All Hail Our New Dutch Overlords!

peb · 07-04-2004, 08:04 AM

I'd like to take to take this opportunity to congratulate our Dutch friends and plead that they not beat us up.

Dutch become tallest people in the world

Kingzjester · 07-04-2004, 10:17 AM

Curious and interesting!

jjacob · 07-04-2004, 10:23 AM

Interesting article! I knew about it but never actually seen it a publication/ news.

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When you are as tall as the Dutch, he said, the standard-size world can seem like a small place.

Heh, that is amazingly true..

Firefoot · 07-04-2004, 11:05 AM

Wow 2,20 meters (gó metrics

) is quite tall!

Erwin_Br · 07-04-2004, 02:10 PM

Hmmm, our boss is around 2.20 meters. Of course he's feared throughout the company. I'm only 1.79, which is a little bit smaller than the avarage lenght of the people I work with, I think.

--Erwin

Kingzjester · 07-04-2004, 05:08 PM

I'm circa 1.83m .... but I am not Dutch ... so yeah ...

Royal Fool · 07-04-2004, 05:43 PM

I haven't measured myself in ages. Well, okay, I lie. More like a few years.

ConcreteRancor · 07-04-2004, 08:25 PM

I'm about seven in- I mean, about 6 foot 4.

I'm too tired to attempt the metric conversion.

jjacob · 07-04-2004, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ConcreteRancor

I'm about seven in- I mean, about 6 foot 4.

I'm too tired to attempt the metric conversion.

If I'm correct than that's about 1.92M, just about my height as well..

***tabacco*** · 07-04-2004, 09:43 PM

I'm 1.85m.

Helpful hint: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ches+to+meters

*PolloDiablo* · 07-04-2004, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tabacco

I'm 1.85m.

Helpful hint: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ches+to+meters

I'm Dutch, female and 5'11".

Melkor · 07-05-2004, 01:38 AM

I'm probably the shortest male on the forums... and I'm supposed to be tall! (Norwegian). I'm just over 170 (been a while since I measured my height, I'm probably closer to 175, but still... I don't know any shorter men than myself :eek: )

Not that I care much, we short people are known for our amazing intellect and gargantuan reproductive organs *ahem*

As a sidenote, I'm pretty sure I'm a watered-down hobbit, I actually have hair on the top of my feet!

(not much mind you, it's barely noticeable, but you can feel it)

[EDIT: Rewrote one sentence, wasn't really what I meant

]

Zygomaticus · 07-05-2004, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Melkor

I'm probably the shortest male on the forums... and I'm supposed to be tall! (Norwegian). I'm just over 170 (been a while since I measured my height, I'm probably closer to 175, but still... I'm pretty much the shortest guy I know of :eek: )

Not that I care much, we short people are known for our amazing intellect and gargantuan reproductive organs *ahem*

As a sidenote, I'm pretty sure I'm a watered-down hobbit, I actually have hair on the top of my feet!

(not much mind you, it's barely noticeable, but you can feel it)

Why you insolent fellow!

Clearly, you haven't seen many people...

For that matter, I'm just around 166 cm...aka 5'6"

But I'm still 17, and wondering if I'll grow any more...

Mattsius · 07-05-2004, 09:22 AM

I'm about 171 cm, so I'm rather short also.

ConcreteRancor · 07-05-2004, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Melkor

As a sidenote, I'm pretty sure I'm a watered-down hobbit, I actually have hair on the top of my feet!

(not much mind you, it's barely noticeable, but you can feel it)

Me too! And you can actually see mine! (My ex was a huge LOTR fan, so she thought it was awesome.)

Maquisard · 07-06-2004, 12:04 AM

I am six hairy hobbit feet. Or 183 cm, to be more exact. I think I wanna marry a Dutch girl. Marry into the high society if you will. Carry on the upward trend through my kids and all that. Models are tall women too, so tall women can't be all that bad, if they look like models. I hear Scandinavian women are real beautiful. Is that an insult, calling the Dutch Scandinavian? If so, I'm sorry, you're still gonna hook me up though, right?

(I love stealing treppies smilies)

Wormsie · 07-06-2004, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Kode

Why you insolent fellow!

Clearly, you haven't seen many people...

For that matter, I'm just around 166 cm...aka 5'6"

But I'm still 17, and wondering if I'll grow any more...

No.

People ALWAYS told me that I would grow up to be "just as tall as everybody else!" I don't know what their problem was. Being short rules.

I'm 169.5 cm - or maybe the nurse who measured my height thought that I would feel bad if I she told me that I'm 169 cm, so she added that extra half a centimetre. Ha!

Melkor · 07-06-2004, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ConcreteRancor

Me too! And you can actually see mine! (My ex was a huge LOTR fan, so she thought it was awesome.)

Well, you can see mine aswell, but it's not as prominent as say.. Frodo's. It's kind of funny because I'm not particulary hairy in general, I would actually go as far as to say I'm not very hairy at all... execpt I have hair on the top of my feet, woohoo

Maquisard · 07-06-2004, 01:17 AM

Aren't Montenegrins like the second or third tallest European nationality? Right up there with the Dutch and Irish (?) Anyway, I have a friend back in Serbia who's half Swedish, half Montenegrin/Serb (I'm half Montenegrin/Serb myself) and he's MASSIVE. He's all blond, almost white-heared and is like 195 cm tall. You probably have no idea why I'm telling you that, but people like that are quite an oddity back where I come from. And, yeah...Isn't that odd?

Firefoot · 07-06-2004, 09:22 AM

I'm not really that tall... I'm about 1,78m, so I probably get the average down...

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Melkor Evil Incarnate Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Around Posts: 255	I'm probably the shortest male on the forums... and I'm supposed to be tall! (Norwegian). I'm just over 170 (been a while since I measured my height, I'm probably closer to 175, but still... I don't know any shorter men than myself :eek: ) Not that I care much, we short people are known for our amazing intellect and gargantuan reproductive organs ahem As a sidenote, I'm pretty sure I'm a watered-down hobbit, I actually have hair on the top of my feet! (not much mind you, it's barely noticeable, but you can feel it) [EDIT: Rewrote one sentence, wasn't really what I meant ] Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before." Last edited by Melkor; 07-06-2004 at 12:47 AM.

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Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	I am six hairy hobbit feet. Or 183 cm, to be more exact. I think I wanna marry a Dutch girl. Marry into the high society if you will. Carry on the upward trend through my kids and all that. Models are tall women too, so tall women can't be all that bad, if they look like models. I hear Scandinavian women are real beautiful. Is that an insult, calling the Dutch Scandinavian? If so, I'm sorry, you're still gonna hook me up though, right? (I love stealing treppies smilies) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

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Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Aren't Montenegrins like the second or third tallest European nationality? Right up there with the Dutch and Irish (?) Anyway, I have a friend back in Serbia who's half Swedish, half Montenegrin/Serb (I'm half Montenegrin/Serb myself) and he's MASSIVE. He's all blond, almost white-heared and is like 195 cm tall. You probably have no idea why I'm telling you that, but people like that are quite an oddity back where I come from. And, yeah...Isn't that odd? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

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