can tallness compensate for a man's not entirely babe-ness?

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apparently it can. ive yet to feel the benefits though.

― um, Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

It probably has to be combined with boundless confidence.

― RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

coming soon on this thread: people using 'tallness' to refer to something other than height, self-deprecating comment from strongo

― jermaine (jnoble), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

depends if your catchphrase is "RAAARGH ME SMASH" and if you like to stomp around crushing high rise buildings with your bare hands.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

depends on the nature of the not-babeness. do tell

― contribute, Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

unless you mean tallness of heart.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

John Kenneth Galbraith to the thread!

― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

"Tall, dark and handsome" note which gets mentioned first.

― miccio 6' 4" (miccio), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

― dahlin (dahlin), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

a little bit

― Maria (Maria), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

I'd have to go with yes, but not entirely. But being funny trumps the babe-ness. Hence, funny > tall, in this case.

― Je4nne ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

oh, and tall has an upper limit. if you're over 5'10" you're already nine inches taller than me so it doesn't really matter very much if you're 5'10" or 6'5".

― Maria (Maria), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

Tall doesn't help if you're otherwise unappealing, at least to me.
But what I find appealing is often not visual but intangible.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

WHY TALL MEN GET MORE PLAY
http://www.viamagazine.com/images/articles/lightbulb02.jpg

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

haha but "dark" is still #2, ahead of "handsome"!

xpost 'Cause they can change lightbulbs?

― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

yes it can but only marginally.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

decidedly not.

― strng hlkngtn, Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

I always hoped so.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

depends on the nature of the not-babeness. do tell

Please include recent photos, vital stats, and turn-ons.

― j.lu (j.lu), Sunday, 26 June 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

It can, definitely, definitely, definitely! Tall people seem authoritative and trustworthy, somehow.

― edward o (edwardo), Sunday, 26 June 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

I don't know. My deepest relationship was with someone who was exactly my own height.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 27 June 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Maybe for some. Not for me. I like my men short and pretty. And doesn't everyone look better from the above angle? So I'd think tallness would emphasize not-babeness.

― mouse (mouse), Monday, 27 June 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

Is this a thread about Sloth?

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Monday, 27 June 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

This is a thread about invisible bald-spots.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 27 June 2005 02:55 (twenty years ago)

No.

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 27 June 2005 06:54 (twenty years ago)

this has somehow inexplicably worked for me.

― lemin (lemin), Monday, 27 June 2005 07:03 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't "I like tall men" roughly translate to "I like men with large wangs and I assume that tall men have them" most of the time?

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

Don't ask me, I'm a small babe

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

also they are hoping for a TALL child!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

http://media.bestprices.com/content/dvd/10/191311.jpg

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

If only Emma Thompson had been bisected by a steamroller and thrust involuntarily into the nearest ill-lit skip, that would have been quite a funny film.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:41 (twenty years ago)

Are tallboys still popular?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.herringport.co.uk/images/walnut/tallboy-hifi-cabinet.jpg

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

I see plenty of them around Camden Market of a Saturday lunchtime, and they're never alone, bastards.

Me, I'm a five-foot-eight shortarse, so clearly think that true love should mean true love and not a Met Police recruitment advert.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 27 June 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't "I like tall men" roughly translate to "I like men with large wangs and I assume that tall men have them" most of the time?

Occasionally...so?

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, t.s. Prince.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

I never thought of that before but that's probably true - on a genetic/breeding level (xpost)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Occasionally...so?

Well nothing wrong with that, I guess, but it'd be nice if some people were just a bit more honest and straight forward in the language that they use.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

Where do you people get these ideas? Crikey!

Sometimes "I would prefer a tall man" just means "I am tall myself and don't want to spend a date talking over the top of my date's head"

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

But it's odd that a lot of short women prefer to go out with tall men and vice versa - or is that just because you notice it more?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

being 5'4 i've never cared about height that much. all i know is that very tall people piss me off because they always find a way to stand directly in front of me at shows!

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

Statistical anomalies are generally more noticeable.

― Tinman: Set to Self-Destruct (cprek), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

all i know is that very tall people piss me off because they always find a way to stand directly in front of me at shows!

'twas ere thus

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

Matthew, I was just being flip for no reason! No offense.

The real appeal for tall guys is that 90% of my non-sneaker shoes are at least 3 inch heels and I'd rather not tower over a guy or look him in the eye.

all i know is that very tall people piss me off because they always find a way to stand directly in front of me at shows!

That pisses me off also. Grr!

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

how short is short?

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Smaller than a bread basket

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

I'd just like to note that when short girls tap me on the back and ask if they can move around me at shows I always let them.

― miccio 6'4", Monday, 27 June 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

... and when short guys do it?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

yeah i purposefully stand in the back to avoid charges of inconsideration. 6'4" height twin

― Tinman: Set to Self-Destruct (cprek), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

also, tightly packed shows often have people holding cigarettes above their head / directly eye level with me.

― Tinman: Set to Self-Destruct (cprek), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

I've apparently grown a bit. My little brother (who is 13, mind you) was about three centimetres taller than me. Now we're even (if I'm not at least half a centimetre taller). We're about 6'3" or 6'4".

As for height compensating -- maybe in some cases, but almost every female I know that's with somebody is dating someone at least five inches shorter than me. I don't have anyone and I'm nobody's little (or rather, tall) weasel.

― Ian Riese-Moraine eats nation-states for breakfast! (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

I try not to block anyone's views at shows, either.

― Ian Riese-Moraine eats nation-states for breakfast! (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 27 June 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

It's only mid-level tall guys (5'10"-6'2") that have blocked me as shows. Maybe they think of themselves as short or made of glass, so the 5'5" girl behind can see through them.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 27 June 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

That's probably true - I'm 5'10 and generally think of myself as being average height, rather than tall. I'm positively shrimpy around dudes like Miccio.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 27 June 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

I definitely prefer tall men, but then I'm 5'10" myself. I'm not sure if it can compensate for ugliness - I mean, I'd pick a 5'9" stunner over a 6'3" minger, but generally, tall is good for me. I like to wear heels and still be able tilt my head back for a snog.(Or at least sideways. Just not down.)

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 27 June 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

What I meant to add was ALSO PERSONALITY COUNTS FOR A LOT, obviously.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 27 June 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

God, I feel shallow.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 27 June 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

*flutters his eyelashes*

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 27 June 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

your little bro is 13 and 6'4"? that scares me

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 27 June 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

i dont have a height preference

but hugging someone who is slightly taller than me is kinda nice (6'0" - 6'2")

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 27 June 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, having a shoulder at head height is good for hugging.

No eyelash fluttering until Friday pm please.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 27 June 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

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