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17 daily struggles every tall man has to deal with

Published 13:41 3 Nov 2016 GMT

Updated 13:41 3 Nov 2016 GMT

Rich Cooper
17 daily struggles every tall man has to deal with

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 1. Public transport was not made with you in mind

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2. Nor were cars

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3. Nor were baths

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4. Nor were door frames

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5. Okay, pretty much everything in life was made for people of ‘average’ height

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6. Clothes only ever sort of fit you. There's always something wrong, like the sleeves being too short

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7. Being tall means either sleeping diagonally or a lifetime of cold feet

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8. You seem to walk into cobwebs a disproportionate amount of times compared to other people

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Harrison Ford makes it look good, though. It's usually more like this

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9. People have no trouble coming up to you and stating the obvious

 

10. It's not unusual to get a shorter person's umbrella in the face when it rains

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11. You are the designated getter-downer of things on high shelves

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12. Using a shower outside of your own home is a frustrating affair

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13. Your head is forever being cut out of photos

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14. There's a constant pain in your lower back from having to bend over further than most people

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15. And, given the relative height of your groin to the rest of the world, you get thwacked in the nuts more often than others

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16. There's no tall person joke that you haven't heard

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17. Basically, you need one of these cards

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