Thinking positively does work

[HeyWayne]

We (LadyWayne and I) were talking about Bean last night and about how he's likely to be a tall beggar. I voiced my concerns that I hoped he wasn't taller than me because it can cause quite a few problems.

So, I set about listing the problems, only I started with the advantages first. Do you know, I ran out of "can'ts" quicker than I ran out of "cans".

Anyway, just to prove it, here's my list:

Can:
See/be seen in a crowd
Reach the top shelf in supermarkets – even the stuff at the back
Decorate without ladders
Peek over people fences
Touch the bottom in the local swimming pool without getting your hair wet
Walk over a street bollard without crushing your bollards
Find ¾ shorts in most shops
Work your way through a crowd to the bar
See which aisle your wife is queuing in at the supermarket
Always see the screen at the cinema
Always reach the ticket machine at car parks
Gaining a little bit of weight is almost un-noticeable
Create bigger beds on the allotment because you can reach further
Wash your car roof without the aid of a step ladder

Can’t:
Holiday in a caravan/narrowboat/campervan
Blend in a crowd
See the CD’s on the lower shelves in HMV
Live in a cottage
Drive any car – especially older ones
Sleep comfortably in any bed
Drive a convertible without eye protection
Ride on a bus

Thinking positive really does work. Go on, give it a go.

[zazen999]

You forget the best 'can' in the world

Always see the band at gigs

[piskieinboots]

Reasons for getting new kittens.....

Up/Can/Positive:
Companionship when SD is in 'warm climes'
Warm feet when they cuddle up to me
Cheap entertainment
Being greeted on returning home
Caring for something/one is good for one's soul

Down/Can't/Negative:
Scratched chest (will no longer apply in a few months)
Messy sitting room (will no longer apply in a few months)

[HeyWayne]

You forget the best 'can' in the world

Always see the band at gigs

It was kind of my No1 can - see, be seen in crowds. This was highlighted in particular when I saw RHCP in Hyde Park a couple of years ago. Because Hyde Park is so flat I could see for miles, and I could also see that there were very few people my height at the gig.

In fact, that gig reminds me of a disadvantage of being my height - umbrellas!

[Alison]

You have however forgotten the can't find clothes with long enough sleeves / legs - sorry spend about an hour and a half trying on jumpers last night in a desperate attempt to find ones that reached my wrist!

[Alison]

In fact, that gig reminds me of a disadvantage of being my height - umbrellas!

Ah yes, the umbrella spokes in the eye syndrome, not nice

[HeyWayne]

You have however forgotten the can't find clothes with long enough sleeves / legs - sorry spend about an hour and a half trying on jumpers last night in a desperate attempt to find ones that reached my wrist!

Oh you can, you just have to pay for it. Long Tall Sally is your expensive friend.

[Alison]

Oh you can, you just have to pay for it. Long Tall Sally is your expensive friend.

That's where all my tidy work stuff comes from (they are reduced in the sales!) but actually the quality isn't very good and the choice limited. Suppose a plus point of being long limbed is that it restricts the amount I spend on clothes so you can have that as a positive

[FionaH]

Ah but if your short, everything is too long and sleeves reach your finger tips. the 80's was great for me with all those rolled up sleeves
If you are tall no one ever calls you sweet! I am a lot of things including a short arse but I have never ever been sweet!

Major disadvatage, being stood behind Wayne or Alice at a gig

[HeyWayne]

Ah but if your short, everything is too long and sleeves reach your finger tips.
Major disadvatage, being stood behind Wayne or Alice at a gig

At least you can roll them up/cut them off...

I had someone stand behind me (arrived after us I might add) at a Robbie Williams gig, and she had the cheek to say "Oh great, I always manage to stand behind the tall people". Unlikely that a tall person would comment about standing behind a short person. Needless to say that this tall person on this occasion did in fact comment about the shorter person.

[Alison]

Have also noticed that small women (not sure if it works with men) have developed particularly sharp elbows to use at the front of gigs as a means of survival - have had some pretty bad bruises from them in the past. Is this an example of evolution?

[OverWyreGrower]

I am short and would like to be taller!

I was measured at the doctors last week and got quite upset...

I always thought I was 5ft 4ins, but I am only 5ft 3ins

I made the nurse measure me 3 times

[HeyWayne]

Our doctors have a little tape measure type thing attached to the wall - when they measure me they just measure how far over the tape measure I am.

[Rhona]

Hee hee - "Find ¾ shorts in most shops" made me smile. Nothing wrong with being a strapping lad! My little-ist nephew is going to be a tiny lil' thing it seems - I think that's harder on a chap!

I'm shrinking, I'm convinced of it. Me and my sisters were tall as children (all the homegrown fruit and veg!), and so always thought somehow that we are 'tall' as adults. We aren't, as a mere glance confirms...

[HeyWayne]

I've just thought of another benefit of being my height. I'm always easy to find in school photos - back row, centre.

This positive thinking lark is great. Just been to the osteopath and it looks as though my current pain might actually have more to do with my leg rather than my back. Here's hoping! Or should that be, here's hopping?