My point was not so much that they were the same thing, but that there was no need to make fun of either.
We should start a club, Wolf. Nobody over 5’4" allowed, whether they’re in heels or not.
What about girls? Not even tall girls?
Unless it’s a gentleman’s club, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more.
Typo of the week!! 
Pace in addition to all the fine points raised already, know what cheeses me about his recent behaviour particularly? Talking about how great of a parent he is, how committed he and Nicole are to being the best parents they can be, and pushing the “never” button constantly. “I’ve never been this happy” “I’ve never been in love like this” “I’ve never felt this way about anyone” and on and on and on.
How’d’ja like to be 12 year old Isabella explaining to 9 year old Conor what the kids at school mean when they say Dad was never in love with Mom and it was just for publicity? Divorce happens, sure all the time, but is it too much to allow the kids to think that at one point their parents actually loved each other and they were a happy family unit and not a ratings stunt?
Just tweaks me.
I apologize for making this comment. I can see it bothers several other posters, and that wasn’t my intention. After thinking it over, I’ve concluded you’re right, it isn’t a fair criticism, and I was being insensitive. I’ll endeavor to do better in the future in this regard.
Ah, but don’t forget, the prevailing Big Sky Fairy myth holds that anyone who believes in anything other than the prevailing Big Sky Fairy myth is the Enemy.
And there are a lot of Big Sky Fairy myth believers out there.
Eh, don’t feel sorry for us. Most of us who’ve grown to adulthood have long since learned to merely :rolleyes: at people who make them.
If this were 7th grade, however, I’d appreciate the sentiment. 
You know, I was going to stay out of this one & just read on, but this comment puts words to what I was thinking but couldn’t figure out how to say.
When I got divorced from my daughter’s father (spouse #1), it was part of our divorce decree that we couldn’t bad-mouth the other parent to the child. We even had to take a “how to be divorced parents” class before it would be finalized.
When I got divorced the second time, I maintained this policy on my own, because it still wouldn’t be fair to my daughter to hear me bad-mouth her stepfather, either.
How is he going to explain this to his kids? Or worse yet, is he going to leave it to Nicole to make excuses for him?
Dumb. And not very good parenting, either. :rolleyes:
Anaamika
I apologize for my rather harsh posting. Sorry. (except for the ‘Tom Cruise is an idiot’ part).
And Anaamika, when Turek suggested about a club where no one over 5’4" would be allowed, I’m sure he was just restricting the height requirement to guys. Females of all heights would be more than welcome.
As you may have notcied in the multitude of my postings, I exude a raw unquestionable heterosexuality that makes me the envy of men and the object of desire for all women. I did mention I was heterosexual correct? Yes, some people are so insecure about their heterosexuality, they have to go proclaiming it all over the place. But you don’t see me doing that do you? Heck no, I have enough confidence in my 100% heterosexual orientation that I don’t feel insecure about what others may think.
Gotta go. My good friend Tom Cruise just rented a Judy Garland movie and we’ll watch it together. … ahem … along with the appropriate number of young gorgeous females to ensure that no nasty rumors get started.
I wasn’t offended, dear.
As for the rest of your post…I’m not sure if I’m being whooshed or what!
Yeah. What he said. Except for that weird Judy Garland stuff. Wolf, you take the tall ones and I’ll take the short ones. Fair?
Thanks, Leviosaurus. I admit, it’s an easy quip to make, and it does trip my hot button. Short people (especially men) are one of the few classes of people it’s still socially acceptable to mock. And the thing is, there’s not one human ever in the history of ever that’s been able affect their height in any way whatsoever. Yet, for some reason, they’re looked down upon (pun oh-so-very-much not intended) by our society. So it kinda gets my dander up.
Anaamika
Let’s just say that my posting was a parody of Tom Cruise’s behavior on Oprah Winfrey.
Oh and I definitely was joking about Judy Garland movies !!!
Turek
Tall females are fine with me.
And yes, I think it sucks that it is still perfectly acceptable to insult short people.
I think Randy Newman with his song “Short People” was being a complete asshole. Could he have done that if the song were about someone’s ethnicity or race? Hell no.
I have a theory that the rumors of Nicole’s miscarriage being Ewan McGregor’s were started by Tom himself. He wanted to make her look bad, so he’d come out on top. Too bad it backfired-Nicole came out looking like the victim.
He also made a complete ass of himself at the Batman premiere, running around, signing autographs, acting like HE was the star. It should have been Christian Bale everyone was talking about-Bale’s a fantastic actor and incredibly underrated. Now, he’s also not very fond of the spotlight, but I think that he should have at LEAST gotten some accolades, instead of everyone talking about Crazy Tom.
Someone at a celebrity gossip board mentioned (so take this for what it’s worth) that Cruise and Katie pulled up on Tom’s motorcyle to the Ivy and the press was already there. Tom came over and smiled, and said, “Now, how on earth did you know we were here?” To which one of the reporters shot back, “Your publicist called us.”
The same board also reported this quote:
I would agree that it’s a cheap shot to mock Tom for being short. I don’t think it’s a cheap shot to mock him for not wanting Nicole to wear heals when they were out together. I think that’s eminently mockable behaviour. And noting that he’s going to have the same issue with Katie and finding that amusing should be fine, too. That’s not making fun of him for being short, it’s making fun of him for simultaneously such a pompous ass and so ridiculously insecure about his slightly below-average height.
Nicole “couldn’t” wear heels??? That was her call, I don’t remember seeing a gun to Nicole’s head in any of the zine pics of them together… if she was so STUPID to allow her husband (anyone for that matter) to dictate the type of shoes she could or could not wear, then she had BIGGER problems than TC did (or does) with his height.
ditto about Penelope Cruz, that chick really does look like a BIRD and her voice is nut’n to write home about either… har har.
She always reminded me of this character.
To Pace - You started this thread, got some decent responses, and then you come back - to dis Penelope Cruz??? You don’t have any response to his bad parenting, lack of judgment, practicing medicine without a license (re Brooke Shields), etc.? I guess you really do think he’s just crazy in love and that’s a-ok. Woo eee.
I’m 5’6-5’7 and I don’t mind the short jokes about Cruise. In fact I’ve never minded a joke about Tom Cruise in my life. Anaamika’s “eight inches shorter” comment was very funny.
You want creepy? Here’s a quote from the CNN article I mentioned:
Gah. On top of everything else, this makes him look like a narcissist. (Napoleon complex anybody? ;))
If I may opine a little about the Cruise/Kidman divorce, I’ll say this: she made one joke about his height, and was otherwise classy about it. The other thing that helped her a lot is that she went out and made some good movies. He’s doing the same junk he always did, and it’s getting weirder now that he’s in his 40s.
Were you in their house? Do you know what was said? Why do you make it her call? I need a cite! And for the record, I think the both have problems, but that’s just me.
It seems like she’s about as intelligent as one, too.