Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[Gabe1]

See ....it's like everyone thinks we should all line up by height like we did in elementary school. All tall people would ALWAYS be last in line and would NEVER be able to witness something up close.

Too bad if I was there first...I MUST be removed from the crowd so that the midgets can see.

Ouch. I have not been referred to as a midget in decades. Yikes!

 

[Gabe1]

I'm well over 6 feet tall, too. I've let people go in front of me if they asked politely, but I'm not about to move just because I'm tall.

Gold star and Gold Star to those who raised you.

 

[unkadug]

Get that. I am vertically challenged. I pick my spots where a 6+ dude or dudette isn't standing in front of me.
Having a 6+ dude strap one of those puppies on and lifting his kid atop his head certainly wouldn't be a crowd pleaser as any show or parade would start.

Actually my DH & DS are both extremely tall. They don't often get shunned to the back, they are pretty gallant men, they often offer the vertically challenged the opportunity to stand in front of them, I guess it is all in how one approaches that situation. Having had a couple of kids my DH quickly felt for kids that couldn't see around him, my DS just learned by example. They both pop up from seats on buses too for ladies, children and elderly.

My DS has said that type of etiquette is pounded into their heads at Disney, in costume or off duty. I've seen my son pop up on buses, boats and the monorail. Once he popped and the lady that sat down next to me was one of his trainers years ago.

I will move also if I feel that I am blocking someone view that isn't being rude about it. But to be told that I shouldn't be allowed to sit in the theater except in the back is just asinine. And YES... I have been told that.


(That is where this rant is coming from)

 

[unkadug]

Ouch. I have not been referred to as a midget in decades. Yikes!

Sorry...I certainly did not mean that as a personal slight.

 

[acishere]

Spoiler: craziness

I certainly glad this spoiler craze has died out

Spoiler: Yeah it is probably over

For now

 

[PUSH]

So about a week ago, I was getting these calls from a random number. I didn't answer them because they looked like spam numbers, so I looked them up. If I would have answered them, nobody would have been on the other line. The day after I stopped getting those calls, I'm getting calls from "US Cellular" talking about my payment (according to my voicemail). I was called by the first number 26 times in 10 days (or something like that), and I've been called at least 20 times within the week by the last number. Gotta love it!

 

[Cesar R M]

So there's a former Packer in the Olympics on the US bobsled team. He was a WR and he played in 4 preseason games for Green Bay in 2008. His name is Johnny Quinn. His claim to fame right now, though... getting locked inside a bathroom in Sochi and breaking his way out.

did he scream "I AM THE JUGGERNAUT" as he crushed the door?

Ouch. I have not been referred to as a midget in decades. Yikes!

you could just say you're in your way towards mount doom
(aka an hobbit)

 

[Nemo14]

Sorry....not really

Being well over 6 foot myself. I often get the feeling that others think that I am unworthy of being in a crowd. Why should I be shunned to the back of the crowd simply because of others desire to be in the front of the crowd?

I never pictured you as being tall - don't know why.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Boy I can just imagine the problems this would cause during parades, Wishes, Illuminations, castle projection

I can imagine the problems this would cause my back!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

but I'm not about to move just because I'm tall.

Me either. Like in school (and my daughter gets the same thing) they put all the taller kids on the top risers. I can't tell you how many times I was the only girl on that darn riser.

 

[JenniferS]

When we were kids, our family got a Colecovision. Best gaming system ever. Keep your loser Atari and Intellivision, thank you very much.

Anyway, one of our favourite games was the original Donkey Kong.

For the longest time, we used to call Peach, Chivalry. After all, the box said, "Chivalry is not dead". No mention of Peach.

 

[Lucky]

I'm well over 6 feet tall, too. I've let people go in front of me if they asked politely, but I'm not about to move just because I'm tall.

I never pictured you as being tall - don't know why.

I remember unkadug mentioning he was tall a while back. But I didn't picture PUSH as tall, I guess because of the whole trash can thing.

 

[PUSH]

Watching the Olympics makes me see how truly sad my athletic ability is. The balance and flexibility it takes to do this stuff...

I mean.... I'm at an Olympic-caliber level athletically, I'm just being a nice guy and letting them go instead.

Yep. That's it...

 

[PUSH]

I remember unkadug mentioning he was tall a while back. But I didn't picture PUSH as tall, I guess because of the whole trash can thing.

6'3". Everyone in middle and high school told me I should play basketball. What they failed to realize is you need to get the ball in the hoop for that.

 

[Lucky]

6'3". Everyone in middle and high school told me I should play basketball. What they failed to realize is you need to get the ball in the hoop for that.

My father and brothers were 6-4 and 6-3. I'm the 6-1 runt.

 

[Lucky]

Watching the Olympics makes me see how truly sad my athletic ability is. The balance and flexibility it takes to do this stuff...

I mean.... I'm at an Olympic-caliber level athletically, I'm just being a nice guy and letting them go instead.

Yep. That's it...

Snow shoveling should be an Olympic event. I can do that.

 

[PUSH]

My father and brothers were 6-4 and 6-3. I'm the 6-1 runt.

I'm the tall one in my family. I have no idea how I got this tall. My grandpa on my mom's side was 6'0, but that's the only tall one. My dad's side is all short. My brother is about 6'0. My mom is like 5'5ish, and my dad is like 5'9.

 

[JenniferS]

6'3". Everyone in middle and high school told me I should play basketball. What they failed to realize is you need to get the ball in the hoop for that.

Yeah and no.
Hubby is a high school basketball coach, and one of his favourite sayings is "You can't teach size".

He has at least one kid on the team each year who is used as a human pylon during certain plays. You put a 6' 5", 200 lb. kid out there sometimes just to get in the way of the other team and slow their momentum.

Or so he says. I am not a big fan of the game.

 

[PUSH]

Snow shoveling should be an Olympic event. I can do that.

Or cow tipping...

 

[PUSH]

Yeah and no.
Hubby is a high school basketball coach, and one of his favourite sayings is "You can't teach size".

He has at least one kid on the team each year who is used as a human pylon during certain plays. You put a 6' 5", 200 lb. kid out there sometimes just to get in the way of the other team and slow their momentum.

Or so he says. I am not a big fan of the game.

I'm not a huge fan of basketball, either. The only sport I can feel confident with outsmarting others with (at least others around my age) is football.

I was pretty good at badminton in high school, though. Haven't played it since my gym classes. Those were the days!