Who is the shortest (fully grown) person you know? In my case, it’d have to be me…I’m a 17 year-old female and 4’11…5’ if I’m lucky.
My SO, a 39-year-old female who is about 5’2".
My sister-in-law and one of my closest friends are both 4’ 10". That friend’s mother is 4’ 9", so I guess she would be the shortest adult (who is not a dwarf/little person) that I know.
A guy I worked with’s mother was so short I originally thought she was a dwarf. I’m pretty sure she’s not but she could disappear easily into a crowd of ten-year-olds.
A friend of mine is about 4’11 and small-framed at that. I could stick her under my arm and tote her around if I cared to. We joke sometimes about stashing her in a rolling suitcase and sneaking her onto a plane that way. 
My mom is 5’ even. I don’t think I’ve known anyone shorter.
I work with someone who is 4’10". And one of the restaurants I frequent has a hostess who’s shorter (I think), maybe 4’8".
I work with a whole bunch of Philipina ladies who are all under 5 feet, but I once worked with a lady who was only 4’7" and was white. At 5’8" I often feel like a giant at work, but I really feel sorry for my one co-worker who is really large and is 6’2" or 3", he is scared of killing them!
There was this young girl at the OfficeMax store in my town. She was so small it was jolting. I’m guessing abut 4 foot 5-6 or so and perfectly proportioned.
My dear ol’ Ma is 4’10". She used to be ove an inch taller, but gravity has worked its wonders on her over the past 70+ years. I’m fairly wee for a guy at 5’ 5.5", but I’m a giant next to her.
My friend Melissa is 4’9" at 21.
My english teacher is 4’11".
I am 6’4" and a bit, and correspondingly thickset, steelplated BIG, and downright huge…
…a good friend of mine is a Vietnamese woman who is four foot nuthin’ and so slightly built that she’d blow away in a cross wind…
Sorry, I’m going to have to revert to my native metric system…
I’m 125kg. She’s about 40. We’re good mates too. I look out for her.
I don’t know her but I sometimes see a woman around Parramatta who I’m sure is well less than 4 feet tall. She is slim and attractive. Whenever I have seen her she has been dressed in what seem very expensive business clothes which I assume are tailor made.
Mom 4’10". Little Sister 5’ even. I’m 5’7"
We don’t play basketball at my house
I know plenty of little people. The shortest one I can think of is around 2’8". I’m sure if whiterabbit posts here, she’ll have me beat.
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And I’m happy that no one here has used the word “midget” - it’s considered very offensive .
my daughter who is 17 years is 4’11", its amazing how she can get on the bus and pay the childs fare, even though she is coming home from a night out with her 18+ year old friends who are all obviously a little worse for the demon drink.
My SO is 5’0", maybe 5’1" if she’s measured at the right time of the day. I’m sure I’ve seen smaller people, but never asked for their height; and I’m usually the smallest one around anyways at 5’5".
One of my coworkers at a factory I used to work was a midget. A rather pretty one, actually. Anyway, she had the misfortune of one day screwing up a bleach job and using a really poor grade of tanning solution. Poor girl looked like an oompaloompa for a few weeks…
Non-midget people, though…hmmm…an old lady who used to work at my current job was probably about 4’8". She was rather tiny.
Oh, Tapioca. I apologize for using midget. Now that I’m aware it’s offensive I’ll make sure never to use it. Sorry about that.
Argh. Foot in mouth. Embedded firmly…
The shortest people I know are my sister and her sisters friend (both 17, both around 5’). I guess that really isn’t that short, but still. They’re given to wearing heels, nice clothes, make-up, and hair done, so most people think they’re actually around 20, despite their short height. Go figure.