From what I heard the basis for "Napoleon Syndrome" is unfounded since he was about average height for a male in the time period he lived. Historians said Napoleon's height was distorted by the British in order to make fun of him. Historians also say that the mythical "Boogeyman" which has been scaring children in stories for centuries was a nickname for Napoleon "Boogeyman" Bonaparte in a further display of British hatred for Napoleon. British parents would tell their young children that the Boogeyman would eat them if they wondered off or misbehaved and tales of the mythical creature stuck throughout the British Empire (including America) and thus was spread to the rest of the world through American popular culture. The more you know...
Also I'm surprised to learn Thief in Chief's actual height. 6'1? Is that it? By the way his pundit minions go on and on about him you'd think he was 6'5 at least. I'm 6'3 and I don't feel all that tall. Being 6'1 certainly isn't something worth bragging about it.
Height is an absolute measure but tallness and shortness are relative. In NYC at 5' 9.5" I am tall compared to the masses of immigrants. When I was in Chicago surrounded by corn fed Midwesterners I was short.
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From what I heard the basis for "Napoleon Syndrome" is unfounded since he was about average height for a male in the time period he lived. Historians said Napoleon's height was distorted by the British in order to make fun of him. Historians also say that the mythical "Boogeyman" which has been scaring children in stories for centuries was a nickname for Napoleon "Boogeyman" Bonaparte in a further display of British hatred for Napoleon. British parents would tell their young children that the Boogeyman would eat them if they wondered off or misbehaved and tales of the mythical creature stuck throughout the British Empire (including America) and thus was spread to the rest of the world through American popular culture. The more you know...
Also I'm surprised to learn Thief in Chief's actual height. 6'1? Is that it? By the way his pundit minions go on and on about him you'd think he was 6'5 at least. I'm 6'3 and I don't feel all that tall. Being 6'1 certainly isn't something worth bragging about it.
Height is an absolute measure but tallness and shortness are relative. In NYC at 5' 9.5" I am tall compared to the masses of immigrants. When I was in Chicago surrounded by corn fed Midwesterners I was short.
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