# Things that tall people know **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129 "2012-09-19T01:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/41 "2012-09-19T16:28:45Z")
Tall people make better Targets. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/42 "2012-09-19T16:33:47Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > - The top of your refrigerator is very dusty. How can that be, with all the stuff I keep up there? Oh—_ **your** _ refrigerator. I see. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/43 "2012-09-20T00:20:51Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > NO! Not weird. > > I was just about to post that I must be the only woman on the planet who really doesn’t like tall guys. I have a 6’ limit – anyone taller than that, I will not fuck. > > I am 5’2" on a tall day. I prefer men around 5’ 7"-5’9" and if I come across a six-footer plus, I smile and keep walking. Not interested. Being a whole foot shorter than me, I am not interested. 😛 I hate the idea of resting my elbow on someone’s head, that’s just rude. Office desks are torture, why can’t all desks be adjustable for height! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/44 "2012-09-20T00:31:28Z")
Tall guys know if your’re going bald before you do. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/45 "2012-09-20T00:41:49Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > From time to time, I realize that something I have “always” known is actually not known to some number of people because they haven’t had the benefit of being tall. > > - The top of your refrigerator is very dusty. I was going to say that! Also, tall people know to beware of ceiling fans. ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/46 "2012-09-20T02:26:37Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Tall people know that if they were suddenly transported into a huge crowd of like-heighted people, where they were forced to look everyone in the eye instead of being able to see the entire venue, that they would possibly break out in a cold sweat, panic, and run and hide under the stairs. I could never really comprehend my ex’s agoraphobia. She couldn’t stand to be in a crowd. To me it was like being in shallow water. I could feel any breeze and always had unobstructed views. She felt like she was drowning. She only had stuffy air and couldn’t see more than a foot in any direction. I can only imagine what she regularly experienced. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/47 "2012-09-20T02:37:54Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Also, tall people know to beware of ceiling fans. And those low hanging dining room light fixtures. Ow. This girl knows that those cool looking slacks, the ones with the interesting fabric pattern, will not come in tall. Because we tall girls only get two colors – black and grey – in solid. Or brown, on a rare occasion. The one really great thing about the whole low-rise jeans fad is that they’ve been making extra long shirts so that average height girls can cover their muffin tops. I rejoice because now I have something that fits my long torso with my regular rise jeans. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/48 "2012-09-20T02:45:04Z")
[A song for the tall men.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7lz4DOGL9s) ---
**Author:** ![MareIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@MareIt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MareIt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/49 "2012-09-20T02:51:31Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Oh… Ladies, are there sites out there for tall women’s clothes? Her height is disproportionately in her legs (if her torso matched, she’d be about 7’ tall). She has two (2) pairs of pants and is getting desperate. [Longtallsally.com](http://Longtallsally.com)! Love them. Quality vs price can be hit or miss but the hits are fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/50 "2012-09-20T02:56:24Z")
Tall people know where to hide things that short or average people cant see or reach. Having been 6’3 when I drove trucks, tall people can reach the pedals easier. Having a grandmother who was 4’9 You NEVER make fun of short people. Age will chang your height, just wait. Gravity always wins, one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/51 "2012-09-20T11:31:15Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Oh… Ladies, are there sites out there for tall women’s clothes? Her height is disproportionately in her legs (if her torso matched, she’d be about 7’ tall). She has two (2) pairs of pants and is getting desperate. [Tall Girls](http://tallgirls.co.uk/) (IMO better than LTS) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/52 "2012-09-20T13:36:22Z")
> [@rivulus](#): > > And those low hanging dining room light fixtures. Ow. And furthermore: Just because it’s not a low-hanging light fixture for _you_ doesn’t mean it’s not a low-hanging light fixture for someone else! ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/53 "2012-09-20T13:54:42Z")
I know your clean SUV has crud on the roof. I know the faster way through the crowd because I can see the opening over there. I know that big vehicles are not luxury choices for some of us (I work out of a Suburban, I own an Explorer and an F350.) I know that height, like any other physical attribute, does not moral superiority make. That comes from within. Of course you don’t have to be tall to know that. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/54 "2012-09-20T14:39:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > My girlfriend is 6’2". > Oh… Ladies, are there sites out there for tall women’s clothes? Her height is disproportionately in her legs (if her torso matched, she’d be about 7’ tall). She has two (2) pairs of pants and is getting desperate. My 6’1" wife likes Long Elegant Legs - I assume that is the website name. Being tall is great in a lot of ways, but bumping into stuff and flying both are a pain. There are certain guitars I just can’t play - a Gibson SG looks cool when played by 5’3" Angus Young; I am at least a foot taller and it looks like a silly toy in my hands… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/55 "2012-09-20T14:51:16Z")
No kidding, re: SG. Maybe I should pick up a Guitarron Mexicano… ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/56 "2012-09-20T15:24:23Z")
Tall people know to jam a washcloth in the overflow drain so they can sit in a hot bath without their wet shoulders and knees take turns tingling in the cool air. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/57 "2012-09-20T15:49:14Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Oh… Ladies, are there sites out there for tall women’s clothes? Her height is disproportionately in her legs (if her torso matched, she’d be about 7’ tall). She has two (2) pairs of pants and is getting desperate. [Long Elegant Legs](http://www.tallwomensclothes.com/) - you’re welcome. I love them. I only wish they had a site for men. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/58 "2012-09-20T15:54:06Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > No kidding, re: SG. Maybe I should pick up a Guitarron Mexicano… Dude, Gibson Firebirds fit tall people great 😉 (I have circled a few but never ended up pulling the trigger. But look at old photos of Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones with a Firebird - little guy with an oversized guitar - [Here’s a pic](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=brian+jones+firebird&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&qscrl=1&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS388US389&biw=977&bih=573&tbm=isch&tbnid=OIz2LkLBzCJBQM:&imgrefurl=http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/sixtiesfish/guitars/brianjones.htm&docid=Okp9cj2Q-lOB-M&imgurl=http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/sixtiesfish/guitars/sullivan2.jpg&w=278&h=398&ei=TTtbUKTDEYHq0gHv-ICAAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=82&vpy=169&dur=312&hovh=269&hovw=188&tx=92&ty=151&sig=113043002350217202182&page=4&tbnh=125&tbnw=76&start=69&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:69,i:336) I found online…) ETA: **Lasciel** - yes, that’s the site my wife uses… ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/59 "2012-09-20T16:09:17Z")
My husband’s 6’6", so I can comment. Surprisingly enough, we found some 36" inseam pants for him at Old Navy - it might be worth checking out. Otherwise, I order nearly all his pants from Eddie Bauer. LL Bean might also have longer inseams, but I forget whether their selection (and lengths) are as good as Eddie’s. He knows that being in close proximity with other tall people weird him out. One time we were in an airport and another family walked by - everyone in that family was over 6’. He had the willies for a while. He knows that he likes the idea of tall women, but not so much the reality. Weirdly, he has no problem with his sister, herself 6’ tall. He knows that people need a better way of starting a conversation other than, “Wow, you’re really tall.” Though he still gets a kick out of little kids being in awe of his height. He tells them to drink their milk. He knows that when shopping at Nordstrom’s for underwear, the more clueless among the sales associates will think he plays for the Timberwolves. (He doesn’t. Like was said earlier, tallness only does not an NBA player make.) ---
**Author:** ![CoratDamar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@CoratDamar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoratDamar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129/60 "2012-09-20T16:42:46Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > I know the faster way through the crowd because I can see the opening over there. This is my very favorite thing about being tall. I’d add: I know what the minimum allowable height is on bathroom stall dividing walls. I do not want to see or be seen over them, dammit; that’s why they exist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tall-people-know/635129.md?page=4)