Really. It's OK. (img253.imageshack.us)
submitted 2 days ago by acegibson
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solidago 25 points 2 days ago[-]
I don't think his height is the only thing he's insecure about: http://imgur.com/1uJUj.jpg
pasajera 2 points 1 day ago[-]
A French friend of mine told me that in a press conference at the G20 in London, when it came Sarkozy's turn, he says "It's really hot in here, isn't it, Carla?" to his wife sitting off to the side. She agrees and takes off her jacket to show a sleeveless top, and Sarkozy turns to the press and says, "Isn't my wife beautiful?"
I have been looking for a clip of this all over the internet and haven't found it, but that sounds pretty insecure to me.
gondomwing 55 points 2 days ago[-]
Need more pics of wife
jambarama 42 points 2 days ago* [-]
Her name is Carla Bruni. She's been a model and singer (and her music really isn't bad). She's google-able [NSFW].
markitymark 46 points 2 days ago[-]
She's google-able [NSFW].
That phrase hasn't ever been used to refer to any American first ladies...
ifiwasntintherapgame 32 points 2 days ago[-]
I'd hit Nancy Reagan (with a club)
greatghandi 5 points 2 days ago* [-]
Meh, Barbara Bush is more hittable than Nancy. She has such a beautiful mind.
From the Vagina Monologues: Barbara Bush (no pun intended): "My vagina is at one with the Earth because its cycle is the same. For some it is a time of sweet spring rain, for us others it is a low stinking tide. If your vagina was a natural disaster, what would it be?"
Forbichoff 8 points 2 days ago[-]
you mean his new wife, quickly when he made it to the top office he divorced his first wife with whom i believe he has 2 kids, for a model/singer.
gotta keep upgrading.
jamasaru 26 points 2 days ago* [-]
Gordon Brown plays the exact same game! http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/RxEYxmA20z3/Gordon+Brown+Greets+President+Sarkozy+Downing/1U9lzm8b6Nw/Carla+Bruni+Sarkozy
Actually you see it's not an accidental shot. Several photos catch the tiptoe stunt. Another shot in that series shows the big heels on Sarkozy's shoes.
Santos_L_Halper 6 points 1 day ago[-]
Like this one. Look at those suckers! It reminds me of Davide Brents goofy shoes.
tippylafarge 2 points 2 days ago* [-]
Fashion is cyclical and it's the 1950s' turn again. We are in the midst of a major '50s trend with some sorry glitches from the 80s trying to creep in. And now for the weather report...
sunnydelish 1 point 1 day ago[-]
that really made me laugh. my roomie is vertically challenged too, and his gf is tall
hermes369 7 points 2 days ago[-]
This picture needs to be fixed. Something like this?
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Atlas/Images/Glossary/Napoleon_Bonaparte.jpeg
paprnackin 22 points 2 days ago[-]
It is decided. There shall be no pun thread.
tippylafarge 1 point 2 days ago* [-]
I'm encountering problems when trying to submit a comment. I keep getting a message that I'm trying to submit too fast and then it suggests I wait various intervals of time before trying to submit again. I'm not doing anything differently than yesterday. This time it's telling me to wait six minutes before trying to submit this again. I just had a friend submit something and hers' went right through. What gives?
Okay, I'm starting to take this personally...
Bitch those are fuckin' professional shoes. Shit yeah, polished like a motherfucker and stylish like something really stylish I mean I guess it's Italian that's what I hear about those kinds of shoes I wouldn't really know I've only got one pair of shoes and its a pair of sneakers from three years ago and one of them has lost like 50% of its sole and the other smells vaguely like butane.
it is not a sign of insecurity to stand on your toes. this guy does it for over 3 minutes and no one would call him insecure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvcKX4gK18Q
chauvinist 0 points 2 days ago[-]
Precisely why I won't date someone that's within 4 inches of my height. Don't need to be looking up at her.
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stephenv 459 points 2 days ago[-]
If the short French guy wants to stand on his toes, history says let him and mind your own business. Last time a short Frenchman had his insecurity buttons pushed, he invaded half of Europe.
Megasaurus 254 points 2 days ago[-]
Akaji 400 points 2 days ago* [-]
Shut up, I like my history like it used to be in elementary school - Columbus the great Christian explorer, Pluto the planet, and Napoleon the short angry dude!
plbogen 83 points 2 days ago[-]
You know, not many people knew it, but the Führer was a terrific dancer. That is because you were taken in by that verdammte Allied propaganda! Such filthy lies! They told lies! But nobody ever said a bad word about Winston Churchill, did they? No! "Win with Winnie!" Churchill! With his cigars, with his brandy. And his ROTTEN painting! Rotten! Hitler, THERE was a painter! He count paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! TWO COATS! Churchill. He couldn't even say "Nazi". He would say "Nooooozeeehz, Nooooozeeehz!" It wasn't NOSES, it was NAZIS! Churchill! Let me tell you THIS! And you're hearing this straight from the horse - Hitler was better looking than Churchill. He was a better dresser than Churchill. He had more hair! He told funnier jokes! And he could dance the PANTS off of Churchill!
amosharper 8 points 2 days ago[-]
Entertaining enough for a positive click - but might I ask if this is a quote or your own rant?
grantrules 36 points 2 days ago[-]
Must be Mel Brooks' reddit account.
Khendroc 4 points 2 days ago[-]
The war woulda been over in a week but we spent four years wandering around lookin for the damn narzis.
plbogen 16 points 2 days ago[-]
Its a quote, definitely worth watching though.
The Producers
Laminar 2 points 2 days ago[-]
...And it's his Birthday soon...
plbogen 8 points 2 days ago[-]
Today.
clausy 64 points 2 days ago[-]
Correction: " So, Bill, what you're telling me, essentially, is that Napoleon was a short dead dude"
lolbacon 136 points 2 days ago[-]
"Who was Joan of Ark?"
"Noah's wife?"
Antebios 38 points 2 days ago[-]
And now I know how joan of arc felt
Now I know how joan of arc felt, oh
As the flames rose to her roman nose
And her walkman started to melt
Oh ...
antifolkhero 8 points 2 days ago[-]
Bigmouth ladada, haha
Antebios 2 points 2 days ago[-]
Bigmouth ladada, haha
hucifer 1 point 2 days ago* [-]
Bigmouth strikes again,
And I've got no right to take my place,
With the Human race,
Oh ..
isthistakentoo 0 points 1 day ago[-]
Bigmouth ladada, haha
thepicto 43 points 2 days ago[-]
Ceasar was a solid dresser too.
myotheralt 45 points 2 days ago[-]
He made salad.
bioskope 10 points 2 days ago[-]
Do you think he liked his salad tossed?
schawt 8 points 2 days ago[-]
I guess not everybody kills Hitler on their first trip.
ramunenke 4 points 1 day ago[-]
ROFL, I downvoted you so I could upvote you twice.
KrazyA1pha 0 points 1 day ago[-]
That leaves it neutral. ;)
muddyalcapones 1 point 2 days ago[-]
ice bear judges you
groupthinkjunkie 8 points 2 days ago[-]
I thought he made pizza
n-snow 53 points 2 days ago[-]
You're thinking of his son.
ragefather 7 points 2 days ago[-]
No, its Caesar was a salad dressing dude.
thepicto 3 points 2 days ago[-]
Holy Mondegreens batman! You're right.
harumpf 3 points 2 days ago[-]
Not a casino?
monx 2 points 2 days ago[-]
Atleast that's better than him being a salad undressing dude.
rufus25 23 points 2 days ago[-]
Most excellent reference.
st_gulik 5 points 2 days ago[-]
Although he was most likely significantly shorter than his major opponent Arthur Wellesley, aka Lord Wellington - who was said to be extremely tall and thin with a rather pronounced hook nose.
Someguy101 13 points 2 days ago[-]
He also loves water slides.
ScreamingSkull 8 points 2 days ago* [-]
Plato invented the plate...
ralphwiggum 8 points 2 days ago[-]
I thought he invented that clay?
asurroca 6 points 2 days ago[-]
Common misconception. Plato invented both the plate and Play-Doh.
redkobayashi 4 points 2 days ago[-]
Interesting fact: the first plate was made of Play-Doh.
Laminar 1 point 2 days ago[-]
Upper or lower?
Antebios 2 points 2 days ago[-]
The Nordic made it to America first (as far as we know, but according to my Tin-foil handbook the Chinese made it too, as well as a Atlantean society). Pluto is a planet as well as Niburu. Napoleon wasn't short, but King Henry VIII was short.
plbogen 6 points 2 days ago[-]
Henry VIII was also a very fit man until a horseback riding accident injured his leg. This injury made him unable to get around and he gained weight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England#Death_and_succession
MphsBlues 1 point 1 day ago[-]
Which gave him all the more time to plunder church coffers in order to feed the war machine.
irregardless 35 points 2 days ago[-]
Also:
pjfry 9 points 2 days ago* [-]
Yes, well I'm an "average" 5'8" and I got ripped on constantly for being short in high school. It's not necessarily about being short, it's more about not being tall.
Edit: So two people have mentioned so far 5'8" isn't average. It's close enough; I believe the point remains valid. As Merper says below, it's certainly not tall, but it's not exactly short either. The point remains that the stigma applies to all those who are not tall, not just those that are decidedly short.
movzx 6 points 2 days ago[-]
People are taller now than they were in Napoleon's time. Your height is likely no longer average.
cutsDwnSudoIntelects 5 points 2 days ago[-]
Depends on where you live... in the US, no. I'm all for short guys telling themselves that though. No need to take over the continent to prove it, or start fights with every "tall" person.
I was surprised that white people were on average taller than black people too.
merper 9 points 2 days ago[-]
Average is usually viewed as a range, not a tipping point. I wouldn't call someone who's 5'11' tall, nor is someone who is 5'8" particularly short.
hiffy 3 points 2 days ago[-]
Shit, that's average height now.
ladditude 0 points 2 days ago[-]
Also, he was Corsican. Not French. The French hated him.
sebasutan 3 points 2 days ago* [-]
where the hell do you get that from? Get off the NSFW pages and take a hour to read some history. The French begged him to become Emperor. The french senate even begged him to invaded England, Bonaparte - not Napoleon yet - refused.
patcito 1 point 1 day ago[-]
FTFY
neuromonkey 0 points 2 days ago[-]
Ha ha, you said, "pouce."
P-Dub 32 points 2 days ago[-]
But he left us with some awesome ice cream, 3 flavors in one!
I think that more than makes up for the half-million dead French.
bhrgunatha 43 points 2 days ago[-]
Tsk tsk - still here? Go and DO YOUR HOMEWORK
ElGaucho56 17 points 2 days ago[-]
Apparently redditors are the moms of the internet.
cynicalcheeto 11 points 2 days ago[-]
A bit, yeah
Eledh 16 points 2 days ago[-]
Homework. Go do it.
MobiusCoffee 14 points 2 days ago[-]
DO YOUR HOMEWORK
markitymark 7 points 2 days ago[-]
I thought that was from Naples. I suspect I may be missing the point though.
sk31 3 points 2 days ago* [-]
You are correct. (First sentence, I mean. Not sure about the second.)
Ocdar 1 point 2 days ago[-]
Napoleon (the short dude) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France
Neapolitan (the ice cream) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_ice_cream
Wow, I never noticed they were spelled the same before.
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Othello 10 points 2 days ago[-]
No, the French just aren't worth all that much.
Frenulum 6 points 2 days ago[-]
Poe's law is so awesome.
Schiesty 3 points 2 days ago[-]
No
patcito 1 point 1 day ago[-]
Napoleon was actually quite tall for his times. He was only small compared to some of his generals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon#Image
michalfabik 1 point 1 day ago[-]
I get the "Idiot Of The Day" award for taking me a non-zero amount of time of wondering "Since when was Hitler French?", to understand who you're refering to.
Zenemy 1 point 2 days ago* [-]
He beat their ass too cause Europeans are good at laying on their back.
cactusrex 4 points 2 days ago* [-]
He's of Hungarian origins remember. As Napoleon of Corsican origins...
Frenchmen can be quite tall too.
muyuu 2 points 2 days ago[-]
Hungarians are usually a lot taller, though.
artman 2 points 2 days ago* [-]
boothinator 1 point 2 days ago[-]
Except that Napoleon was born in Corsica, not France.
Rafe 1 point 1 day ago[-]
Corsica is in Metropolitan France.
opentubes 2 points 2 days ago[-]
Corsica is a part of France, sort of
PearlsAmongPigs 1 point 2 days ago* [-]
and history also shows, Napoleon was not as short as people like to pretend he was.
He surrounded himself with very large bodyguards which made him appear smaller than he really was.
Napoleon stood at 5' 7"
Barrack 3 points 2 days ago* [-]
There are a ton of other leaders that are under 5'9''
off the top of my head: Alexander the Great, Napoleon (5'7'' not 5'2'' as claimed), Yousef Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Dmitri Medvedev (5'2'' !), Vladimir Putin, Berlusconi, Sarkozy,
I find that despite my thinking that people always "listen to the tall guy," they most often listen to the loud guy...
umbama 2 points 2 days ago[-]
It's like the Time Bandits...
1chumofchance1 1 point 1 day ago[-]
James Madison stood 5'4 and was only 100 pounds and he was a man among boys.