# Post your height.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 7, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052 "2000-11-07T02:53:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 8

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/141 "2000-11-11T05:15:09Z")

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6’ 1.5". I was 6’ 2" before I got old and my hair started falling out.

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/142 "2000-11-11T05:31:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \*  
> \*\*I discovered something very, very bad about being tall today.
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> On rainy days your eye level is everyone else’s umbrella edge level. Caught a good one across my cheekbone by some idiot who didn’t figure out that their personal space had to include something pokey as well. It wasn’t all their fault, just a by-product of physical objects trying to occupy two spots at once, but it still hurt. \*\*

…about the only time wearing glasses comes in handy. They’ve picked off a few pokes in the eye.

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**Author:** ![maidenunicorn41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maidenunicorn41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maidenunicorn41)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/143 "2000-11-11T06:16:46Z")

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here goes

5’7  
200lbs (on a diet)  
auburn hair  
brown eyes  
41 yrs.  
42D  
18 yr.old son  
married

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**Author:** ![Reboot42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Reboot42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reboot42)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/144 "2000-11-12T01:48:24Z")

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5’ 11.5"

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**Author:** ![PuRpLe\_PrIdE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@PuRpLe\_PrIdE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PuRpLe_PrIdE)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/145 "2000-11-12T01:50:23Z")

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5’2"

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**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/146 "2000-11-14T09:20:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Persephone \*  
> \*\*5’2" if I blow dry…  
> \*\*

Well, I have it on authority that if you blow DRY, he’ll feel about 10 feet tall! 😃

::fleeing::

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**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/147 "2000-11-14T12:19:16Z")

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5’9"  
150lb, I think. I don’t have any bathroom scales.  
Dyed auburn hair, blue eyes  
Taurus.  
Only child of two only children. My partner is also an only child.

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**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/148 "2000-11-14T14:55:02Z")

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6’ with my shoes on  
a measly 5’11" otherwise

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-height/40052/149 "2000-11-14T15:23:56Z")

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Ah, what the hey.

5’ 8"  
120 #  
Brown Eyes  
Brown Hair (usually - sometimes not)

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