Re: BEING SHORT

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From: Todd Gillespie
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 00:00

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F. Calderon (fmartin@herald.infi.net) wrote:
: Frank Calderon wrote:  

: As someone who's 5'9"  (OK, OK, I'm actually 5' 8-1/2") I thought I'd throw in 
: this little bit o' info:  

: 20/20 (on ABC) had a story about short men and their dating problems this 
: Friday night (think their producers might be reading some of these posts?).  
: And guess what they found?  Most women prefer tall men (surprise, surprise)!  

: They had a group of men in a room, with one short man in the middle, and a 
: group of women in another room looking through a two-way mirror at the men.  
: The women were asked which men they would date.  None picked the short 
: guy--even after they were told the short guy was an M.D. who had written a 
: successful book, yatta, yatta.  

: They did this several times with different guys (including different short 
: guys) and different women.  In one particular case, they were told the short 
: guy (who happened to be 5 feet tall this time) was a venture capitalist who 
: became a millionaire at 25--and they STILL wouldn't go out with him!  

: Unbelievably shallow, I think...

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From: zentodd@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Todd Gillespie)
Subject: Re: BEING SHORT
Date: 1997/01/11
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