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Old March 29th, 2004 #7
Alex Linder
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Originally Posted by Antiochus Epiphanes
I wish I could remember the name of those guards, the ones with the um, kilts, and pompom shoes, that are depicted on bottles of ouzo. I had a cousin tell me they all have to be over 6-2 or some similar minimum height requirement. How racist of those Greeks. That sounds like the SS! [aghast]
There's some African tribe that has the tallest people, on average. Among Whites, I believe it's the Dutch, with Scandinavians second. Might be wrong about that, but that's what I recall reading. I'm 6'1", and I can say from studying in Germany, I never saw so many people half a head taller than I am than I did in Europe. I'd say I was about 1-2 inches taller than the average German - not much.