Am I in the wrong????

[semi-pro waster]

You weren't particularly tactful in picking on a physical attribute to joke about because you apparantly don't know him well enough to know whether he would take offence to it or not. As a general rule unless you're happy to potentially offend then don't make the jokes too personal until you know the person better and how they are likely to react.

He's a tool for an inability to let it go and threatening physical violence over what was merely a slightly crass remark.

 

[Ace Modder]

So you basically took the pee out of a guy you didn't really know? Sorry, but what did you expect?

 

[singist]

Another lesson in tact and dIplomacy, grasshopper.

 

[PESolution]

ahaha brilliant line ill have to use that. Sounds to me like the guy was drinking wife beater all night lol

 

[thepharcyde]

Was he Napoleon?

 

[Aruffell]

Ok I was just out with some family on a night out and one of my reletives friends was outside.

I was out having a smoke and the guy started talking about how short he was so I said "thats ok mate the smaller you are the smaller places you can go"
He then got all offended and all his other mates started telling me to F off that im a tool and all that. The guy was angry so I did offer an apoligy but he wouldnt except and kept talking about knocking me out.

All I did was talk about how being small he can fit into smaller places. aparintly hes got some sort of "special ability" which is the reason he is so small but how was I to know no one told me and I did try and say sorry but he still wanted to fight me.

Was I wrong or was the guy just being a tool?

He has little man syndrome. Thinks he can fight the world. Should have just kneed him in the head

Andy

 

[Mr-White]

How tall was he ?

Normally an apology would have sufficed. At least you didn't crack any hobbit or circus jokes.

MW

 

[simpletom]

Wow, I was wondering why there was often a string of threads from battered nerds, sometimes with pictures, after the weekend. Now I know.

 

[Tom0]

should have just said "No need to be so short with me" and walked off tbh.

 

[deusexlumina]

please dont tell me this "special ability" nonsense is catching on...

people who are disabled are exactly that

 

[Gustov]

At school there was always the young mouthy ones in the year below

I've only had one fight in my life and it was with a little mouthy ****

After putting up with him for years, I was playing tennis one day and he commented on one of my shots. (with his midget clan)

I lost it and continued to use my tennis racket to imprint his face.

Can't stand small people who have a chip on their shoulder.

With regards to the question, no, you're not in the wrong.

 

[oddjob62]

Should have turned to his mate and said, "how do you make the sound come out of his mouth without moving your lips?"

 

[vintage-x]

Hes not even a dwarf though.
Im about 6 foot and he was about the hight just below my shoulders.
He was the one who mentioned about the whole being short thing all I did was sort of agree with him in a joking kind of way.

I always get the mick taken out of me and years ago I used to get violent and try and fight people who were saying things but that was when I was 13/14. Then I grew up.

Im now 23 and when people take the mick I just say somthing back instead of trying to fight them.
As Ive said it just really annoys me that people just seem to get into fights to prove themselfs.
And the whole fact that he had a knife which he wanted to use on me was just the tip of the iceburg.

 

[oddjob62]

I always get the mick taken out of me and years ago I used to get violent and try and fight people who were saying things but that was when I was 13/14. Then I grew up.

Key point there.

 

[Gustov]

the whole fact that he had a knife which he wanted to use on me was just the tip of the iceburg.

We need to know no more

He is nothing more than a yob.

 

[SlyReaper]

It's a fact of life, some people just have really short tempers.

 

[DominicStar]

Sounds like the short guy was banging on about it to fish for some compliments or comfort to be honest and now has the hump. I mean, if he doesn't know you enough to take a light hearted quip, why the hell go on about something that personal anyway?

please dont tell me this "special ability" nonsense is catching on...

It's probably another thing that will live off it's own legend in the minds of some people, but hopefully not.

I work in a mental health charity amongst a large number of people with physical and obviously mental health disabilities and the only place I have ever come accross the phrase is on these forums.

 

[Feek]

Hes not even a dwarf though.
Im about 6 foot and he was about the hight just below my shoulders.

To be fair, that probably makes him about 5"2' which is pretty tiny for a bloke. It does sound like a classic case of Short Man Syndrome.

 

[Nick1881]

Sounds like you were the bigger man (no pun intended).

You probably could have been a bit more tactile but maybe the guy was just looking for a fight and that was the reason he brought the subject up. As said a classic case of small man syndrome.

 

[aslco]

I was in manchester yesterday. I've been a few times but yesterday a lot of it seemed to be REALLY nasty there were some nice parts but the area around the apollo desperatley needs some attention.