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The answer to what is the perfect height truly is a conundrum, just ask Alice about her time in Wonderland. When people are short they wish to be taller - but the people on this list, on the other hand, probably wish they could just take just a few inches off to make life simpler. Bored Panda has compiled a list of photos of tall people trying to perform ordinary tasks, travel, and just get through funny problems in a world that was not designed to accommodate their height.
From awkward bathroom stall and dressing room moments to doorway safety hazards who knew that there were so many tall people problems out there. Scroll down below to laugh out of sympathy or relatability and don't forget to upvote your favorite funny photos!
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#1
I Said, "How Tall Are You?" He Handed Me This:
Warren Doud 5 years ago
A tall friend responds to people who ask him if he plays basketball, "No, do you play miniature golf?"
In the 18th and 19th centuries, America was home to the tallest people in the world, but today that title now goes to the Netherlands. Dutch men and women average 6 feet and 5 feet 6.5 inches, respectively. U.S. men's average height is 5 feet 9 inches and women average nearly 5 feet 4 inches tall.
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Friends
#3
The Problems Of A Dutchman In China
Did you know your height, like your weight, can fluctuate during the day? “The discs in your spine get compressed from being upright all day,” says Todd Sinett, DC, a New York City-based chiropractor and author of The Truth About Back Pain. As you sleep, your spine decompresses, and you regain the lost length.
#4
Being 6'11'' Can Make Fitting Rooms A Bit Awkward
#5
This Is How My Mum And I Hug Now
Born 22 February 1918 Robert Wadlow holds the title as the tallest man who ever lived. Born at an unremarkable 8.7 pounds and the son of average-sized parents, the towering American man measured at a staggering 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall when last measured on 27 June 1940, becoming the tallest man in the world. And we just couldn't imagine the everyday problems of this person!
#6
Taking Passport Pictures
#7
A Friend Of Mine At A Recent Checkup
According to one estimate, someone who is 20% taller will build up twice as much kinetic energy during a fall. This is why tall people are much more likely to suffer from injuries across their lifetime; women taller than 5ft 8in are twice as likely to fracture their hip as women who are just 5ft 2in.
#8
So I Bought One Of Those Shirts
#9
My BF Is 198cm (6,6ft) Tall. We Have Been Traveling Through Europe A Bit And I Started Taking Series Of Pictures
Sure you might be in more danger of hitting your head but there are some benefits that come with being tall. A classic study in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that people make $789 more per year for each inch above average height they are. The majority (58%) of Fortune 500 CEOs are over 6 feet tall. And 38 of the last 43 American presidents have been taller than average height (5 feet 10 inches).
#10
Giraffes United Against Ceiling Fans
#11
Spotted In The Washroom At Work...
#12
I Can Only Sit In A Plane Like This If There Is No Seat In Front Of Me, Normal Seats Are 100% Impossible Or I Will Block The Walking Path
#13
A Dutch Employee Gets Interviewed By Chinese Media
#14
My Way Of Dealing With That "I Am Too Tall For That Kitchen Problem"
#15
I'm Moving Away From My 4'9" Sidekick. I'm Going To Miss This
#16
Tall Guy Problem Solved. Solution: Extra Mirror
#17
What A 6'8" Groom And 6'4" Bride Look Like (Next To Normal People)
Linouchka 99 5 years ago
Like it or not, but "the norm" is the vast crowd of things or people that fit the highest number of statistics. So, "normal" and "average" are kind of synonymous and there is no need to be offended by the word.
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spirit wolf 5 years ago
This looks like a very merry event right out of the shire...sorry no offence but I take great delight in such silly notions.
Carol Emory 5 years ago
In the small town we lived in, we had one couple that always turned heads. She was 6'7" and he was 6'10". But nothing compared to the young man my son went to high school with. He was 17 years old and 7'7". He also made the Guinness book of world records as the tallest teen in the world.
Marie Collins 5 years ago
Heck I think it’s great that two tall people like this found each other!! 😊
Isabel Care 5 years ago
I have a friend that's 6 ft 3, I'm 5 ft 7. We are the same height sitting down. I come from a long line of mutants with "Secombe syndrome". Like Sir Harry Secombe, we are taller sitting down than standing up.
rick hctep (Rick45) 5 years ago
He must be wearing high heels to stand that much higher than his bride.
Tralee Aylett 5 years ago
they had to build a box for my cousins bride to stand on for the photos. She was 4'11. my cousin is 6'4
Susann Campbell 5 years ago
I am 5' 2" and I went to a wedding in Ark. I felt like I was in the land of the giants where almost all the guest were in the seven foot range.
Eagle Girl 5 years ago
Wouldn't it be funny if they has short children? Like Guinness Book always mentions with the world's tallest man, his parents were of average height.
#18
At 6'5", NS Premier Stephen McNeil Looked Pretty Tall On Election Night. At 6'9", I May Have Shattered That Illusion Today
#19
Go To Italy They Said... It Would Be Fun They Said
#20
Went On Vacation On Our Family's Boat... This Is My Attempt At Taking A Shower
#21
Spotted This At A Bar Last Night, Tall Girl Problems
#22
I Got All Of The Typical Tall Questions When I First Started Working At Starbucks
Pinning these to my apron helped reduce the amount I hear them.
Kari Panda 5 years ago
I don’t understand *shakes head* Asking how tall someone is, okay, that’s just information you want. But the one about basketball and the one about weather? Do these people think they‘re funny? Original?
#23
So My Two Tall Buds Decided To Sit Opposite Each Other On The Bus
#24
Love Window Seats
#25
I'm 7'3" And Have Arms Like A Gorilla
#26
I Love It When There’s No One Sitting In Front Of Me... My Legs Need To Always Improvise, Adapt And Overcome
#27
Dealing With A Tall People Problem
#28
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?
#29
Since Everyone Thinks They Are So Tall. Here Is My Friend And I In A Kitchen In Copenhagen
#30
I Didn't Fit In My Hospital Bed
Oathbraker 5 years ago
Just be careful if someone puts a tag on your toe and carts you off to the basement.
#31
Tall People And Small Cars
#32
I Can Forgive Short Mirrors Since I'm Ugly, But I Will Never Forgive The Evil That Is Aku
#33
When You Know You're Too Tall
Ani Archeron 5 years ago
does anyone else remember the sad day they realized they were too tall for the monkey bars?
#34
I Love My Job, But Can't Wait To Get Hired Into A Larger Airplane
#35
New Apartment, New Thing To Smack My Head On
#36
My Almost 2 Meters Tall Friend Is Having Some Trouble At The ATM
#37
My Tall Friend's Solution To Using An Elliptical
#38
Small Room Or Big Hat?
#39
When You're 6'10 And Want To Drive Your Aventador
#40
Tall People Problems
#41
As A 7'0" Tall Guy, I've Held Back On The Rage. I Just Go With It Now
#42
7'6 Tacko Fall
#43
I’m 6’6” And This How Much Leg Room Was Available On Spirit Airlines. Luckily It Was Only A 4 Hour Flight
John Montgomery 5 years ago
Four hours is still really long to be that cramped. I'm only just under 6 ft 2in, but I've been to concerts where the seats are too close. Even two hours gets to be too much.
#44
Jumping On The Work Desk Bandwagon
#45
It Can Be Hard To Do It When Looking Into The Eyes Of A Good Friend
whatupguys1 5 years ago
First rule of urinal etiquette, NEVER make eye contact. Second rule, conversations are only allowed if the other person is very (emotionally) close to you. Third rule, don't drop your pants... it should be obvious.
#46
I Feel The Pain
#47
So This Is Me (18, 6'7) Next To My Pal In Their House. I Hate Their House
#48
Tall Guys Got Problems Too
#49
My Coworker Was Too Tall For Her Childhood Dance Recital Photo, So We Fixed It
Belinda Matson 5 years ago
Beyond stupid that front row is kneeling & the tall girl isn't in it
#50
Wold's Tallest Teenager With Her Boyfriend
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Zori the degu 5 years ago
Many of those are made for wheelchair users, as some people pointed out. The rest are plain claustrophobia-causing, no matter how tall a person is. I think it's high time they realise that human population is getting taller and taller in some parts of the world. I mean, what century are those houses and showers?!
Emily Softley 5 years ago
Thank you for realising and acknowledging that. The world seems to forget about us wheelchair users all too often.
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Apparently most of these are written by Americans. And apparently we'd rather walk off a cliff than use the metric system. 'Cause apparently were nuts.
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
If we don't want men to just sexualize us, we shouldn't do it to them either.....
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Jarno Flinkers 5 years ago
I'm half Dutch and half Indonesian. And with my 1m98cm, can walk on top of the heads of my relatives.
Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)
As a short person there are times I wish I was tall but then tall people probably wish sometimes they were short. Being tall would have an array or issues like what is pictured but then of course things like bad backs and necks from pressure and crouching all the time, bad knees from squatting or split pose etc.
Alice Laughs 5 years ago
Yeah, honestly this was eye-opening and I now favor my short-people problems over this mess. Pity! Pity to them!
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Rob Williams 5 years ago
You don't have to go abroad to be the wrong size, you can go back in time! People in medieval Chester must have been shorter than nowadays! 1889055_10...9e1ae5.jpg 
ADHORTATOR 5 years ago
cars, hotels etc. are perfect when you have between 1,60 and 1,80 m...A friend of mine is almost 2 m tall, in the early 90s he went to Japan and he had to struggle with the hotel beds, the height of the subway trains... and if his height was not enough , he has red hair, so you can imagine the situation - he was surrounded all the time by curious schoolkids :-)
Paul Mitchell 5 years ago
Tall people will always get stuff for you from the top shelf in shops, but short people don't seem to have the same attitude.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
I know! Would love it if people would get stuff from the bottom shelf to save me bending as it hurts!!!
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Diane Aguilar 5 years ago
I am not tall at all at 5'8" (172cm) tall, but considering that (a.) I'm a woman and (b.) my family were originally from Mexico (where they don't typically make 'em tall), I'm kinda an anomaly.
Agadas Vera 5 years ago
Good things are not easy to come by. Hi everyone, I'm here to share my testimony all around the globe in respect to the help that dr.usman did for me. I was devastated and confused when I got divorced by my husband 6 months ago because he wanted to go back to his mistress. I searched for help from those that i knew but all was to no avail not until i was directed to dr.usman the spell caster. I contacted dr.usman and told him everything that I've been going through and he gave me full assurance that he will help me. I did everything he told me to do and I put my trust and hope on him. Could you believe that my husband came back to me pleading within 3 days just as dr.usman told me after i contacted him and now, my husband is back home and we are living together again. I will recommend anyone in need of help to reach him now for he's also specialized in money spells, lottery spells, pregnancy spells, sickness spells E.T.C. Email: dr.usmanspellcaster@gmail. com & Whats-app on +2348064080
Ann Abdelzaher 5 years ago
LOL I am a normal height 5'8" but I have a tall torso so when I am sitting next to my husband who is the same height when standing... I tower over him.... do hop-on-hop off bus tours and I have been known to get smacked in the head on teh top of the bus! And forget wearing dresses they never fit right because the waist is never in the right place.
Asia 5 years ago
Well, where are those tall men? I'm 178 cm and all my life it was a strugle to find a man that would be taller than me.
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
When I complained to my 175cm daughter about the weird feeling of walking around Mexico City and feeling like a giant she said, "Yeah, but when you're on the metro, you're the only one who can breathe."
Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Pssst, airplanes are cramped even if you are short. Though we do have the advantage of not banging our heads in the ceiling
Stan Chung 5 years ago
I guess i should be thankful to be above average at 180cm /5' 11". It's already a pain/claustrophobic for plane seating, sports cars and some business vans.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
On the other side of things, I remember being in a public toilet in The Netherlands and having to stand on my tiptoes to use the urinal! I'm 1m75cm.
Paul Mitchell 5 years ago
These highlight just how little tall people are accommodated in society. I'm 197 and resent paying for legroom in planes, bus seats that are too close, doorways too low... just a pain in the backside.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago
A lot of these are ideal pictures to showcase someone's height, it looks annoying. At 6'3 i'm tall but not mega tall, my mate is 6'10, he is a beast. Height doesn't mean anything except reaching high places and the top shelf of the cupboard, my missus is only 5'2 so i can feel manly and reach things she can't. Height is nothing, short people are just as successful and plenty of woman date short men, my mate is tiny and his missus is smoking. Dutch people are the tallest in the world on average, when i go there i feel short.
the Lemon Queen 5 years ago
I have a tall friend and since I'm not tall by any definition, I have to stand on a chair or something so that we don't wreck our backs even more when talking to each other :P
Gabrielle Daylano 5 years ago
Tall people problem: having pain in your back from simple tasks like doing the dishes. My back hurts all the time.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
That's the height that most womens clothes are made for - at least in the UK. I love being 5'6"!!
Load More Replies... ChickyChicky 5 years ago
How do you add to the list? I've got a good one. How the tall and the short do the Heimlich Maneuver. pixlr-5d09...46899f.jpg 
Susan Forbes 5 years ago
Also works if average height and dealing with a child
Load More Replies... sadiyobepe 5 years ago
As a short individual there are times I want to be tall however then tall individuals likely wish once in a while they were short. Being tall would have a cluster or issues like what is envisioned yet then obviously things like terrible backs and necks from weight and hunkering http://www.9cashbox.com constantly, awful knees from crouching or split posture and so forth.
Zori the degu 5 years ago
Many of those are made for wheelchair users, as some people pointed out. The rest are plain claustrophobia-causing, no matter how tall a person is. I think it's high time they realise that human population is getting taller and taller in some parts of the world. I mean, what century are those houses and showers?!
Emily Softley 5 years ago
Thank you for realising and acknowledging that. The world seems to forget about us wheelchair users all too often.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Apparently most of these are written by Americans. And apparently we'd rather walk off a cliff than use the metric system. 'Cause apparently were nuts.
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
If we don't want men to just sexualize us, we shouldn't do it to them either.....
Load More Replies... Jarno Flinkers 5 years ago
I'm half Dutch and half Indonesian. And with my 1m98cm, can walk on top of the heads of my relatives.
Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)
As a short person there are times I wish I was tall but then tall people probably wish sometimes they were short. Being tall would have an array or issues like what is pictured but then of course things like bad backs and necks from pressure and crouching all the time, bad knees from squatting or split pose etc.
Alice Laughs 5 years ago
Yeah, honestly this was eye-opening and I now favor my short-people problems over this mess. Pity! Pity to them!
Load More Replies... Rob Williams 5 years ago
You don't have to go abroad to be the wrong size, you can go back in time! People in medieval Chester must have been shorter than nowadays! 1889055_10...9e1ae5.jpg
ADHORTATOR 5 years ago
cars, hotels etc. are perfect when you have between 1,60 and 1,80 m...A friend of mine is almost 2 m tall, in the early 90s he went to Japan and he had to struggle with the hotel beds, the height of the subway trains... and if his height was not enough , he has red hair, so you can imagine the situation - he was surrounded all the time by curious schoolkids :-)
Paul Mitchell 5 years ago
Tall people will always get stuff for you from the top shelf in shops, but short people don't seem to have the same attitude.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
I know! Would love it if people would get stuff from the bottom shelf to save me bending as it hurts!!!
Load More Replies... Diane Aguilar 5 years ago
I am not tall at all at 5'8" (172cm) tall, but considering that (a.) I'm a woman and (b.) my family were originally from Mexico (where they don't typically make 'em tall), I'm kinda an anomaly.
Agadas Vera 5 years ago
Good things are not easy to come by. Hi everyone, I'm here to share my testimony all around the globe in respect to the help that dr.usman did for me. I was devastated and confused when I got divorced by my husband 6 months ago because he wanted to go back to his mistress. I searched for help from those that i knew but all was to no avail not until i was directed to dr.usman the spell caster. I contacted dr.usman and told him everything that I've been going through and he gave me full assurance that he will help me. I did everything he told me to do and I put my trust and hope on him. Could you believe that my husband came back to me pleading within 3 days just as dr.usman told me after i contacted him and now, my husband is back home and we are living together again. I will recommend anyone in need of help to reach him now for he's also specialized in money spells, lottery spells, pregnancy spells, sickness spells E.T.C. Email: dr.usmanspellcaster@gmail. com & Whats-app on +2348064080
Ann Abdelzaher 5 years ago
LOL I am a normal height 5'8" but I have a tall torso so when I am sitting next to my husband who is the same height when standing... I tower over him.... do hop-on-hop off bus tours and I have been known to get smacked in the head on teh top of the bus! And forget wearing dresses they never fit right because the waist is never in the right place.
Asia 5 years ago
Well, where are those tall men? I'm 178 cm and all my life it was a strugle to find a man that would be taller than me.
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
When I complained to my 175cm daughter about the weird feeling of walking around Mexico City and feeling like a giant she said, "Yeah, but when you're on the metro, you're the only one who can breathe."
Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Pssst, airplanes are cramped even if you are short. Though we do have the advantage of not banging our heads in the ceiling
Stan Chung 5 years ago
I guess i should be thankful to be above average at 180cm /5' 11". It's already a pain/claustrophobic for plane seating, sports cars and some business vans.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
On the other side of things, I remember being in a public toilet in The Netherlands and having to stand on my tiptoes to use the urinal! I'm 1m75cm.
Paul Mitchell 5 years ago
These highlight just how little tall people are accommodated in society. I'm 197 and resent paying for legroom in planes, bus seats that are too close, doorways too low... just a pain in the backside.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago
A lot of these are ideal pictures to showcase someone's height, it looks annoying. At 6'3 i'm tall but not mega tall, my mate is 6'10, he is a beast. Height doesn't mean anything except reaching high places and the top shelf of the cupboard, my missus is only 5'2 so i can feel manly and reach things she can't. Height is nothing, short people are just as successful and plenty of woman date short men, my mate is tiny and his missus is smoking. Dutch people are the tallest in the world on average, when i go there i feel short.
the Lemon Queen 5 years ago
I have a tall friend and since I'm not tall by any definition, I have to stand on a chair or something so that we don't wreck our backs even more when talking to each other :P
Gabrielle Daylano 5 years ago
Tall people problem: having pain in your back from simple tasks like doing the dishes. My back hurts all the time.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
That's the height that most womens clothes are made for - at least in the UK. I love being 5'6"!!
Load More Replies... ChickyChicky 5 years ago
How do you add to the list? I've got a good one. How the tall and the short do the Heimlich Maneuver. pixlr-5d09...46899f.jpg
Susan Forbes 5 years ago
Also works if average height and dealing with a child
Load More Replies... sadiyobepe 5 years ago
As a short individual there are times I want to be tall however then tall individuals likely wish once in a while they were short. Being tall would have a cluster or issues like what is envisioned yet then obviously things like terrible backs and necks from weight and hunkering http://www.9cashbox.com constantly, awful knees from crouching or split posture and so forth.
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