i appear to be shrinking

i've been 5'8" for 15+ years now, just measured myself and now i'm down to 5'6"? wtf

hey, you're still 5'9" in heels!

Soon you and I can share clothes!

It depends what time of the day you measure yourself.

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2676/treehorn1.gif

It depends what time of the day you measure yourself.

― got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Monday, May 2, 2011 3:09 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

But 2 whole inches difference? That seems extreme! You'd be tallest in the morning, I assume?

Tallest in the morning, difference can be around half an inch, so maybe n/a has shrunk a bit?

Also things like posture can make a big difference. I have a bit of back pain at the moment and I'm sure that I'm a bit shorter than normal.

huh well i'm at work now but i'll measure myself in the morning and see what the deal is

are you in a bathtub?

that would be pretty dangerous, if i was shrinking in a bathtub. what if someone pulled the plug?

no he's at work

i knew that!
<.<
>.>

Maybe n/a is a test pilot in a bathtub factory.

You are not shrinking, you are settling.

I am so glad someone else has read The Shrinking of Treehorn, because in my universe it is a major childhood classic but nobody I've ever mentioned it to had heard of it.

just out of curiosity, have you measured yourself on a full moon?

I thought it was a childhood classic too. Let's canvas opinion in a scientific way. Who else here knows of The Shrinking of Treehorn?

I read it as a kid, but I've forgotten the ending. Is it because he's been given a hand-me down jumper that's too big for him?

No, he really is shrinking.

my dad used to make up bedtime stories about when he was a kid and was four inches tall and lived in a shoebox under his parents' bed. in these stories, he also had a brother named Fred (he has no brothers irl). I have never heard of "the shrinking of treehorn" however

I think he plays a board game that he gets from sending off for a cereal box offer and it makes him shrink for some reason. I can't remember how he gets back to regular size, sorry n/a. Maybe he plays it backwards or something.

I have heard of 'The Shrinking of Treehorn' but only because my friend named his band after it. Never read it as a kid.

The Shrinking Of Treehorn is one of my childhood faves, along with Flat Stanley and Grimble. Haven't read it in decades but I recall his parents not noticing he's shrinking, or vaguely chastising him for it? I think child psychologists consider it an important book, not sure why.

n/a, bad posture seems likely? You'd probably notice a serious spinal condition tbh.

There is a scene where he tells his mother he's shrinking and she (totally not listening) goes "mmhm, that's nice dear" which was hilarious to Treehorn-aged me. Then iirc they insist he isn't for a bit and get cross with him for mentioning it, and then when they finally notice they get cross with him for not mentioning it sooner or doing it deliberately to mess them around or something.

NB to people who haven't read it: this is much funnier than I've made it sound! It is when you're six, anyway. Also, illustrations by Edward Gorey, at the less macabre but still eerily charming end of the Gorey spectrum.

Bad posture sounds likely. I sometimes suspect I'm an inch shorter than I used to be but I am a terrible one for the slouching. My mother would tell me persistent slouching permanently compresses the spine and I daren't look it up to see if it's an old wives' tale.

That or you just didn't have the tape measure pulled completely flat when you measured or something. I know that sounds stupid but personally I find it's easily done.

(Flat Stanley! Ahh.)

http://curiouspages.blogspot.com/2010/02/florence-parry-heide-on-treehorn.html

Sorry to chatter inanely on yr thread, n/a.

still measured in at 5'6" last night, but this morning i'm down to 5' even! this is really weird!

i guess i can call in to work though

are your feet missing

You lost 6" last night? For real?

My mother appears much smaller. This is because her back is "shortening." :-(

guys I don't know how to say this but... this morning I measured myself and I'm 6" taller

i know it's freaky but i'm just trying to stay positive about this

u have osteoporosis sorry

also your wife slid the height chart up on the wall last night while you were sleeping

Update please.

i've been 5'8" for 15+ years now, just measured myself and now i'm down to 5'6"? wtf

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, May 2, 2011 3:05 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

fwiw height actually is kind of a fluid thing, u can lose or gain half an inch in a day, this happens to everyone

haven't measured myself but am obviously even smaller than yesterday. i can feel myself getting smaller.

maybe your computer is just getting bigger

were you recently doused in chemicals, also are you Lily Tomlin?

When you look in the mirror, are you bigger in every way?

I'm never going to measure my height again. I don't know if I can cope with dropping below 6'.

four feet tall

http://ayurvedlife.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/spineconditions.189114909_std.jpg

v important question: are you kneeling?

Are you a Toulouse Lautrec impersonator?

sorry for no updates been kinda depressed

down to two feet tall had to buy some clothes in the kids department at target

keep your chin up.

There's a Twilight Zone episode about this.

Herniated disc up there is having a good time, blowing up party balloons.

ps sorry for your (height) loss.

this is gonna be viral marketing for some terrible movie yeah?

why dont you pick on someone your own size

Why do you people always think people are viral marketing?

n/a, I have known you for six years.
I am 5'6".
We have always been the same height.
Until now.

ctrl+f "yoga" = no results

do some yoga, bro-- you can gain an inch or two.

lol

spinal stretching is no joke, nakhchi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXuwZU-6lg

Should have just posted part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6M1NYduYm0

down to 9 inches its vry hard 2 type

2 inches and still shrinking keyboard is 2 big can only post on zing not sure what will happen good luck ilx

avoid cats is my advice.