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What’s the weather like up there? Do you play basketball? Were you always this tall? That’s just a bite-sized collection of the types of questions that tall people have to deal with on a daily basis. However, most of them smile, chuckle, and get on with their day without worrying too much.
It becomes very obvious that a person is the tallest person around when there’s a short person right next to them for comparison. And this often creates comical tall vs short situations where tall people look like giants from fairy tales (or Hagrid from Harry Potter) and short people start to resemble the tenacious hobbits from The Lord of the Rings. To brighten up your week with some humor, Bored Panda spent lots of time cultivating, growing and perfecting this list of the most eyebrow-raising times tall and short people stood next to one another for a perfect height comparison. Scroll down, enjoy, and leave us a comment with your thoughts.
When you’re done with this list, check out Bored Panda’s previous posts about tall people people problems and the times that people traveled to Japan and realized they’re too tall for it.
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#1
Can You Tell Who's Related?
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Vern Troyer, The Guy Who Plays Mini-Me In The Austin Powers Movies Wanted A Photo With Me. I'm 6Ft10
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The Dutch Giant at McDonalds in the Philippines
There are advantages to being short and advantages to being tall. BBC Future writes that taller human beings, when running for political office, tend to get more votes; they also tend to earn more money.
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Protection Come In All Shapes And Sizes
#5
Buddy Of Mine Who Stepped Up And Got Married
#6
Trying To Fit Entire Body In The Shot
Being tall can be a real boon in sports because long legs help you run faster and farther than your opponents. However, being small has its bonuses as well: nerve impulses travel from limbs to brains faster, which means reaction times are faster and the individual in question is more nimble. That can be a huge plus for martial artists just like Jackie Chan. Furthermore, shorter and smaller people are better at snowboarding, gymnastics, skating, diving, and skiing than their taller counterparts.
#7
A Friend Of Mine At A Recent Checkup
#8
My 6'0" Girlfriend And Her Minions
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The Mountain From GOT With His Wife
Being a 6-foot tall guy myself, I often find that I’m rarely (if ever) the tallest or shortest around. I’m pretty much average. And, unfortunately, nobody asks me if I’m a professional basketball player or Samwise Gamgee, so sometimes I’m a bit jealous of the attention others get. But then I realize being middle-of-the-road in terms of height isn’t all that bad. What about you, dear Pandas, how tall are you? What’s it like? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
#10
Prom Pictures With GF And Her Dad
#11
Women Basketball Players vs. Cheerleaders
#12
Husband And I Went To Wedding... We Are All The Way In The Back
#13
My Wife Is 5’1” And I Am 6’7”, When It Comes To Hotel Robes, One Size Does Not Fit All
#14
7 Foot Female Basketball Player... Didn't Even Come Close
#15
6'8 Me With My 4'10 Friend Jackie
#16
A Dutch Employee Gets Interviewed By Chinese Media
#17
When You're At A Wedding And There Are No Close Snack
#18
This Is How My Mum And I Hug Now
#19
My Short Mom Sends Our Family Photos Of Her With Really Tall People
#20
Gave My Friend My Pants To Use As A Blanket During Our Sleepover. 6’5 And 40” Inseam
#21
Wold's Tallest Teenager With Her Boyfriend
#22
Gymnast Flávia Saraiva, 1.33m, With Basketball Player Nenê, 2.11m
#23
I Have An Extremely Important Question And I Need Your Help!! What’s The Better Way To Hug - Shoulder To Shoulder Or Hip To Hip?
#24
At 6'5", NS Premier Stephen McNeil Looked Pretty Tall On Election Night. At 6'9", I May Have Shattered That Illusion Today
Purple light 5 years ago
For other people wondering what NS stands for: it stands for Nova Scotia, Canada. Had to look it up myself.
#25
Me With My Best Friend. She's 4'11", I'm 6'1"
#26
Took Away The Spotlight
#27
Yao Ming Visited My Girlfriend's Restaurant, She's 4'11
D. Pitbull 5 years ago
Woo hoo!!! Yao Ming!!! - my father and I used to say to each other, instead of "when pigs fly"... we'd say "When a Chinese gets in the NBA" (We're Chinese. Stop raging. We know we're generally pretty short)... when we saw Yao Ming, we cheered ... and also started to wonder (hope) if we were going to suddenly win the lottery...
#28
I'm Moving Away From My 4'9" Sidekick. I'm Going To Miss This
#29
Me And My 6'4" Date To Our Rowing Formal. I'd Say We're Pretty Cute
#30
Shrimp On Rye
#31
This Tall Man And Short Woman
#32
I Feel The Pain
#33
I Recently Went To Spain
#34
I'd Say Short People Probs But It's More Like Kelli Tennant Problems
Finn Fickle 5 years ago
News reports need them to be in the same frame, tht is why he's on the tub.
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Croline Lason 5 years ago
Great and funny pics, a nice representation of human diversity! Just confused about the feet and inches, when will the metric system be adopted everywhere ;)????
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
As an American I agree. We need to kill off the imperial system. Medicine already comes in metric measurements so it's not like it's not already in our society. I remember learning it in grade school. It makes Sooo much more sense than our imperial system.
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LinnyTheGuinea 5 years ago
So Godzilla was based on my great-grandfather?
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Ronel du Plessis 5 years ago
My husband and my eldest son are both very tall. I feel extremely short when I stand in the middle. I am 1.70m. They are 30cm taller then me and my son is still growing. I always tease him by saying that we work and pray to get to heaven one day. He just grows there. My youngest son is 13 years old, and just 2cm shorter then me. So guess who's gonna be the short s**t in the house...
Night Owl 5 years ago
Look at the positive: at lest you don't need a ladder too often around the house
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Croline Lason 5 years ago
Great and funny pics, a nice representation of human diversity! Just confused about the feet and inches, when will the metric system be adopted everywhere ;)????
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
As an American I agree. We need to kill off the imperial system. Medicine already comes in metric measurements so it's not like it's not already in our society. I remember learning it in grade school. It makes Sooo much more sense than our imperial system.
Load More Replies... LinnyTheGuinea 5 years ago
So Godzilla was based on my great-grandfather?
Load More Replies... Ronel du Plessis 5 years ago
My husband and my eldest son are both very tall. I feel extremely short when I stand in the middle. I am 1.70m. They are 30cm taller then me and my son is still growing. I always tease him by saying that we work and pray to get to heaven one day. He just grows there. My youngest son is 13 years old, and just 2cm shorter then me. So guess who's gonna be the short s**t in the house...
Night Owl 5 years ago
Look at the positive: at lest you don't need a ladder too often around the house
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