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[gratuitous]

1. "4th from left"

One, two, thr--oops. Start again. One, two, three, four. Robert Wadlow looks like a woman in a white dress! Wait . . . oh, "from left"! Must be my other left. Okay, One . . . Two . . . Three . . . Four! Goodness, he IS tall!

[DEbluedude]

3. Beat me to it!

[George II]

12. I thought that comment in the graphic was hysterical too!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Your dad was a very wise and loving man, to have had such a talk with you.

You were lucky too!

What a great memory.

[Hoyt]

4. Good dad. Looked Wadlow up. His shoe size was 37. 8' 11". Died at 22 years.

[Progressive dog]

5. I remember seeing the "world's tallest man"

in a circus, but wikipedia says Robert Wadlow was the tallest person in recorded history. Sad story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. His wiki says size 37AA shoes

I saw one of Shaquille O'Neal's shoes once - size 23! Enormous!

[marble falls]

7. That's just another tall story.

[LuvNewcastle]

9. The stories these people tell have reached new heights.

[marble falls]

11. That's the long and short of it!

[LuvNewcastle]

16. I don't have any lofty aims here, so the risk of damage should be tiny.

[marble falls]

17. That's a stretch.

[LuvNewcastle]

18. You're going to have to excuse me while I get high and

play my grand piano.

[marble falls]

19. ...

[LuvNewcastle]

20. Well, that was nice.

Thanks for taking the low road. Much appreciated.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. good gravey.

jaumpain jehosapahat.

[jaxexpat]

10. That's an interesting point of view as I'm sure so had he.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. "He used a cane and walked really slowly."

Reportedly, toward the end of his life, Robert had to wear leg braces in order to walk. An abscess from the poorly-fitted braces contributed to his death.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. I had a teacher in high school who lived in the same town as Wadlow. NT

[angstlessk]

15. What a great dad!

In the 50's my dad's best friend was a black man who worked for him.

He taught us to enjoy everybody...my first boyfriend was black...we were 4 or 5 but we were in love!

[drray23]

21. whoaa you must be one of our oldest DU member.

Did not this man die in 1940 ?

[JimGinPA]

24. You're Right - I Just Looked It Up Too

That was way before I was born. I don't know who the hell it was we saw, but in was in Alton & he was really tall with a cane & somehow in my mind that's always who it was. Couldn't have been though.

[smirkymonkey]

22. Sounds like your dad was a wonderful, kind-hearted man.

You were very lucky. I wish you had more of those conversations as well, just so you could have known him better.

But it seems like you inherited the best of him. Most of all, his compassion for other human beings.

[mountain grammy]

23. Nice memory.

It feels good to be praised by an adult, especially a parent, when you're displaying humanity. If everyone did that the world would be a better place.

[Dukkha]

25. I've read similar about Andre The Giant

A gentle man outside the wrestling ring who constantly suffered from chronic pain, struggled in a world not built for him, and was being mocked and ridiculed everywhere he went. That really surprised me who in their right mind would bully such a huge strong man? He constantly drank a lot to dull the physical and emotional pain. Fellow wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts said he once saw him go through 70 beers in one night.

Wadlow had to suffer through an era that had very little tolerance for people outside the physical and social norm. When bullying and body shaming was normal casual conversation.