I know a man my age whose father is 5'4" and mother is 4'10". The son ended up 5'2". Which, for a man, is teeeny. Especially next to me.
Also, Nutty is only 5'6". She's cheating up as a result of her height-related insecurity.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
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Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Mar 01, 2006 8:54:41 am PST #578 of 10001
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Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2006 8:58:26 am PST #579 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Limp walk, not pimp walk. Shut up."
Pimps don't walk, they stroll.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2006 9:00:15 am PST #580 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, Nutty is only 5'6". She's cheating up as a result of her height-related insecurity.
Or she's adding in her cheetah stomping boots.
Jesse - Mar 01, 2006 9:00:35 am PST #581 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I stll think the LED belt buckle is the key to pimping. [link]
ChiKat - Mar 01, 2006 9:01:43 am PST #582 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My grandmother was 4'10" and my grandfather was 5'2". My dad ended up 5'6" and his brothers were a staggering (for my family) 5'10". Don't know how that happened.
flea - Mar 01, 2006 9:02:01 am PST #583 of 10001
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I want these now: [link]
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2006 9:02:36 am PST #584 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pimps don't walk, they stroll.
Nonono. I may not be certified yet, but I lived in Detroit for years. Pimps walk. It's a punctuated, syncopated rocking bounce. Stroll is way too even and unsnazzy to describe a pimp in motion.
flea - Mar 01, 2006 9:04:05 am PST #585 of 10001
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ChiKat, were your grandparents likely to have been malnourished (or even just underfed) as children? I know in Greece all the old ladies are 5 feet tall, and all the grandsons are 5'10". Because when the old ladies were young, everyone was really poor and hungry a lot. So maybe your grandparents had tallish genes that never got a chance.
Nutty - Mar 01, 2006 9:04:37 am PST #586 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I am totally not cheating up! I used to claim I was 5'6", and then in college I was measured again and was 5'7". (I was measured against a wall, and also against my suitemate, who is exactly the same height as me.)
I understand that giraffes are tall, but more than that to me they're ungainly and have really long necks.
It's the ungainly tallness, rather than the neck thing, that I was getting at. I'm really not used to being the tallest person in the room, so when I was, I felt like I'd been sucked through a black hole and was some incredible noodly elongated person.
Speaking of pimps, did you all know that the song "It's hard out there for a pimp" is nominated for an Oscar?? (From Hustle and Flow. ) I only know this song because flea and mr. flea earworm each other with it, with slightly euphemistic lyrics. (Think dogs and bones, not pimps and, um, I don't know any of the real lyrics except the title.)
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2006 9:07:21 am PST #587 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am totally not cheating up! I used to claim I was 5'6", and then in college I was measured again and was 5'7". (I was measured against a wall, and also against my suitemate, who is exactly the same height as me.)
You know we're never going to believe you heightwise again, and that Hec's checking off "height issues" in your file right now.
Older sisters have that sort of power. But I don't even know if we have the power to undo that sort of idea once it's been set free.