Do you have to stand up twice to make a shadow?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382002)
Rockingham, Australia
December 8, 2021 5:17pm CST
MyLotter @LadyDuck and I have been discussing the weight of a bag of potting mix and this led to talk about how much we weigh. Anna is very light and it reminded me of how slight my husband was when we were first married.
My grandmother was alive then and had a few funny sayings about Vince being so skinny. Here are the ones I remember:
You must have to run around in the shower to get wet.
You’d have to stand up twice to make a shadow.
You want to watch the wind doesn’t blow you away.
Do you know any other sayings about people who are very thin?
The photo is of us at our first cabaret.
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@LadyDuck (502369)
• Italy
9 Dec 21
My husband is still like Vince in this photo (beautiful photo).
My grandmother told me all the time, to put rocks in my pockets if the wind was blowing.
A friend joked saying that if I would eat one olive people would have asked me if I was pregnant.
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@rebelann (117220)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Dec 21
Only one other one. My dad was skinny too and his dad would tell him not to stick his tongue out cuz he's look like a zipper from the side. It took me years to understand that one.
I like You must have to run around in the shower to get wet it's too funny.
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@rebelann (117220)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Dec 21
Grandpa came up with all kinds of silly things but I only remember a few because we were transferred to Germany when I was 6 and didn't get to see him for 3 years. Why is it we always remember those things our grandparents did when we were really little?
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@DaddyEvil (174358)
• United States
10 Dec 21
I like that one! Thanks for sharing it. 
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Dec 21
I thought a friend of mine was going to blow away once. We stepped outside and a gust of wind knocked her pretty good. Thankfully she fell against me. She was short and skinny. Lucky if she weighed a hundred pounds
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Dec 21
@JudyEv She was. And she did eat. Just had a high metabolism. She has gained some weight since them but still thinner than most in our age range.
Some jockeys do almost starve themselves to stay like that.
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@JudyEv (382002)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 21
@wolfgirl569 And a great many have to give up riding after some years because of the effort of keeping the weight off.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Dec 21
I use to get offended when others would kid me about being small. Now, I don't mind a bit!
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@JudyEv (382002)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 21
@kobesbuddy Oh wow! You are tiny. 
You must have heard many of these comments in your lifetime.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Dec 21
@JudyEv I'm 1/4 inch under 5 feet tall and 94 pounds, soaking wet.
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@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
9 Dec 21
Toothpick thin is one that I have heard of.
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@sulynsi (2669)
• Canada
9 Dec 21
Had a friend who was very slender - and he'd heard the 'run around the shower' joke.
But, and this really happened, one day, when he stepped off the curb to cross the road, the driver of a passing car didn't even see him (because he 'disappeared when he stood sideways')and rolled over his feet!
Fortunately, they were so flat and thin, he wasn't injured.
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@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
9 Dec 21
Vince looks like he’s a member of a 60’s pop group. The Seekers comes to mind with the fabulous Judith Durham.
I like those sayings and I’ve never heard the shadow one before. Another I’ve heard is “I’ll get you a job in the candle factory, running through the candle with the wick” Now you would have to be thin to do that, unless it was a massive candle.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
9 Dec 21
Great photo. Sorry, I don't have any skinny sayings.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
10 Dec 21
@JudyEv Yes, I enjoy all of your posts!
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@kaylachan (84760)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec 21
Most of them involve twigs, but I don't recall hearing a lot of them. I don't really know anyone who would be "thin".
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@kaylachan (84760)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Dec 21
@JudyEv That's true. Sadly. Especially in the U.S. where people drive everywhere.
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
17 Dec 21
Yes your husband looks thin in his younger years. I like skinny and tall guys
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@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
17 Dec 21
@JudyEv That is true I notice it here too
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@JudyEv (382002)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Dec 21
Everyone seems to put on a little weight when they get to middle age.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
9 Dec 21
I had never heard that one, but it is a real treasure Judy
Ah look at you both bless
I do not except my Mother RIP used to say thin as a rail.
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@DaddyEvil (174358)
• United States
9 Dec 21
I've heard the one about running around in the shower to get wet, but I can't remember any others.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
9 Dec 21
What a lovely couple! My husband was very thin when we married (6' 1" and 140 pounds), but he soon starting gaining. And it sure wasn't because of my cooking, lol.
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