# Introducing: PUGAs. PUGA #1. The shortest Doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287 "2005-11-29T23:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/1 "2005-11-29T23:00:52Z")
PUGAs are thread ideas I thought I’d do every so often…maybe one a week or every two weeks. They are for fun, mostly, but also to see and compare to other members various things. All things will be something that, you’ll find, can be beaten and ultimatly claimed by one Doper. PUGA stands for Posting Until Goal Acheived. As in, the goal of the thread which will be found in the title. The first PUGA is to find the shortest Doper and get them to post in this thread. The shortest one will hold it until (obviously) someone else who happens to be shorter comes a long and gives THEIR height. The thread will go on until we find the doper who is the shortest, obviously…or at least the shortest to post in this thread to which it can’t be refuted that they are the PUGA winner. Right now, as there’s only one OP here (myself) I am thus far the shortest doper. 🙂 I’m 6’4. Beat that (ha, I’m sure it’s not going to last long). ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/2 "2005-11-29T23:02:27Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > PUGAs are thread ideas I thought I’d do every so often…maybe one a week or every two weeks. They are for fun, mostly, but also to see and compare to other members various things. > All things will be something that, you’ll find, can be beaten and ultimatly claimed by one Doper. > > PUGA stands for Posting Until Goal Acheived. As in, the goal of the thread which will be found in the title. > > The first PUGA is to find the shortest Doper and get them to post in this thread. > > The shortest one will hold it until (obviously) someone else who happens to be shorter comes a long and gives THEIR height. > > The thread will go on until we find the doper who is the shortest, obviously…or at least the shortest to post in this thread to which it can’t be refuted that they are the PUGA winner. > > Right now, as there’s only one OP here (myself) I am thus far the shortest doper. 🙂 > I’m 6’4. > Beat that (ha, I’m sure it’s not going to last long). Heh, 6’1. How’s the weather up there? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/3 "2005-11-29T23:02:42Z")
**whiterabbit** wins. ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/4 "2005-11-29T23:16:45Z")
WellI want my chance to be shortest so - 5’ 8". ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/5 "2005-11-29T23:19:49Z")
5’3", bitches! Woohoo! And that’s five feet 3 inches of fighting fury, I tell you what. Or… not. And I’m still the tallest girl in my family. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/6 "2005-11-29T23:39:23Z")
5’7"? _previews_ Oh, bugger. ☹ (Bet you anything I win the “read most books” PUGA thread. Bet you _anything_. 🆒) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/7 "2005-11-29T23:41:48Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > **whiterabbit** wins. Maybe…but one thing I’ll have to really remember to put in future ones (which I tried to say in this one but I guess didn’t make it clear enough) is that “ **Dopermember** wins” doesn’t win it. They have to post and be IN this topic to claim their win. 😛 And so far 5’3 seems to be the shortest doper (so far). Will **amaranta** hold out? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/8 "2005-11-30T00:30:40Z")
5’2" in all truth. I say 5’3" so I can be taller than my older sister, but it’s really 5’2". And I know I’m not the shortest one out there. ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/9 "2005-11-30T00:56:23Z")
A measly (but some say cute!) 4’11" for me! ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/10 "2005-11-30T01:01:12Z")
_Ties with **Gundhilde** at 4 '11_ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/11 "2005-11-30T04:49:56Z")
Oh myyy. I wonder if there’s anyone at 4’10 or 4’10 and a half? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/12 "2005-11-30T05:51:29Z")
We’ve worked this out before. whiterabbit is the shortest Doper. She’s 4’2". I believe that I’m the shortest male Doper at 4’11". ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/13 "2005-11-30T06:41:11Z")
Oh, I have no doubt that she would be the shortest doper. 😛 But see, in here, in this topic…she’s not. 😛 It’s a tie at 4’11 The boundries are this topics walls, that was the point of this idea. 😛 So outside members that people know of don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/14 "2005-11-30T15:10:06Z")
Here I am…4’2". Beat THAT. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/15 "2005-11-30T16:36:05Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Here I am…4’2". Beat THAT. Slightly O/T (and badly worded, I’m sure): Are you “just short” or are you a “little person” (dwarf/midget)? I only ask because I have a cousin who is 4’8", and she’s “just short” (her brother is over 6’). I see from the Little People of America website that you can become a member “To join LPA, you must be a little person (usually but not always defined as an adult height of 4’10” or under as the result of a medical or genetic condition), a family member, or demonstrate a well-founded interest in issues relating to dwarfism." Ever thought of joining? Or, are you a member? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/16 "2005-11-30T16:37:56Z")
> [@Gundhilde](#): > > A measly (but some say cute!) 4’11" for me! I thought I might have it before I saw you post. 4’ 11 3/4". But I’m wearing heels today. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/17 "2005-11-30T16:57:36Z")
I’m two feet tall. I win! Prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/18 "2005-11-30T17:06:35Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’m two feet tall. > > I win! > > Prove me wrong. Simple. I see you live in Saint Paul. Therefore, you are of Norweigan stock. Therefore, you are at least six feet tall. HAH! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/19 "2005-11-30T17:24:59Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > Simple. I see you live in Saint Paul. Therefore, you are of Norweigan stock. Therefore, you are at least six feet tall. HAH! 😛 Not so fast! I moved here from California, and I’m of Irish descent, so there could be some leprechaun blood there. Hah! yourself, TWO. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287/20 "2005-11-30T18:18:44Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Slightly O/T (and badly worded, I’m sure): Are you “just short” or are you a “little person” (dwarf/midget)? > > I only ask because I have a cousin who is 4’8", and she’s “just short” (her brother is over 6’). I see from the Little People of America website that you can become a member “To join LPA, you must be a little person (usually but not always defined as an adult height of 4’10” or under as the result of a medical or genetic condition), a family member, or demonstrate a well-founded interest in issues relating to dwarfism." Ever thought of joining? Or, are you a member? Yeah, I’ve got a really really rare sort of dwarfism. I belonged to LPA for awhile but I don’t right now, I don’t feel the need. I did find my doctor through them, so it was worthwhile. PC lesson: midget is outdated. It’s best avoided. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-pugas-puga-1-the-shortest-doper/333287.md?page=2)