Itty, Bitty Life...

I would be terrified. But I guess as you said after the initial shock wore off it might be alright. You could use it to make money because surely no one has seen a five inch tall person. Of course you wouldn't really need much if you were that tall.
Yes, I have cats that would probably look at me really weird, especially if I tried to talk to them. They may freak out a bit.

It's a long time since I read that. I think that there was a TV series as well, but I'm not sure. Only 5 inches tall and four cats in the house I'm thinking..cats go more on smell than anything else so even if I was only 5 inches tall, I'd still smell the same .... Right? I might have four very confused cats, but hopefully, not ones that were inclined to eat me..hopefully.

No what-ifs about it. If I was to wake up only 5 in. tall, I would prolly die soon as medical care is a way of life for hubby and I. I would more than likely die of an asthma attack being the dust bunnies are only a few inches below my nose. Either that or my cats/dog will finish me off.

Shades of Land of the Giants! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Giants

Yikes what a terrifying thought! I would not last two minutes ...two of my dogs would pat/knock me around as a new toy and the third would swallow me whole as she is so greedy she eats anything and everything. There would be no place safe to hide inside my home and certainly not outside. Now I shall have nightmares just thinking about it.

Here's another thought. What if the entire population of the world was reduced to 5 inches tall overnight.

Hi twoey, First of all I think that you have a great imagination and the second is I will have to give it some thought as to what I would do. It certainly would give us some perspective as to how a small creature must feel when it gets out of it's natural habitat and perhaps wanders into a house and can find no way out. I'm not sure if we would be safe from our pets or not but I wouldn't want to take any chances. Going outside would have to be a nightmare, so if we could find a way of using the telephone, it would be best to call someone and explain the situation. They would have to come and get us and keep us somewhere safe. We would probably be like pets ourselves and perhaps they would make a lot of money by showing us to us to the public. Blessings.

If my entire family were small then I think we'd be okay. This discussion kind of reminds me of "honey I shrunk the kids" a movie I used to enjoy watching when I was younger. In any case, We have two chihuahua's and a tabby cat, so I don't guess it would be too terribly bad if we were that small. I would hope they wouldn't eat us, though we have one who will eat anything in sight! lol! I think we would just stay at home, possibly try to call other family, though I'm sure in a way we would all be quite embarrassed to find we were very small. The phones would be hard to reach, and I fear we'd have to eat the dog's food, and the cat's food, and then after that I am not sure what we would do. I don't think any of us would want to go outside, there's another cat out there, and ofcourse deer. Other wild animals that aren't as gentle. I guess to a certain extent we would explore our world now that we were small, I'd love to know how long it would take us to read a book if we were bored, or how loud even the lowest volume on the t.v. would be!

It would be a nightmare. There was a tv show many years ago where the main character had shrunk and found life difficult to say the least. Some years later after the show went off the air I was in California and got to go to Universal Studios where that show was filmed. I saw the props they used. Like a 12 inch ruler that was like 12 feet tall and huge telephone and a pencil. It was something to think about when I saw all that. Don't want any part of it.

Awww... i loved the Borrowers books. I buy them for my kids everytime I stumble across on in the thrift store. I always read them again before I hand them over.

I'd definatly be dinner within a few minutes. My daughter's cat is quite the little hunter. I'm constantly being brought voles and mouse tails and bird feathers. I'd never be able to outrun him:)