Wait, wait, wait. A Canadian tuxedo? No way. That there is a TEXAS tuxedo. We have no need of double denim up here. Own your fashion disasters USA! #davidbeckham
@Sputnik_Sweetheart: He almost always plays in long sleeve jerseys because he thinks the tatts are not good role-model-material for younger fans. #davidbeckham
@zoethebitch: That's interesting. I'm generally not a fan of tattoos, but I have never thought of them as a bad influence. However, it is pretty awesome that he is thinking of his young fans. #davidbeckham
A college friend of mine was on The Price is Right. He's a black guy, about 6'5", and barely fit in frame next to Bob Barker. The only question BB had for him: "So... do you play basketball?" #onion
I'm 6'. I hated basketball. My daughter is 6'4" and always loathed team sports. Her high school experience was made even more torturous by the coaches who chased her in the hallways and the constant questioning, "do you play basketball?" I had to hear the question from other parents, who always responded, "too bad" when I said she didn't play. I learned, when I got the question to answer by asking, "Are your short children circus performers?" Just because we're tall doesn't obligate us to do "tall things," any more than being short obligates men to become little Napoleons. #onion
I had to deal with numerous gym teachers assuming I could run fast too, at 5ft11, but luckily they never suggested netball, as my lack of coordination was evident... #onion
The other tall girl I work with asked me the other day if I played basketbal and volleyball in high school. I did, and she did too, and we both admit we were recruited for the teams because of our height. #onion
I'm average to a little tall-ish, and I played high school basketball (mostly because my dad was a superathlete in high school and he would have been very disappointed had I not played). I was the captain my senior year, and started at point guard until I started calling the coach out on his stupid play calling. He benched me. The team lost every game for the rest of the season and for the following two seasons. My mom called it "(real name)'s Curse." #onion
@morninggloria: I got sucked into volleyball due to my father's glory days of superathleticism. In fact, he used to play with my old coach. Ah, parents and their misplaced expectations... #onion
So funny. I was asked to join a work basketball team today. No one asked if I played, they just assumed that I did because I am a girl giant. Like I signed a contract the devil to play sports and get things off the top shelf for ladies in the grocery store if he'd make me taller.
Like many others here, my above-average height peaked at an early age. I was guilted into playing as a kid until all of the other girls caught up and eventually exceeded me in height (and in skill). Basketball is vicious.
@o-line: Is jezebel secretly a community for talls? On other posts I've noticed a lot ot tall people speaking up. We should conduct a spurious relationship study on height and feminism. #onion
@o-line: I was 5'8" by about eighth grade, and I finally went to basketball camp that summer to shut everyone up. Above average height simply couldn't fix: my two left feet when it came to running plays, my inability to dribble and walk at the same time, and my utter mystification that people can actually shoot the ball with two hands (this has frustrated many ex-boyfriends who are just sure that I could be really good if I tried). #onion
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Buttoned up
Discretely ogling Laker Girls
Hand hovering over crotch
They call him
The Denim Stranger #davidbeckham
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(yes I realize others call this a Canadian tuxedo, but Canadians have to pick on someone too!)
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Wolverine in denim, tsk tsk #davidbeckham
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I had to deal with numerous gym teachers assuming I could run fast too, at 5ft11, but luckily they never suggested netball, as my lack of coordination was evident... #onion
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Like many others here, my above-average height peaked at an early age. I was guilted into playing as a kid until all of the other girls caught up and eventually exceeded me in height (and in skill). Basketball is vicious.
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Awesome. I might use this if anymore old men try to convince me that height = sports ability. #onion
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There are a lot of Jezetalls. We should form a basketball team! #onion
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