Pincho Paxton
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When I was 9 I wasn't disabled, but I was about 4ft.
There's a joke in there somewhere. Something to do with midgets and circus sideshows but I'm not touching it.wouldent work ,it would end up looking like the floor of a circus dodgems
When I was 9 I wasn't disabled, but I was about 4ft.
Only if you want to play basketball.
travid wrote: Majority of time blokes would try to fight with him, simply because of his height
4ft at aged 9? are you sure
Great story - that would probably make the national news nowadays!Didn't get this when I was an adult (but equally, didn't do my drinking in some of Wales's pubs ). However, all the way through primary school I'd get kids trying to pick fights for the reason that if they picked on me, by their warped logic, it wouldn't be bullying. I would try to avoid it, but once in a while I'd end up having to fight one of them and 'winning'. I never got any pleasure out of it. The lowest point came on a school trip to a zoo, when one of the school bullies has been riling me all day and having hit me and stolen my school cap (it was the 1960s, we all wore them), threw the cap into the crocodile pit. I responded by throwing him into the crocodile pit to retrieve the cap. I should point out that the crocodiles were (a) all arthritic and rheumy eyed and (b) all of them were at the other end of the pit. I don't want you to get the idea that I dropped the kid into the waiting jaws of a killer croc. However, given the response of the teachers and zoo keepers, you'd have thought I'd done that. Amazingly, all that happened was that I got a good telling off and was banned from the next school trip (to the local loo roll factory; I tried to look upset). These days I'd probably have spent the next few years seeing a shrink. Oh yes, the kid who ended up in the crocodile pit ended up being a Tory councillor and to the best of my knowledge is still alive. Ironically enough, in senior school we got on reasonably good terms.
That's only just outside the normal range and hardly abnormal...
It's short for age for a boy, but not massively so and within clinical range. Don't forget if you are 6'5" you may have been on the high end as a lad. How high are you now PP?
Really? i haven't been 9 or 4ft for along time so seemed small to me.If it isn't that abnormal why did he post it in a midget conversation
Ironically enough, in senior school we got on reasonably good terms.
5ft 8.5
. Oh yes, the kid who ended up in the crocodile pit ended up being a Tory councillor and to the best of my knowledge is still alive. Ironically enough, in senior school we got on reasonably good terms.
Knyght byte wrote: so, what you are saying is, the slimy reptile had an influence on him?
Iron Giant wrote: If height is important then not too bad then, you did well. My Dad has always stretched to ever make the 5'10" he claims to have. My Mum's 5' 2" on a good day.
Geege wrote: I have a friend who is 7 ft 4 inches tall, can you imagine how difficult it is to find suitable good fitting clothing (extra extra long trousers, but what about t-shirts?)
Only if you want to play basketball.
Every one knows that anyone over 5' 7'' is a freak and practically disabled
That's only just outside the normal range and hardly abnormal...
Mr Noble wrote: wow i'm 6' 7" , so i'm a freak and practically disabled as of today
.Being a midget can be classed as a disability in my opinion as their height causes them difficulty in doing certain everyday things
Well, I'm two inches taller and so I'm more disabled.
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I think that people of restricted growth should get assistance because they have specific needs that aren't of their own making, but I don't like them being called 'disabled' as I think it gives the wrong impression. Am I just being woolly in my thinking with this?
Being a Midget is in fact a positive in some careers. Being cast in pantomimes
Are we talking about your age or the length of part of your anatomy?Mr Noble wrote: Infact i may be even taller last time i checked was when i was 17 ish, i'm now 22