| Little men 23:18 - Mar 11 with 5061 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Hitler 5' 7"
Stalin 5' 4"
Lenin 5' 4"
Mussolini 5' 5"
Putin 5' 6"
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| Little men on 23:19 - Mar 11 with 2422 views | jeera |
You Napoleonist. |  |
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| Little men on 23:19 - Mar 11 with 2416 views | jeera |
Tom Cruise. | |
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| Little men on 23:27 - Mar 11 with 2380 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Little men on 23:19 - Mar 11 by jeera |
Tom Cruise. |
Jay Tabb...... total psychopath by all accounts. | |
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| Little men on 23:41 - Mar 11 with 2332 views | Lord_Lucan |
I think Bluestreak and Bossbeard would be amongst the relegation candidates in that list. |  |
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| Little men on 23:45 - Mar 11 with 2326 views | Churchman |
| Little men on 23:19 - Mar 11 by jeera |
You Napoleonist. |
Napoleon was 5’ 5”. The Kaiser was 5’ 3”. Of course the despot and height theory is a bit challenged by Henry 8th who was well over 6 foot and bumped off about 60k people during his reign.
Wellington, by contrast, was 5’ 10”, though not everybody thought he was a good dude once he went into politics. |  | | |
| Little men on 23:49 - Mar 11 with 2312 views | jeera |
| Little men on 23:45 - Mar 11 by Churchman |
Napoleon was 5’ 5”. The Kaiser was 5’ 3”. Of course the despot and height theory is a bit challenged by Henry 8th who was well over 6 foot and bumped off about 60k people during his reign.
Wellington, by contrast, was 5’ 10”, though not everybody thought he was a good dude once he went into politics. |
Interesting.
How tall was Edward 1st?
That Thatcher person? If indeed, it was a person.
Edit: Idi? Pol Pot?
[Post edited 11 Mar 2022 23:50]
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| Little men on 00:02 - Mar 12 with 2284 views | You_Bloo_Right |
In 1914 the mean height of adult men by country was:
Country Mean Height
Austria 5' 2"
Italy 5'
Russia 5'
The mean height in those countries by 2014 was 5' 5"/5' 6".
So it seems really that Hitler, Stalin, Lenin and Mussolini were relative giants compared to Putin as they were all 4 or 5 inches taller than the mean whereas Vlad stands pretty much in the middle. |  |
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| Little men on 00:03 - Mar 12 with 2271 views | ElderGrizzly |
Bercow 5’ 6” |  | | |
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| Little men on 00:10 - Mar 12 with 2264 views | BlueBadger |
Anyone know tall Bedsheet is? [Post edited 12 Mar 2022 10:08]
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| Little men on 00:13 - Mar 12 with 2262 views | Bugs |
That's depressing.
I'm 6'4" and a wanna be fascist dictator, it seems my height is against me, |  | | |
| Little men on 00:18 - Mar 12 with 2232 views | jeera |
| Little men on 00:13 - Mar 12 by Bugs |
That's depressing.
I'm 6'4" and a wanna be fascist dictator, it seems my height is against me, |
Sorry Bugs.
Just leave your agent's name and details and uh, you know, don't call us.
We'll call you as soon as there's a vacancy. | |
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| Little men on 00:30 - Mar 12 with 2200 views | BlueBadger |
...and, also, I'll remind you of a subject we were discussing earlier: Newmarket on a Saturday night... | |
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| Little men on 00:34 - Mar 12 with 2189 views | jeera |
| Little men on 00:30 - Mar 12 by BlueBadger |
...and, also, I'll remind you of a subject we were discussing earlier: Newmarket on a Saturday night... |
That would different though.
The Newmarket crew would be cavalry. | |
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| Little men on 00:38 - Mar 12 with 2174 views | BlueBadger |
| Little men on 00:34 - Mar 12 by jeera |
That would different though.
The Newmarket crew would be cavalry. |
...but still utter psychopaths. | |
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| Little men on 00:45 - Mar 12 with 2165 views | factual_blue |
| Little men on 00:34 - Mar 12 by jeera |
That would different though.
The Newmarket crew would be cavalry. |
...on tiny, tiny horses. |  |
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| Little men on 00:46 - Mar 12 with 2166 views | jeera |
| Little men on 00:38 - Mar 12 by BlueBadger |
...but still utter psychopaths. |
In jest I would say there is a lethal battalion in waiting there.
On a more serious note there is a Charitable Trust that looks out for ex-jockeys. I believe nowadays employers are compelled to pay into it? I may be mistaken but I think that's right.
It's a funny life many live isn't it; one where they're are fairly isolated from the outside world and are conditioned from a young age. Hence the notoriety of being unable to mix socially with people outside of their bubble.
Once their competitive days are spent many are turfed out with few life skills, turning to alcoholism and often homelessness. | |
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| Little men on 00:51 - Mar 12 with 2148 views | BlueBadger |
| Little men on 00:46 - Mar 12 by jeera |
In jest I would say there is a lethal battalion in waiting there.
On a more serious note there is a Charitable Trust that looks out for ex-jockeys. I believe nowadays employers are compelled to pay into it? I may be mistaken but I think that's right.
It's a funny life many live isn't it; one where they're are fairly isolated from the outside world and are conditioned from a young age. Hence the notoriety of being unable to mix socially with people outside of their bubble.
Once their competitive days are spent many are turfed out with few life skills, turning to alcoholism and often homelessness. |
They can be a real mixed blessing to look after when they're ill.
On one hand, they're as hard as nails and *will* get out of bed and try and do things bit on the other hand they *will* also wait untucks they're REALLY sick until they seek help.
I remember looking looking after a rather elderly former jockey who still rode horses but fell off one day and fractured pretty much all his ribs. The subsequnt peaumonia was somewhat exacerbated by him steadfastly insisting he had no pain and refusing all painkillers. He spent WEEKS in hospital, several of which were on a ventilator.
And he still went home. And insisted on walking to the front door. | |
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| Little men on 00:59 - Mar 12 with 2133 views | jeera |
| Little men on 00:51 - Mar 12 by BlueBadger |
They can be a real mixed blessing to look after when they're ill.
On one hand, they're as hard as nails and *will* get out of bed and try and do things bit on the other hand they *will* also wait untucks they're REALLY sick until they seek help.
I remember looking looking after a rather elderly former jockey who still rode horses but fell off one day and fractured pretty much all his ribs. The subsequnt peaumonia was somewhat exacerbated by him steadfastly insisting he had no pain and refusing all painkillers. He spent WEEKS in hospital, several of which were on a ventilator.
And he still went home. And insisted on walking to the front door. |
An Indian chap was in the bed opposite me on one of my hospital stays.
He was a Newmarket based jockey and he'd broken his collar bone and some ribs amongst some other injuries.
I kid you not his phone didn't stop ringing the whole time with his bosses calling to ask when he was returning to work. He must have been someone in the racing world but I wouldn't know. He was a serious looking muvver and bad tempered and could not wait to leave despite his injuries.
I only finally got him talking when we both ordered the dhal from the lunchtime menu and we discovered simultaneously how damn good it was. We both looked up at each other at the same time with the same happy surprised face!
Who says hospital food is always bad? [Post edited 12 Mar 2022 0:59]
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| Little men on 05:11 - Mar 12 with 2006 views | Ryorry |
Elephant in the room -
How many women in history have deliberately, proactively started military wars (ie by attacking/invading another country)? I don't mean reacting defensively to invasion, so not Liz1 or Thatcher.
How many women have become dictators? |  |
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| Little men on 05:19 - Mar 12 with 1999 views | Churchman |
| Little men on 23:49 - Mar 11 by jeera |
Interesting.
How tall was Edward 1st?
That Thatcher person? If indeed, it was a person.
Edit: Idi? Pol Pot?
[Post edited 11 Mar 2022 23:50]
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One of Edward 1st nicknames was Longshanks and he was over 6 foot.
I saw the Thatcher thing reasonably close to a couple of times and I would guess average height | | | |
| Little men on 05:32 - Mar 12 with 1990 views | Churchman |
| Little men on 05:11 - Mar 12 by Ryorry |
Elephant in the room -
How many women in history have deliberately, proactively started military wars (ie by attacking/invading another country)? I don't mean reacting defensively to invasion, so not Liz1 or Thatcher.
How many women have become dictators? |
Catherine the Great? | | | |
| Little men on 06:58 - Mar 12 with 1917 views | Steve_M |
| Little men on 05:11 - Mar 12 by Ryorry |
Elephant in the room -
How many women in history have deliberately, proactively started military wars (ie by attacking/invading another country)? I don't mean reacting defensively to invasion, so not Liz1 or Thatcher.
How many women have become dictators? |
Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh is most of the way there, Indira Ghandi’s security law was incredibly repressive too.
And, more to the point, how come no one has mentioned Paul Hurst?? |  |
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| Little men on 07:02 - Mar 12 with 1900 views | Ftnfwest |
Yeah but corbyn |  | | |
| Little men on 07:03 - Mar 12 with 1888 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Little men on 05:11 - Mar 12 by Ryorry |
Elephant in the room -
How many women in history have deliberately, proactively started military wars (ie by attacking/invading another country)? I don't mean reacting defensively to invasion, so not Liz1 or Thatcher.
How many women have become dictators? |
In the household or countries? | |
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