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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 08:23 AM
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Worlds' Tallest Man and *possibly* World's Smallest man (PICs)
Edited on Fri Jul-13-07 08:24 AM by underpants


The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 meters (7 feet and 9 inches), shakes hands with He Pingping, who only measures 73 centimeters (2 feet and 5 inches),in Baotou, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, July 13, 2007. Nineteen-year-old He is applying for the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest man. (AP Photo)

World's tallest man gets married
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_tallest_man_wedding
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 08:25 AM
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1. A rare type of Dwarfism
My wife went to school with a lady that had a girl with thqat type.


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Seashell Eyes Donating Member (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 10:15 AM
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3. Is it primordial dwarfism?
Cool pic.
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 10:40 AM
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4. yep
subtype: russell-silver type. I think.

I have acons in my famil. Sil/Bil and niece/nephew


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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 08:42 AM
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2. Wow!
Look at all those sheep.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 11:18 AM
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5. pretty cool pix
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 01:05 PM
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6. Isn't Bao Xishun the guy who saved the dolphin a while back
by reaching in to its stomach to extract something that was blocking the dolphin's stomach? Am I getting any of this right?
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-13-07 01:08 PM
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7. Yes. He also just got married to a lovely young lady of about 5'6".
He seems like a pretty cool guy!
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