He was by todays standards

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:48, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Yes but not to the standards of the time he lived in
in fact he was slightly above average. Also the measurement standards were different then too.
( Peej, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:50, Reply)

Wasn't the theory that it was because all his Imperial Guard were massive that people thought he was little?
Plus a decent helping of British propaganda, one would assume.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Yup
huge bodyguards made him look small.

Brian May has the opposite problem, when I saw him on Oxford street he made his minders look about 4 feet tall.
( Peej, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:01, Reply)

I had no idea Brian May was a giant
Apart from his hair
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:05, Reply)

Too busy mooning over Freddie, eh?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:07, Reply)

7/10
A point for accuracy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:09, Reply)

whever girls start banging on about Brian Cox bringing sexy to science
just turn their attention to Brian May.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:11, Reply)

I really do not see how Brian Cox is sexy
He has a plastic face and awful hair. And as I've established previously, standing atop a mountain for a panning shot only works for Rocky Balboa and Richie Sambora
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:15, Reply)

But you *want* to see him as sexy?
*steeples fingers*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:18, Reply)

Why on earth would I?
He talks about science for a living. I bet his pillow talk is RUBBISH.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:24, Reply)

I wouldn't mind a chance to find out

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:27, Reply)

*is more mortally wounded*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:31, Reply)

mort an
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:41, Reply)