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Worlds apart: The moment the tallest man met the shortest (introducing Mr. Ping Ping!)
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| 7/13/07
| Claire Bates
Posted on 07/13/2007 10:43:59 AM PDT by AnnaZ
By CLAIRE BATES - More by this author » Last updated at 16:53pm on 13th July 2007
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In terms of height they are worlds apart.
The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun today shook hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth's shortest.
But these two men actually hail from the same region of Inner Mongolia.
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Mr Xishun shakes hands with Mr Ping Ping
While Mr Xishun, 56, towers above everyone at an astonishing 7.9ft, 19-year-old Mr Pingping is a mere 2.4ft high.
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Bao Xishun, a herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, was recently married in a traditional ceremony to a 28-year-old saleswoman from his hometown. At 5ft 6" Xia Shujian only comes up to his elbow and is half his age.
He claims he was of normal height until he was 16 when he experienced a growth spurt and reached his present height seven years later.
Mr Xishun was confirmed as the tallest person by the Guinness Book of Records last year.
Mr Pingping was born nearby in Wulanchabu city, Inner Mongolia. His father claims he was only the size of an adult's palm at birth.
He is now seeking to be registered as the world's shortest man by the Guinness Book of Recrods. He could be in for a disappointment though. While Mr Pingping is 73cms tall, the current holder of the title Lin Yih-Chih was measured as 67.5cm.
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mongolia; smallestman; tallestman
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posted on
07/13/2007 10:44:02 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
To: dead; monkapotamus; lowbridge; SevenofNine; sam_paine
Pingping!
2
posted on
07/13/2007 10:45:08 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: AnnaZ
At 2.4 feet tall you’d sure save money on beer.
3
posted on
07/13/2007 10:51:17 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
LOL. No doubt. (And on just about everything else too...)
4
posted on
07/13/2007 10:55:07 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: AnnaZ
He's so cute!
5
posted on
07/13/2007 10:56:58 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
LOL!!!
(His new friend probably reminds him of his wife.)
6
posted on
07/13/2007 11:02:48 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: AnnaZ; Slings and Arrows
OK. I’m puzzled. Why is someone having to hold up the shortest man?
Is there something about his condition that prevents him from standing on his own?
Or is to protect him from getting accidentally squashed if the big guy sneezes or something?
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posted on
07/13/2007 11:17:47 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
OK. I’m puzzled. Why is someone having to hold up the shortest man?I actually was going to ask the same question, but didn't get around to it. I'm thinking he must have some kind of "condition", that, or he's a doll. LOL.
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posted on
07/13/2007 11:21:53 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: Roscoe Karns
Pingping!
9
posted on
07/13/2007 11:22:55 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: AnnaZ
The idea that the little one’s a fake occurred to me also.
10
posted on
07/13/2007 11:30:59 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: AnnaZ
"I'm bigger than you and higher up the food chain. Get in my belly!"
11
posted on
07/13/2007 11:39:33 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(If You’re Gonna Burn Our Flag, Wrap Yourself in It First /No Oil for Pacifists)
To: dead
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posted on
07/13/2007 11:39:44 AM PDT
by
proudpapa
(Thompson and/or Hunter.)
To: AnnaZ; metmom
The cushion that he is made to stand on, is soft. For his size and weight, it would be like trying to stand on a water-bed.
13
posted on
07/13/2007 11:44:07 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: lowbridge; AnnaZ
"I have corn in my crap that's bigger than you..."
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posted on
07/13/2007 12:19:59 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: AnnaZ
To: AnnaZ
Pingping!Shouldn't that be "Pingping ping"?
16
posted on
07/13/2007 1:07:53 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(A man who will not defend himself does not deserve to be defended by others.)
To: Roscoe Karns
LOL!
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posted on
07/13/2007 3:08:26 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: Jeff Chandler
Shouldn't that be "Pingping ping"?You're quite right. My oversight. LOL.
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posted on
07/13/2007 3:09:34 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: SevenofNine
To: monkapotamus
That just wrong on so many level MONK LOL!
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posted on
07/13/2007 4:34:12 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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