# TWP Forum Meetup Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [March 9, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428 "2018-03-09T12:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/245 "2018-09-22T16:52:17Z")
Are we? Really? Famous for that? I really didn’t know. Is it in Germany, or in the whole world? Well, we’re quite lucky. I can think of a lot of veeeeery bad things we could be famous for, instead. Anyway, if I had to think about population being famous for being short, I’d think about south east asian populations. If I had to bet about different heights in Europe, I’d say that northern countries are taller and mediterranean countries shorter, but with a small difference. Enough to be statistically significant, surely not enough to be eye-naked-significant. So you made me think it was a good idea to check [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_average_human_height_worldwide), and it confirms the impression I had: Italian males have an average height similar to white americans, and slightly inferior (2 cm less) compared to northern europeans (germans included). Far eastern populations have average heights significantly lower (10 or more centimeters less). ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/246 "2018-09-22T16:54:15Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Are we? > Really? > Famous for that? I really didn’t know. Is it in Germany, or in the whole world? Not sure but I think you could look up the clichee for the short italian really easily. Maybe it also has to do with italo american actors who are usually really smalll (like Pacino). ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/247 "2018-09-22T16:54:43Z")
My dear friend, I’m afraid the average italian guy, who is tall 177 cm, has the very likeness of the one depicted in your pic. 😄 Moustache apart, the moustache is a stereotype. Nowadays it is much more common among germans. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/248 "2018-09-22T16:59:06Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Nowadays it is much more common among germans. I don´t know anyone my age with a moustache. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/250 "2018-09-22T17:00:53Z")
> [@Gffp](#): > > I miss only the moustache Give it a few weeks. 🧔 ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/251 "2018-09-22T17:03:32Z")
Now we expect the next avatar from you to be like the guy in the picture. You’re from Bavaria, aren’t you? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/252 "2018-09-22T17:08:34Z")
Yeah, and I haven´t dressed like that since I was a baby(and minus the hat). ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/253 "2018-09-22T17:24:49Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Nowadays it is much more common among germans. No, beards or a shaved face are common, but no moustaches. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/254 "2018-09-22T17:33:03Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > beards or a shaved face are common There is also a great tendency to a stubble. Completly smooth men faces are rare at the moment actually. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/255 "2018-09-22T17:33:42Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Famous for that? I really didn’t know. Is it in Germany, or in the whole world? Famous is an odd way to put it, but southern Europeans in general (not Italians specifically) are clearly shorter, some 6 cm on average according to statistics (~183 vs ~177). It’s also something you definitely notice. After returning home from a week or two in America or Italy you feel oddly short for a day or two, even though at 1.91 you’re still among the taller people. That doesn’t happen after a couple of weeks in Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/256 "2018-09-22T17:36:25Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > Famous is an odd way to put it, but southern Europeans in general (not Italians specifically) are clearly shorter Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/257 "2018-09-22T17:36:43Z")
I´ve recently been told that 5 foot 5 is slightly below the average of england… ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/258 "2018-09-22T17:39:11Z")
For women you mean? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/259 "2018-09-22T17:39:33Z")
Sure, forgot to mention that. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/260 "2018-09-22T17:57:37Z")
Back on topic: 2nd Thimblecon. First edition in 1987. Second edition in…? And where? ---
**Author:** ![LostTrainDude](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/losttraindude/32/3681_2.png) [@LostTrainDude](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LostTrainDude)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/261 "2018-09-23T10:32:07Z")
It is also true! I have actually lost about 10kg since that avatar was drawn 🙂 So, thank you! Some people told me I now look like Gordon Freeman, although, you know, it must be something around the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/262 "2018-09-23T11:27:28Z")
> [@LostTrainDude](#): > > Some people told me I now look like Gordon Freeman, although, you know, it must be something around the eyes. Are you always carrying a crowbar? ---
**Author:** ![LostTrainDude](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/losttraindude/32/3681_2.png) [@LostTrainDude](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LostTrainDude)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/263 "2018-09-23T11:42:59Z")
Oh wait, that’s one of the other differences we have 😄! ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/264 "2018-09-23T11:50:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428/265 "2018-09-23T13:04:26Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Are we? > Really? > Famous for that? I really didn’t know. Is it in Germany, or in the whole world? Yep… since Caesar defeated the Belgians, we are saying that the Romans are small but feisty men. True story! > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > haven´t dressed like that since I was a baby(and minus the hat). But not minus the beer? [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428.md?page=12) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-forum-meetup-discussion/2428.md?page=14)