"There are no short guys in the world."

iou(笨恐龙)

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Once during lunch hour in my previous company, we were chatting about my boss son’s hockey game over the weekend.

I was surprised about one kid who was so small in the team and my boss told me that I’d better never call a person being short in the public.

As confused as I was, I told my boss being short could mean high intelligence in Chinese culture. She laughed, and told me in North America, a person being short equals to very mean and/or aggressive personality (especially guys).

As we were chatting, KA, a not so tall Irish guy asked: “So, does that mean I am a mean person?”
My boss said to Kevin with a smiley face, ”Hey, KA, you are neither short, nor mean and aggressive, no, not at all. You are average.”

And then, my boss turned to me, said: ”Remember dear, there are no short guys in the world, all the guys are average.”

As everybody in the room giggled, KA stood up and said: ”Come on, you know that is purely BS!” suddenly, everyone was bursting into hysterical laughing.

Until now, once a while, I still can be surprised by the culture differences on a person being short.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

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Short man syndrome -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647241@0)

hehe~~~that was actually my first time heard about it -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647260@0)

姐姐我是深有体会啊。见过极品 SHORT MAN。要不我也不知道这个说法。 -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647302@0)

really? so it was not only a joke, eh -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647318@0)

nooooo, short man can be devastating. -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647322@0)

准备接砖，这里很多short man -222123(123); 2012-7-10 (#7647346@0)

相对滴，相对滴 ... -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647364@0)

wow~~, then, I guess it is indeed the cultural differences, cos' I don't think such characteristics are commonly seen among outside North America; or, to be fair I should re-statement the North American culture caused such problem exist. -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647351@0)

我原来以后不能说人short是因为容易被理解成身体别的地方short，不是身材。 -longago(HH); 2012-7-10 (#7647356@0)

哈哈！六短？ -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647361@0)
really? uh~~~I don't know what to say -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647367@0)

妈呀，看完你的贴，吓俺一跳。。。赶紧找我老外同事求证 -cdc9jfzl(此鱼非彼愚); 2012-7-10 {430} (#7647460@0)

顺便赔礼道歉。因为平时开玩笑，他总笑话我的发音，我就反击他的身量。（各位看官请注意，我们关系非常好的说，不要对我有误会哈！）
比如，那天有事请示他，但找不到他，同事说他去trailer里面查东西了。回来我就问他：你真的去trailer里面了？他说：是呀！我说：不可能，trailer 那么高，你根本上不去。。。
我指着龙龙写的给他看，他说：是有这个意思，不过我明白你不是那意思！
我说，你真是善解人意，那是不是意味着我能继续说你short 呀？！
哈哈。。。

hahaha~~~he is a nice guy for sure~~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647470@0)

how short is short?~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647504@0)

相对滴，相对滴 ... -c__wang(cwang); 15:44 (#7647364@0) reply more -c__wang(cwang); 2012-7-10 (#7647506@0)
average 奏是 short ~ but short is not average, 你懂的 ~ ~ -sr-71(Black); 2012-7-10 (#7647512@0)

这么有哲理啊~~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647535@0)

uh~~~it just meant to be a joke -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647556@0)

呵呵~~~我知道是个joke~~~但是，比如，就你自己而言，多矮你就觉得矮了呢~~~~要我，不说其他智力阿，人品啊什么的，男的低于175，我就觉得矮了~~~：P~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647578@0)

I think maybe shorter than me~~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647590@0)

哈哈~~~你本来就很高啦~~~~要是shorter than me~~~就tooooooo short 啦~~~~~：））～～～ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647604@0)

有必要吗？就算是个2米的站在我面前，我也不会觉得他比我有优势。我觉得你过虑了。 -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647628@0)

嗯哪，我瞎操心~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647642@0)

不好意思，回错了。。。我是想回表妹的高跟鞋的，不知道为什么跑你这来了。。。 -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647655@0)

嗯，我也是这么觉得。女的1米65到1米68最好看，1米70以上就傻了，尤其是不瘦的 -happy090126(笑脸); 2012-7-10 (#7647623@0)

you .... you .... you ......... -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647629@0)

you...you...you -happy090126(笑脸); 2012-7-10 (#7647633@0)

啊？~~~170就傻啦~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647648@0)

要看比例。如果腿长就很好看，上身长可能就傻吧。。。 -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647661@0)

嗯哪~~it is all about 比例~~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647684@0)

a?!，你不会1米70吧。LOL -happy090126(笑脸); 2012-7-10 (#7647663@0)

i wish~~~~~:)~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647666@0)
1米68 -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647674@0)

那我得再生俩~~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647678@0)

sounds good -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647686@0)

这话在rolia应该打击面不小吧 -fly_universe(飞越时空); 2012-7-10 (#7647668@0)

我穿上高跟都不敢在一些人面前站直。 -lilianliang(彪妹); 2012-7-10 (#7647528@0)

站直了会怎样？~~~~ -dong3213(住在肥皂泡里的牛); 2012-7-10 (#7647547@0)

怕人家心里不舒服。 -lilianliang(彪妹); 2012-7-10 (#7647554@0)
惊动党中央，军委宣布戒严，民主化再度延迟，谈天说地民主派大肆JJYY ~~~~~~~~~ -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-10 (#7647564@0)

hehe~~~you are tall -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647558@0)
那你还穿高跟鞋？ -fly_universe(飞越时空); 2012-7-10 (#7647667@0)

还有另外一些呢～ ^_^ -lilianliang(彪妹); 2012-7-10 (#7648417@0)

If a person is short and not small, I' d sometimes say he/she is 4x4........ -borntobethe(云角); 2012-7-10 (#7647570@0)

hehe~~~that's right~~~I like this one -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647581@0)

the short version of this story is -no_kidding(nokidding); 2012-7-10 {20} (#7647625@0)

size doesn't matter

If a person is short and not small, I' d sometimes say he/she is 4x4........ -borntobethe(云角); 16:46 (#7647570@0) -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-10 (#7647636@0)

4x4 is not the correct measurement in this case. i guess u mean 4x4x4, remember this is 3 dimension world. but still, size doesn't matter, in other words, don't judge the size of a person, no matter man or woman -no_kidding(nokidding); 2012-7-10 {62} (#7647673@0)
but unfortunately it is something people always do in reality.

In business world, we should not, in personal life, we may -:) -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647688@0)

you may get surprise too -no_kidding(nokidding); 2012-7-10 (#7647710@0)

from a dating point of view, when we don't know too much about a person, we are more likely attracted by taller guys/pretty girls, that's human nature. size doesn't matter happens along with time going by. -princemeetsprincess(西门小鸟); 2012-7-10 (#7647730@0)

是不是short这词的多意性？ -fly_universe(飞越时空); 2012-7-10 (#7647664@0)

oops, I am not sure~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-11 (#7649142@0)

we call it napoleon complex -uptowngirl(若初采香行处); 2012-7-11 (#7649103@0)

chinese translation: deng xiaoping complex -win(秋天的菠菜); 2012-7-11 (#7649105@0)

Hehe, men who are not that tall are true "world maker".... -borntobethe(云角); 2012-7-11 (#7649122@0)

really, that sounds better, isn't it, hehe~~ -iou(笨恐龙); 2012-7-11 (#7649146@0)

My boss is a short man who has used his intelligence and personality to acheive great wealth..... -runawaybride(朱莉娅); 2012-7-11 {37} (#7651254@0)

I never judge a man by appearance. :)

@Philadelphia

"There are no short guys in the world."

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