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short people are so annoying

166 replies

emptyvessels · 01/08/2009 21:31

Whining about not being able to get things on high shelves, banging on all the time about trousers not fitting.

Why don't they all just make an effort to grow a bit and stop just complaining about it to their friends?

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stuffitlllama · 02/08/2009 04:47

thanks for this..adds to the weight of prejudice short people have to endure..lower pay..harder work to gain respect..bullying..stereotypes

naff off you big bore

Bumperslucious · 02/08/2009 09:18

What a very strange thread, regular poster name changes, tries to troll in revenge against another stupid thread. Scottishmummy and DP argue with each other over completely nothing, OP reveals herself, is upset when people don't recognise her, scottishmummy continues to be irrationally angry, people don't read thread and don't get the joke and get upset at the OP.

And I'm still not sure if Stuffitllama is joking. Do short people really get lower pay? I ask as someone who is 5'2?

stuffitlllama · 02/08/2009 09:39

I don't know much about this source but I've read plenty similar!

cheshirekitty · 02/08/2009 15:55

Well known fact that short people get paid less.

Unfortunately, I am 4ft 10ins, so no hope for me.

And why does Marks and Spencer put its size 3 shoes on the top shelf, and size 8 - 9 on its bottom shelf???

Going off to whinge at something else now.

Oblomov · 02/08/2009 16:44

I don't winge about being small. I love being small. Bit pissed off that I get paid less. I think that is prob true tough.

franklymydear · 02/08/2009 16:50

Short People - Randy Newman
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

franklymydear · 02/08/2009 16:51

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpXDftpebY

scottishmummy · 02/08/2009 17:01

a man called randy shouldn't poke fun at anyone,let alone short arses

franklymydear · 02/08/2009 17:06

actually I think it's an ironic anti-racism song

like the Jews and Bicycle riders joke its designed to get people wondering "why short people?" like they would with "why blacks / Jews / Muslims/ chinese / disabled etc)

scottishmummy · 02/08/2009 17:15

is that right?never heard the song

OrmIrian · 02/08/2009 17:19

They do tend to get in the way. And with my head up above cloud level as it is I trip over them. V annoying.

simplesusan · 02/08/2009 17:40

Ooooo I was really happy when an older lady asked me to reach her something on the top shelf in the supermarket the other week. I am only 5ft 4inch myself!!!!

maggievirgo · 02/08/2009 20:33

Do tall people really hate it then, when a shorter person asks them to reach up for something. I've done it occasionally, and it never occured to me that it might be really annoying.

everythingistaken · 02/08/2009 22:41

what a strange thread.

TEAM DAFTPUNK.[GRIN]

everythingistaken · 02/08/2009 22:42

try again

scottishmummy · 02/08/2009 22:49

is a strange thread.but i got to say
de plane de plane boss

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