Hmmm… you can say… I’a a Dwarf Wrestler, Ninjitsu practitioner, likes saving Princesses from retarded turtles, train fleas for flea circuses, looking for a fella named Jack who ripped me off, or getting coupla levels in War Hulk…
Or… I just need the height for when I’m a goin’ Viking.
As someone who is NOT 6’3″+ I just use my usual response when I befriend someone who’s tall. “You’re too tall, I demand ten percent of your height.” Eventually, *I* will be the tall one.
As a 6’5″ woman I’ve given up on buying pants from the shops… I just buy XXL skirts and take then in about 6 inches at the waist ( I’m also ridiculously skinny and can’t gain weight for the life of me – I know a tall skinny white chick boohoo – but it really is a problem, a hormone in balance has put me well below the health weight range) or I just sow my own pants… It’s shoes that are the huge issue, womens 14, they have to be specially made 🙁
Obviously you’ve never had issues buying clothes, cars, airplane seats, or frequently nearly concuss yourself, nor do you have complete strangers stop you on the street to ask how tall you are.
6’7″. Goddamn I want an actual committee like this.
Our committee meetings would take place in sushi bars and cramped coffee shops. Really, anywhere the patrons would be confused and slightly worried by a herd of giants.
6’6″. My nicest comment to people is when they ask me how tall I am, I tell them 4’30”. 90% of the responses are “No, REALLY!”, “Come on, tell me”, or the wrong answer.
If you’re feeling particularly bold, you can respond with “How much do you weigh?”, “What’s your bust size?”, or “How black are you?” They’re just questions of measurement, right?
thank you so much for making this comic. I’m a proud 6’8″ high school-er.
All of this is true. so true… so terribly true…….
especially the basketball part!
I’m 6’5″ and so far the best solution I’ve come up with for the pants problem has been to not wear pants. I wear kilts. Shirts are still a problem though.
I love my utilikilts, but I can’t wear them into the office, unfortunately! My solution to shirts has been to start looking for the “tall” designation. It’s an extension to standard shirt sizes, like “XLT” or “XL-TALL” and are quite a bit longer than the standard size. It really helps and is much more comfortable.
I’m not over 6’3″, but I am a shade over 6′, and I still run into problems like this. Especially when watching my head. I probably hit my head on some stupid low-hanging bullshit at least once a week at work.
I don’t understand! Your countries are supposed to be FULL of tall people! You guys are supposed to be NORMAL over there! (I’m guessing most of you are from USA and/or tall parts of Europe).
Over here, being 5’8″ is considered “tall enough”, imagine being 6’5″ x.x
When people ask me about my height or shoe size (I’m an american 14), I usually respond by asking “Why? How much can you handle?”, but the weather question just gets into my nerves…
I dunno, 6’6″ here, and most black people I’ve encountered are shorter by several inches. Average height i’d say. But then again I live in a very non-diverse area
Seriously, there is no Tall store, only Big and Tall, because (obviously) if you are tall than you are also enormously fat! Right guys? This makes five kinds of sense!
so true!
I’m 1.92m, a foreigner in China… I heard every fucking day someone saying “too tall”… but the most common question is “where do you buy your shoes?” – “at the butchery” is my answer
I’m 6’4″ (1.93 m) and three of my sweeties are in the 5’0″ ( 1.52 m) range. We tend to take advantage of stairs for kissing purposes! (No, I’m not selecting them for height, it just kind of happened that way.)
Have to comment on this one to ask: do you think guys who are tall and thin get more comments than guys who are tall and proportional, or big and tall? I get the sense that tall thin guys get it more often because we make it stand out more…or that it’s like complimenting a fat girl on some other feature.
I think disproportionately people get asked these questions more often. at least from my experience. My theory is that people don’t want to ask our heftier neighbors because they’re afraid of insulting them. It’s a touchy subject for some, and weight just adds on to it. (pun intended).
Yeah, most cars are too small for me. I’m 1,92m, but have very long legs.
It’s especially fun on holidays if you need to rent a car:
We: “will both of us fit in that car sitting behind eachother?”
Rental company: “Off course sir, not a problem.”
We: * Gets in, bumps his head, digs his knees into the dashboard and drives away full throttle unable to brake… *
Well okay, so the last bit doesn’t happen, but there is a good reason I detest most ‘sports’ cars and love vans.
I’m 6’2″ *sigh* This is just like all those other clubs I was almost eligible for, like health insurance and college. I was only one chromosome off from getting that diversity scholarship too.
Privileged?? Someone has insecurity issues, I see.
My family has bought cars without me, only to find that I physically cannot get into the seat due to my legs being too long (6’4″ female here). It’s very unfortunate as I wouldn’t be capable of driving the car back home should another one of my family members be ill or something.
Or shoes! They don’t make pretty anything in size 13’s womens — you’re lucky enough to be able to FIND a pair of shoes!
Or scaring people! Sometimes I find that I unintentionally intimidate people just by being tall! This is NOT good when you’re trying to interview for a job and the interviewer is scared of you! Or trying to make friends!
And countertops and sinks are always too low!
I know that short people also have similar problems (just in reverse), but I wish the average-height people who are catered to would stop disparaging the rest of us.
Or scaring people! Sometimes I find that I unintentionally intimidate people just by being tall! This is NOT good when you’re trying to interview for a job and the interviewer is scared of you! Or trying to make friends!
And countertops and sinks are always too low!”
6’7″ here, all above are soo true!!!
Also forget about themeParks. Squeezed into a rollercoaster last year and thought that I was going to die because the bar didn’t fit over my legs and had to hold myself in LOL.
Hey what? 6 foot 3 isn’t tall at all, if anything it’s very slightly above average.
I also don’t understand what the pants line is about… I’m 6 foot 7 and can buy pants in pretty much any store. Just buy the largest size and wear a belt…
As a 6’4″ almost 60 year old man I can tell you that being tall has many more advantages than disadvantages most of the time you get a job promotion over the guy with Nepoleans disease and most of us have a better outlook on life. So just have the carpenter put 2/3″ under the kitchen and bath counters . Oh about the car problem just buy that big suv and let the short asses drivr the littel shit boxes.
This is my life…
I’m short but sometimes I have a problem reaching the pants at the store…I want in
I so want a seat on that committee. These are pressing concerns.
This is funny cuz it’s true.
I’m 6’4″, and I wish there was a solution to either of these problems 😛
Become a nudist. It solves the first problem
But makes the second quite a bitch…
You don’t have an idea how close that is to the truth!! FML!
Sounds like Tony is drawing on some real life experience for this one.
As someone who is 6’8″, my usual response to “How’s the weather up there?” is “Why don’t you crawl up my ass and find out?”.
hahaha… that’s funny.
When they ask if I play basketball, sometimes I ask if they play miniature golf.
6 foot 8, fucking Jesus shit!
I’m 6’9″ and my ass is a crawl free zone. I like telling people I’m a jockey.
what like a gerbil ?
My usual response is “Does it smell down there?”
or spit and say “it rains…”
Finally, some clarification. I never know what to say.
Hmmm… you can say… I’a a Dwarf Wrestler, Ninjitsu practitioner, likes saving Princesses from retarded turtles, train fleas for flea circuses, looking for a fella named Jack who ripped me off, or getting coupla levels in War Hulk…
Or… I just need the height for when I’m a goin’ Viking.
As someone who is NOT 6’3″+ I just use my usual response when I befriend someone who’s tall. “You’re too tall, I demand ten percent of your height.” Eventually, *I* will be the tall one.
Rererak, Now you’re thinking like the powers that be!!
I personally find it rather annoying when people say I’m too tall. I hear it every single day…
That’s what you get for being too tall.
yahhh, I know.
😀
Obviously, he needs to lose a foot. Or both.
Nah, he needs to be taller!
now you’re talking!
this just made my day THIS IS MY LIFE!
The hidden comic is pretty classic as well.
As a 6’5″ woman I’ve given up on buying pants from the shops… I just buy XXL skirts and take then in about 6 inches at the waist ( I’m also ridiculously skinny and can’t gain weight for the life of me – I know a tall skinny white chick boohoo – but it really is a problem, a hormone in balance has put me well below the health weight range) or I just sow my own pants… It’s shoes that are the huge issue, womens 14, they have to be specially made 🙁
Cry me a river, ‘ya bastards. “OH, I can see over crowds at concerts and women confuse height for attractiveness…boo hoo!”
What’s next? A comic for the tragically TOO good-looking?
“Wah, I get handed free stuff…like jobs, wah!”
Obviously you’ve never had issues buying clothes, cars, airplane seats, or frequently nearly concuss yourself, nor do you have complete strangers stop you on the street to ask how tall you are.
You’ve obviously not experienced the back pain, and food expenses either.
You take the good AND take the bad, you take them BOTH and then you have the facts of life.
Well, I’m certainly not whining about anything. I love being tall, even with the problems.
Oh, it’s also impossible to take a decent bath.
Sooooooo true.
boo hoo, take a bath in a lake, river or sea then.
soooo… what? Drive 20 miles away to take a bath?
my dad, brother and i are all over 6’3″ and if we go anywhere together everyone stare at us in horror
Your family should stop wandering around with chainsaws and hockey masks, IMHO.
Or perhaps everyone *else* needs to *start*.
touché
Let’s start the hockey mask and chainsaw club!
the hockey mask and chainsaw club for anyone over 6’3″!
6’7″. Goddamn I want an actual committee like this.
Our committee meetings would take place in sushi bars and cramped coffee shops. Really, anywhere the patrons would be confused and slightly worried by a herd of giants.
I believe that would be a gaggle of giants
or a group of gargantuan gentlemen..
They’re flocks, DUH.
A pack, PACK!
(6’8″ btw)
As a 6’1″ woman, I have to deal with stuff like this all the time, too. Which is why this is so freaking hilarious 😀
And unbelievably hot!
Sparrow, marry me! Our children will be giants and trod upon the earth!
6’6″. My nicest comment to people is when they ask me how tall I am, I tell them 4’30”. 90% of the responses are “No, REALLY!”, “Come on, tell me”, or the wrong answer.
If you’re feeling particularly bold, you can respond with “How much do you weigh?”, “What’s your bust size?”, or “How black are you?” They’re just questions of measurement, right?
aw come on guys! you’re from LA and you throw out a basketball/tall people joke this close to the Lakers losing? not cool 🙁
I´m 5.3… Itty bitty swede.
thank you so much for making this comic. I’m a proud 6’8″ high school-er.
All of this is true. so true… so terribly true…….
especially the basketball part!
I’m 6’5″ and so far the best solution I’ve come up with for the pants problem has been to not wear pants. I wear kilts. Shirts are still a problem though.
I love my utilikilts, but I can’t wear them into the office, unfortunately! My solution to shirts has been to start looking for the “tall” designation. It’s an extension to standard shirt sizes, like “XLT” or “XL-TALL” and are quite a bit longer than the standard size. It really helps and is much more comfortable.
I’m not over 6’3″, but I am a shade over 6′, and I still run into problems like this. Especially when watching my head. I probably hit my head on some stupid low-hanging bullshit at least once a week at work.
That’s actually below average in the Netherlands. Huzzah!
Do any of you play basketball?
*checks sheet* “No.”
NO!
No. Do you play Miniature Golf?
I’m over 6′ 3” or how us normal people call it 1.90m and I never have those problems. 😀
Awesome comic nonetheless.
6’5 here. When asked how tall I am, I always respond “I’m 6’5, how much do you weigh?”
210 lbs.
I wonder if they’d let us exactly 6′ 3″ guys in…
And on an unrelated note, did anyone look at the 1st panel and think by what they said that none of them were wearing pants?
I was positive that’s what the hidden comic was gonna be.
I don’t understand! Your countries are supposed to be FULL of tall people! You guys are supposed to be NORMAL over there! (I’m guessing most of you are from USA and/or tall parts of Europe).
Over here, being 5’8″ is considered “tall enough”, imagine being 6’5″ x.x
When people ask me about my height or shoe size (I’m an american 14), I usually respond by asking “Why? How much can you handle?”, but the weather question just gets into my nerves…
Why are you putting so much emotionality and passion into your response?
Oh yeah…teh interwebz, srs business.
The best response I’ve heard to the weather question is to spit on their head and say “it’s raining.”
I’m 6’7″ and I wouldn’t wish being a giant on my worst enemy. The stereotypes, and buying pants! Big and Tall only serves the really fat people.
http://www.tall.org/, i’d imagine their meetings would not be like this, though.
they also offer a scholarship for tall people.
finding pants is a huge pain in the ass
call me old fashioned but i refuse to believe that there is only one tall black guy in this committee
I dunno, 6’6″ here, and most black people I’ve encountered are shorter by several inches. Average height i’d say. But then again I live in a very non-diverse area
OK, well, forget about pants. We’re better than everyone else anyway, right? If we don’t wear ’em, we don’t need ’em.
Seriously, there is no Tall store, only Big and Tall, because (obviously) if you are tall than you are also enormously fat! Right guys? This makes five kinds of sense!
Amen amen amen! It’s “Big and Tall”, not “Big and/or Tall”. You only make that mistake once.
Yup, I know how that is… -_-
so true!
I’m 1.92m, a foreigner in China… I heard every fucking day someone saying “too tall”… but the most common question is “where do you buy your shoes?” – “at the butchery” is my answer
I’m 5’7″, and this is the world’s smallest violin.
I’m 6’5″, and you happen to be the world’s largest ass.
I wonder why they always ask about weather? Do they think that they are first to make that joke ? People are f*cking morons.
In my school, if your over 6’3″, your usually the one to get the ball off the net when it gets stuck…
I’m 6’4″, and I’ve been trying out the response, “That question is inappropriate and offensive.” The reactions have been mixed.
— “How’s the weather up there?”
— “It’s gonna rain! *spit*”
Situation handled.
Also JC Penney Big and Tall my brothers!!!
I’m 6’4″ (1.93 m) and three of my sweeties are in the 5’0″ ( 1.52 m) range. We tend to take advantage of stairs for kissing purposes! (No, I’m not selecting them for height, it just kind of happened that way.)
THREE OF THEM? How many do you have?! If you meant past “sweeties” then you should write it. If not… Wow. Just wow.
Oh man, their meeting always gets the top spot.
it’s…. tear* it’s so true!
Where are you guys!?! Where ever you are stop dating short women our dating pool is small enough!!
No (well..) mortar store nearby sells 36″+ length pants, and I sadface. Thank you.
Have to comment on this one to ask: do you think guys who are tall and thin get more comments than guys who are tall and proportional, or big and tall? I get the sense that tall thin guys get it more often because we make it stand out more…or that it’s like complimenting a fat girl on some other feature.
I think disproportionately people get asked these questions more often. at least from my experience. My theory is that people don’t want to ask our heftier neighbors because they’re afraid of insulting them. It’s a touchy subject for some, and weight just adds on to it. (pun intended).
This all is so true. Being 6’5″ I know it. Did anyone mention troubles with most cars? I fucking love you guys.
Yeah, most cars are too small for me. I’m 1,92m, but have very long legs.
It’s especially fun on holidays if you need to rent a car:
We: “will both of us fit in that car sitting behind eachother?”
Rental company: “Off course sir, not a problem.”
We: * Gets in, bumps his head, digs his knees into the dashboard and drives away full throttle unable to brake… *
Well okay, so the last bit doesn’t happen, but there is a good reason I detest most ‘sports’ cars and love vans.
my bad, can’t convert from metric to imperial, is 202cm actually more like 6’7″ ?
as a 6”9 teenager you dont know how true this is
I’m 6’2″ *sigh* This is just like all those other clubs I was almost eligible for, like health insurance and college. I was only one chromosome off from getting that diversity scholarship too.
Is it just the internets or are people really believe being tall is a problem…oh privileged people inventing themselves problems.
hey hey hey hey hey…
we do have problems. We have advantages of course, but problems arise with anything diverse.
Privileged?? Someone has insecurity issues, I see.
My family has bought cars without me, only to find that I physically cannot get into the seat due to my legs being too long (6’4″ female here). It’s very unfortunate as I wouldn’t be capable of driving the car back home should another one of my family members be ill or something.
Or shoes! They don’t make pretty anything in size 13’s womens — you’re lucky enough to be able to FIND a pair of shoes!
Or scaring people! Sometimes I find that I unintentionally intimidate people just by being tall! This is NOT good when you’re trying to interview for a job and the interviewer is scared of you! Or trying to make friends!
And countertops and sinks are always too low!
I know that short people also have similar problems (just in reverse), but I wish the average-height people who are catered to would stop disparaging the rest of us.
As a 6’4″ person, I concur with this comic. It’s even worse when you have size 15 feet. Do I play Basketball? FUCK YOU.
Are you guys really crying about being too tall? Oh, no wait, it’s just raining.
lolz
u jelly?
Ahahaha. 🙂 The real joke here is that they’re not all black!
“Scrysis
Or scaring people! Sometimes I find that I unintentionally intimidate people just by being tall! This is NOT good when you’re trying to interview for a job and the interviewer is scared of you! Or trying to make friends!
And countertops and sinks are always too low!”
6’7″ here, all above are soo true!!!
Also forget about themeParks. Squeezed into a rollercoaster last year and thought that I was going to die because the bar didn’t fit over my legs and had to hold myself in LOL.
As a person who is 6 foot 7, I buy pants at Costco, and they’re cheap and awesome.
Dude, 6.3 is like.. Normal size here (in Netherland)
i’m a girl, and i’m 5.9 feet, and people still think i’m small >.<
Hey what? 6 foot 3 isn’t tall at all, if anything it’s very slightly above average.
I also don’t understand what the pants line is about… I’m 6 foot 7 and can buy pants in pretty much any store. Just buy the largest size and wear a belt…
As a 6’4″ almost 60 year old man I can tell you that being tall has many more advantages than disadvantages most of the time you get a job promotion over the guy with Nepoleans disease and most of us have a better outlook on life. So just have the carpenter put 2/3″ under the kitchen and bath counters . Oh about the car problem just buy that big suv and let the short asses drivr the littel shit boxes.