[JoeProBono]

George Bell Jr., 50, a Norfolk sheriff's deputy

1. He stands 7-foot-8 with his shoes off.

2. He plays basketball, or at least used to, but not in the NBA.

3. He is not Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain.

4. His late father and his mother were not giants, just folks of average height.

5. The weather "up there" is just fine.

Sultan Kosen stands at 2.46metres tall – 8.9 feet high and doesn't play basketball

Muhammed Ali Meets Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain

[a fool in paradise]

Things are bigger in Texas

[Wolfie]

Kosen was overhead asking Bell, “How’s the weather down there?”

[subterfuge]

It can’t be easy being that tall.

[kempster]

A good friend of mine is 6’9”. Notoriously he is asked if he is a basketball player to which he answers, “No, are you a jockey?”

[ETL]

[Joe 6-pack]

"...Sultan Kosen, a Turkish man who stands at 8-foot-1..."

A full 10" shorter than Robert Wadlow, the tallest documented man on record...