Speaking just for myself, it’s tall tales, of which I’m not too fond.
What?
Exactly. My last name is frighteningly close to Neandrthal. That’s my standard response, "Gee, never heard THAT one before. 
And yes, it will never stop. 42 years and going.
I’m only 6’, but man do I hate it when a bunch of people are taller than me. I don’t care if one or two of them are, but when 5 or 6 of your good buddies are 6’3" or taller and you’re hanging out just with them, you start to get Napoleon complex or something.
I have a tall group of friends I hang out with. Once we went camping in rural Northern Michigan. We walked into a store in a small town, one after another, my 6’2 friends went first, followed by Mr. 6’4’’ and Mr. 6’5’’, followed by me.
The poor woman behind the counter was quite flustered. “Wow, you’re the tallest group of buys I’ve ever seen!” She pointed at me saying “And you’re the tallest person I’ve ever seen in my life!” That’s the exact moment my 6’9’’ friend walked in.
But yeah, I know what you mean about the Napolean complex. One member of the group is 6’ and we always tease him.
Er, “Boys” :smack:
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I thought it was because of his prehensile tongue.
me am not a tall person…
I’m friends with two brothers, one is 6’4", the other is 6’5". I went to a party they were having and there were lots of guys taller than them (pro ball players etc.). I asked one of my friends about this and they relied, “Whenever I meet someone taller than me, I make them my friend, 'cause I sure as hell don’t want them as my enemy!”
Damn. I came in here hoping to get some tall jokes to wield against my over-six-foot enemies.
– Uke (6 feet tall…or Normal, in other words)
Mostly it doesn’t bother me at all, but occassionally I like to get in a dig:
“Whoa, those are some boats, what size shoe do you wear”
“14D, what is your cup size?” ( well endowed female)
“Do you play Basketball”
“No, are you a Jockey?”
“How’s the weather up there?”
“Mostly sunny with a good chance of silly assed questions.”
And on the RARE occasions when someone has an origional, it does give me a little chuckle.
One time I was going through the listing of dive shops in the yellow pages looking for a pair of full-foot diving fins…size 14. Well, being in this thread, you see it coming, but about the third shop said, deadpan, “You wear a size 14 shoe, you don’t need fins.”
[funny tall story] In the 60’s my father was in charge of construction of a building not far from UCLA. He had a laborer working there who was known as “Tiny”. Tiny was a stunted lad of 6’5" and about 250 lbs. One very large, very muscled man who was used to being the bigest guy around. (hell of a nice guy too)
Anyway one day Tiny was outside the jobsite wall, and walks around the corner, and he is staring at another guys chin. He stops, starts looking up and up till he get eye to eye with the man then known as Lew Alcindor. Tiny stepped aside, and let him pass. The guys who saw this were laughing their asses off. [/FTS]
Don’t ask pissed-off tall people this question. They spit in your hair and reply, “It’s raining.”
Dammit! I totally missed that Revtim already said that.
Man, at six foot even I’ve all but given up on finding someone significantly taller than me.
Hope remains!
It could be worse. You could work at Wendy’s and have to listen to all the finger in my chili jokes, “… and a side of chili, please, cut the fingers. Heh-heh-heh!”
We all know you’re gay, Mockingbird. You don’t have to do the pronoun thing. 
My son is 6’7". His answers:
Two meters.
No, I’m a jockey. (He might or might not add “On the Clydesdales.”)
spit It’s raining.
Well, we looked that way for a bit, but that’s venturing into TMI land.
It does. I just went out with someone who was also slightly taller than me.
Thank you, Bovine Growth Hormone!
Well, what do you expect with a first name like alice and a last name like wonderland? Sheesh!
I keep racking my brains trying to think of a really funny or clever or tall joke I’ve heard, but they fact is, I’ve never heard one. They’re all stupid. They consist of 1. Statements on the order of “Wow, you’re tall!” (Why are you telling me this? How could I possibly be unaware of that fact?) 2. The ever popular “How’s the weather up there?” (Why in the world would this ever be considered amusing? Has *anyone ever * heard this question and laughed in response?)
I hereby challenge the teeming millions to produce an amusing greeting appropriate for introduction to a person of exceptional height. This must be an original idea, must be found amusing by a)most of the people on this thread and b) me. (I’m the one making up the rules, why should I bother being egalitarian?) “Amusing” is defined as being “Laugh out loud funny”.
The winner gets a kiss from **Mockingbird ** (assuming **Mockingbird ** agrees, of course,) as well as eternal internet fame for supplanting the overused and weatherbeaten “How’s the weather up there?” question. Any takers?