You all know someone who has it!
He’s short, he’s white, he’s wider than he is tall, he drives a large truck-type vehicle with oversized tires and lots of chrome, he lifts weights daily, he thinks of himself as god!
WTF!? Why so many good men lost to this horrible affliction?
Yes. I have run into many sufferers of this afflicition. However, I would have to diagnose it as “Short Man Syndrome.” Race really doesn’t matter.
Just for that, I’m gonna bring my lily-white five foot tall self to your Superbowl party in my Saturn SL. Neener, neener, neener.
As for why we’ve got the attitude, my guess it comes from repeatedly being underestimated when it comes to physical prowess. Overcompensating, and all that.
My Mr. is 5’8",weighs about 200 and drives an obcenely huge black heavily-chromed Chevy Suburban with dark tinted windows in the back. The only difference is that he doesn’t lift weights. He likes his 40 inch waist just like it is. Oh yeah, he’s extremely white.
And what am I bid for this fine speciman???
They’re everywhere back in Buffalo. The derogatory term for 'em is guido, but you don’t have to be Italian to be one. For some reason, the women back home really, really dig the look and attitude – short, stocky, pseudo-alpha make. Sigh.
Hey, I’m one of those S.W.M.'s and there ain’t no denying it…
One strange side effect is that, since I’m also got blond hair and blue eyes, people seem to be VERY comfortable confessing their racial prejudices to me - I swear it’s happened a half dozen times over the last couple months. I’m not sure whether to be amused or ashamed, but I guess I do have that arrogant/thuggish/pissed-off vibe about me… so they (wrongly) assume I “must” feel the same way they do. I find that stuff very tiresome to listen to.
we’ve got a hispanic like that at our school, Hilarious shit-
he’s got HUGE arms, and a very large chest, but his legs are REALLY skinny- you can tell he just sits there all day doing pushups and bicep curls, but no running or biking
then there’s people like me… that kayak and bike nonstop in the summer…
Ad Noctum, who has no problems bragging about his physical fitness
Ooooh, I know him! He’s one of my husband’s friends!
Napoleon!
mmmmm - short men yummy saves severe neck strain when I am kissing them.
Well, I’m a short, stocky white guy who doesn’t drive a chromed monster truck. (I’m on shaky territory with the “god” part, as my user name is taken from Larry Niven’s deity of mischance.) But if you have to consider that if we short guys are gonna be muscular at all, it’s gonna show up as width. There’s just not that much space to put the muscles :-). And we have much shorter moment arms, so we have to be stronger to get the same effects as tall guys for certain activities.
Ha! I’m tall, skinny, and drive a '71 Chevy Nova! And never exercise!
I have nothing against short men, in fact, I love them! I would estimate that 80% of men I’ve dated have been shorter than average. The one guy who totally destroyed me, who I don’t think I’ll ever get over (even after 10 years) was 5’7" (I’m 5’9"), so don’t assume I have a bias toward all short men.
Also, I’m not saying that all short men have SWMS. I’m just saying that there seems to be a disproportionate amount of short men who have those characteristics in relation to average height men.
I know two guys who fit the criteria exactly excepting height. One of ‘em’s 5’4 and the other’s 6’.
Yeah Adam and you’re 97% fat free! 
I’m a female who’s short and slim (with moderately sized breasts to boot). Excercise is for chumps.
All the best guys are short.
The guy I like at school…Davy Jones…Jester. I rest my case. Why I bet Cecil Adams is- no I won’t go that far. Maybe Ed is?
So… uh… how’s it goin?
–Tim
Down, boy! Heel!