Sunday, January 28, 2018

The small and tall of it

CBS News reported on the world's tallest man and smallest woman appearing together in Egypt. He is in his late 30s and 8' 3" tall. She is 24.7 inches and 24 years old.

My husband's grandfather used to play cards with the Alton Giant, Robert Wadlow, a local legendary tall man at 8' 11"

There used to be a section in one of our home town newspapers called Our Own Oddities that featured coincidences and weird happenings. Does anyone remember that?

5 comments:

Sandi said...

We had a similar thing in The Detroit News called "It Happened to Me."

Val said...

One of my best friends in high school was a distant relative of that giant. Same last name. Her younger brother was also named Robert. I wonder if that ever caused him any identity problems. Probably not, due to the age difference.

Susan said...

Hi Linda. Wow. Anything over 8 feet tall is really, really, REALLY tall. Mind-blowing. Susan

Connie said...

I think I remember that column or maybe it was something similar. Hard to imagine the challenges both of those people must face everyday.

Pat Wahler said...

I remember reading it!

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