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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / General => Topic started by: Speelgoedmannetje on September 04, 2004, 08:08:20 PM
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My coat was stolen in some bar in the city...
had to buy a new one
problem is:
've been through the whole city and NO suitable coat to be found anywhere! (if any coat at all). Clothe shops everywhere but only for very fancy pants ppl. :admonish:
Yeah, I'm tall, 2 metres in length, but, that's not really exceptional in these regions...
Stupid shops! No wonder it's going bad with the economy! If they don't sell stuff that I need :furious:
Tis not the first time when I needed something of clothing (something decent for an interview) and I had to find it in one of the most expensive shops in the city, a shirt wich costed an arm and a leg (I had to have it because the interview was next day), only because of my length.
(luckily I still have a mother who knows how to deal with these kinda situations :-))
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The moral of this story is being too long isn't always a good thing :lol:
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rather said: being an exception in length isn't a good thing
They should have things for large ppl because, as I've stated, I am not exceptionally tall, there are many here of my length. No wonder many of these kinda shops are shut.. They don't offer much, neither do they offer different stuff so they can distinct themselves from other clothe shops, and apparently, they do not even offer quite standard stuff that I wanted: a coat! So they're many gonna shut, as good economics work.
And in the meanwhile I'm without a decent coat (if it wasn't for my dear mother)
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I want a zoot suit.
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@Speel,
In my experience, the Dutch seem to be unfeasibly tall in general. Some time back I dated this Dutch girl who was the shortest in her family but was eye to eye with me in flat shoes.
Over in sunny England I'm a not unreasonable 5ft 11", but in Holland everyone seems to tower above me.
I have a theory that the Dutch are so tall out of genetic necessity, after all it's a country prone to flooding...
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PMC wrote:
I have a theory that the Dutch are so tall out of genetic necessity, after all it's a country prone to flooding...
Natural selection. When the dams burst, the short people drown.
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That said, I'm 6'4" and most of my male friends from my home town are 6ft or above.
In fact, some of the female ones are tall too, one of them being 5ft 11
Anyway mannetje, I have the same problem with shoes. My feet are size thirteen (crazy UK sizes) but no shops seem to sell above size 12.
So when I buy new shoes, I don't choose a pair that I like, I end up choosing a pair that they have a size 13 in :-(
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You should try coping with that when leather is not an option, either... :-(
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@PMC&KennyR
:lol:
naah, I think the major cause of our length is a good healthy diet, with much potatoes and milk.
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
@PMC&KennyR
:lol:
naah, I think the major cause of our length is a good healthy diet, with much potatoes and milk.
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
That's cos we're all drug addicts...
;-)
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[/me making this thread completely off-topic with political statements]
KennyR wrote:
Natural selection. When the dams burst, the short people drown.
yes, plus the greenhouse effect wich causes the sea level to rise...
Cyberus wrote:
That's cos we're all drug addicts...
That's what you get when you make drugs illegal
[//me making this thread completely off-topic with political statements]
;-)
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
What do you expect for a country that has less sunshine than the dark side of the moon ?
If only scientists could devise a method of getting a tan from rain, we`d be laughing.
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Being almost as tall as you, I feel your pain. I have a hell everytime I want to buy new clothes. As a matter of fact there is only two stores in this city (for those of you not familiar with swedish geography, Helsingborg is a fairly large city with about 140 000 people living here) that have clothes in my size, unless I want to pay two days salary for a pair of jeans.
Thankfully both stores have a varied sortiment.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
That's cos we're all drug addicts...
That's what you get when you make drugs illegal
[/quote]
I didn't
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Cyberus wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
That's cos we're all drug addicts...
That's what you get when you make drugs illegal
I didn't[/quote](but your democratically chosen gov does)
anyhoo, twas but a joke (with a certain truth in it)
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Cyberus wrote:
That said, I'm 6'4" and most of my male friends from my home town are 6ft or above.
In fact, some of the female ones are tall too, one of them being 5ft 11
I had a worrying realisation just now... There's a full twelve inches height difference between the last girl I was seeing (a positively amazonian 6ft 2") and the lass I'm dating now (a very petite 5ft 2").
I wonder if they'd refund me the cuban heels (joke)?
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Robert17 wrote:
The moral of this story is being too long isn't always a good thing :lol:
hey, speak for yourself! :-o
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
and what's wrong with that? pale is good. i only say that because i have the complexion of a corpse. :lol:
as to being tall: i had this constant problem growing up that i never fit in clothes made for girls. i gave up and wore guy's pants. (I even know my shoe size in men's: 7 1/2 - isn't that sick???)
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cecilia wrote:
and what's wrong with that? pale is good. i only say that because i have the complexion of a corpse. :lol:
Well, there's pale and then there's downright haggard. ;-)
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cecilia wrote:
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
and what's wrong with that? pale is good. i only say that because i have the complexion of a corpse. :lol:
as to being tall: i had this constant problem growing up that i never fit in clothes made for girls. i gave up and wore guy's pants. (I even know my shoe size in men's: 7 1/2 - isn't that sick???)
I'm not a big fan of feeling my skin burning in strong sunlight so I'm one of those who's pale and proud too.
Cecila, 7 1/2 in a US size is equivalent to 6 1/2 here which is truly in the realms of girlie sized feet. Maybe we Brits have big feet or something? I take an 11 (US size 12), two of my mates take an 11 also and there's one guy who's a (UK) sized 14!
I had a female pal at college who was on the slim side of slender and happened to have size 8 feet. When wearing Doc Martens she resembled a golf club side on...
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cecilia wrote:
Robert17 wrote:
The moral of this story is being too long isn't always a good thing :lol:
hey, speak for yourself! :-o
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
and what's wrong with that? pale is good. i only say that because i have the complexion of a corpse. :lol:
You mean, you're a necrophile? (because of the corpse stiffness?)
;-)
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Oh dear...
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
Robert17 wrote:
The moral of this story is being too long isn't always a good thing :lol:
hey, speak for yourself! :-o
Btw. you English must be the most pale people in the world.
and what's wrong with that? pale is good. i only say that because i have the complexion of a corpse. :lol:
You mean, you're a necrophile? (because of the corpse stiffness?)
;-)
leave it to you to twist this into some weird Twilight Zone idea.:roflmao:
no, i'm not dead, just white as a ghost. except, of course for the rosy nose/cheeks from Rosacea (which is much improved since i use antioxydants and a sunblock number 50!)
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Maybe we Brits have big feet or something?
makes me think of those big dogs that as puppies have really oversized, sloppy feet :-D
i may not have really big feet - but when i was a girl i was bigger first. and wearing size 9 1/2 to 10 was considered large. alot of folks have caught up to me by now. anyway, my feet don't look big. they and my ankles are my best features.
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cecilia wrote:
Maybe we Brits have big feet or something?
makes me think of those big dogs that as puppies have really oversized, sloppy feet :-D
i may not have really big feet - but when i was a girl i was bigger first. and wearing size 9 1/2 to 10 was considered large. alot of folks have caught up to me by now. anyway, my feet don't look big. they and my ankles are my best features.
Big feet have their advantages, I'm a pretty mean swimmer too!
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PMC wrote:
cecilia wrote:
Maybe we Brits have big feet or something?
makes me think of those big dogs that as puppies have really oversized, sloppy feet :-D
i may not have really big feet - but when i was a girl i was bigger first. and wearing size 9 1/2 to 10 was considered large. alot of folks have caught up to me by now. anyway, my feet don't look big. they and my ankles are my best features.
Big feet have their advantages, I'm a pretty mean swimmer too!
Except if you have a gay sex pest who drinks in your local who keeps looking at your feet and saying, you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
He is one of these gay guys who wants the world to know that he is gay. I don't mean he is proud, there's nothing wrong with being proud - he just insists on telling everyone all the time that he's gay, which gets a bit much when you're trying to relax with your friends and a beer.
I'm sure if I went around shouting 'I like girls!' people would just tell me to shut up.
edit: I don't want anyone to misunderstand!
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Cyberus wrote:
you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
And on that note, I'd like to inform the ladies of the board that I do in fact have size 13 feet! :-D
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Off topic
@that_punk_guy
What's Dale listening to there? Must be good if it even has your dog headbanging along too :-D
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Cyberus wrote:
Except if you have a gay sex pest who drinks in your local who keeps looking at your feet and saying, you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
There is one thing true about guys with big feet:
It's bloody impossible to find decent shoes that fit. Worse still, something that looks good in a size nine looks like a pair of flippers in an eleven...
You heard it here first.
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Karlos wrote:
What's Dale listening to there? Must be good if it even has your dog headbanging along too :-D
Do you like it? :-)
He was probably listening to The Faith.
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that_punk_guy wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
And on that note, I'd like to inform the ladies of the board that I do in fact have size 13 feet! :-D
/me high-fives Punkie
I have size 47! :-D
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Cyberus wrote:
Oh dear...
Have you become prude in older days? :-D
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that_punk_guy wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
And on that note, I'd like to inform the ladies of the board that I do in fact have size 13 feet! :-D
WOOT! :crazy: :banana:
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cecilia wrote:
WOOT! :crazy: :banana:
BEHAVE Cecilia!
:lol:
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cecilia wrote:
that_punk_guy wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
And on that note, I'd like to inform the ladies of the board that I do in fact have size 13 feet! :-D
WOOT! :crazy: :banana:
gee, not only necrophile, but also fond of foot-fetish :nervous:
Did you actually knew that finger- and toenails continue to grow after death? Until a certain state of decay, that is..
(ignore me)
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
that_punk_guy wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
you know what they say about big feet, nudge nudge, wink wink.
And on that note, I'd like to inform the ladies of the board that I do in fact have size 13 feet! :-D
WOOT! :crazy: :banana:
gee, not only necrophile, but also fond of foot-fetish :nervous:
Did you actually knew that finger- and toenails continue to grow after death? Until a certain state of decay, that is..
(ignore me)
And Speel has a necro fetish? ;-)
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whabang wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
Oh dear...
Have you become prude in older days? :-D
How did you know it's my birthday in a couple of weeks? :-)
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Cyberus wrote:
And Speel has a necro fetish? ;-)
Naaah, 've read too much "Joop Klepzeiker" (Dutch "borderline" comic) during my puberty :-)