# Make fun of my long torso **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680 "2002-12-10T02:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/21 "2004-11-13T20:19:35Z")
> [@Smashed Ice Cream](#): > > I’m just butting in to say that I counterbalance the lot of you. I’m 5 ft 7 with a 38" inseam. > I can tuck my boobs into my belt and I’m only a 34c. [Walhalla ? Is that you?](http://www.fumetti.org/afnews/2001/03/Asterix%20Latraviata.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/22 "2004-11-13T20:32:02Z")
Can I just tell all y’all that I’m soooo jealous? I love the long torso, sinuous look. Beautiful goth boys with black mesh shirts over long torsos - yowsa! 😃 Really, really short torso here. 5’6" with a 33" inseam. My lower ribs actually get stuck under my hipbones. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/23 "2004-11-13T20:42:24Z")
Tara Reid has a long Torso, and um… she’s hot! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/24 "2004-11-13T20:52:42Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I have a vague memory of someone calling someone else “Johnny Longtorso.” I think it’s from MST3K. > > So, uh, yeah. I hereby call you Johnny Longtorso. Now that you’ve brought up the subject, I can sing the song without getting weird looks! Thanks! _Johnny Longtorso, Johnny Longtorso The man who comes in pieces!_ Johnny Longtorso comes without arms, legs, or head. Collect all the pieces and assemble your own action figure! Note: Gary Coleman Action Legs are not intended for use with Johnny Longtorso, but in a pinch you can squish 'em on. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/25 "2004-11-13T20:56:16Z")
Eeek. I had not noticed this was a zombie thread. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/26 "2004-11-13T21:16:09Z")
I’m not tall, but my torso seems to be proportionally very long. Standing, I’m definitely short. Sitting, it evens out quite a bit. I’ve never bothered to figure out my inseam, partly because I’m not very fashionably inclined, but partly because I never find pants that have the right inseam. Let me measure… Well, I’m not sure I’ve got the proper reference points, but it looks like 25 inches from crotch to top of foot. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/27 "2004-11-13T21:21:31Z")
So I’m not the only freak, eh? I’m six feet tall. My wife is 5’2". My inseam is only one inch longer than hers. Add in a 52" chest, and it’s a wonder that I can even wear clothes at all. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/28 "2004-11-13T22:17:41Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Eeek. I had not noticed this was a zombie thread. Sorry. Oops. Me neither. I came here trough a link in another thread and assumed this was a recent thread. Sorry ! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/29 "2004-11-13T23:52:20Z")
JCPenney’s Big and Tall catalog will help your shirt search, and they’ll never ask you why you never buy tall pants. Humph! Poor guy needs binoculars to find his zipper. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/30 "2004-11-16T18:29:56Z")
found this linked from the tallest doper thread, I can certainly compete in the long torso short legs contest. I’m 6’3" with a 30" inseam. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/31 "2004-11-16T18:50:21Z")
Female, 5’6", 34 inch inseam. My torso is 5 feet; my legs 6 feet. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/32 "2004-11-16T18:55:25Z")
You guys have inseams? My HiTops have rendered them duplicitous. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/33 "2004-11-16T21:21:18Z")
> [@LaurAnge](#): > > I have that problem. Well, not the tall part, but my body is proportionally long. This results in the inability to find a shirt which properly covers all my skin. I detest this. How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/34 "2004-11-16T21:23:38Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Female, 5’6", 34 inch inseam. **My torso is 5 feet; my legs 6 feet.** (Bolding mine) :eek: You’re 11 feet tall? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/35 "2004-11-16T21:30:25Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > (Bolding mine) > > :eek: You’re 11 feet tall? Yes, but it averages out to 5’6" ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680/36 "2004-11-16T21:39:01Z")
Short torso checking in. I’m 5’0", I don’t know my inseam, but my boobs are pretty much directly on top of my waist, and my legs are the same length as my arms. I have no shoulders (well, they’re _there_, they’re just very ineffectual), and my ankles are nonexistent. Go ahead–ridicule. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-fun-of-my-long-torso/141680.md?page=1)