-bloke-short-woman combinations 'everywhere' a few decades ago. Do you reckon it was a subconcious desire to even-out the gene pool?