All these huge 7'5" plus people have pituitary gland disorders. Pavel Podkolzine had his taken out when he came to the US.
<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">As a child, I always wanted to be about 7-8 feet tall because they looked like giants! Now I'm glad I'm 5'10".</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ReppinTheD @ Oct 15 2006, 07:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That's not true. If humans in general actually have an average height of whatever (Say 10ft) - than the body adapts to all changes. The reason big people usually die is because blood can't get to their extremeties...this includes your brain. The reason for this, is the heart isn't strong enough to keep the blood pressure high enough for it to reach those areas. If humans do get to be like this, than their heart will adapt and become stronger and bigger.It could happen.</div>I don't get what you're refuting about what he said, but I agree with both of you. Human organs just aren't made to support someone of that size. It's not just the heart, but I imagine that would be the biggest problem. Obviously, it's one of the most important organs.What I think you're getting at (even if you don't want to say it) is that it is evolutionarily possible for humans to get that big. And that is indeed true. The thing about it is that it's a kneejerk to say, "That's not possible that's retarded omg blah blah!" And yeah, of course it's retarded to us. But on the other hand, we are assuming that they have the same organs/systems/structure and so on, so it's hard to say. Anyway, no one's going to get what I'm talking about so I'll leave it at that. It is true that it would not be human. I will say that much.
Well thats just under 4 regulation basketball nets high...I find it extremely hard to believe, but it would be cool if there were people that size, even seeing Sun ming Ming I found it hard to take in even after seeing him.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz76 @ Oct 15 2006, 02:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Anatomy of a Giant*TV-PGPremiere October 15 at 8:00 PM ET/PTFollow the incredible journey of Sun Ming Ming, a young man who dreams of moving beyond his life in China to one in the ultra-competitive NBA. Ming is the world's second-tallest man, standing seven feet, nine inches tall. Tragically, however, the very thing that makes him a coach's dream may also end his life. Ming suffers from a tumor in his pituitary gland, causing it to secrete excessive amounts of growth hormone. Over time, Ming's heart simply will not be able to grow along with him and his key organs will fail. Only in the U.S. can Ming find the help he needs</div>Nice, it premieres today. Will definitely watch it...I saw the commercial for it a while ago.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Illosophee @ Oct 14 2006, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Also, to answer SouthBeast's question, I read somwhere that Sun Ming Ming is actually athletic and a very good basketball player</div>Not true, he can barely get off the ground, he has a lot of trouble getting down court. He may be athletic for his size, but in reality he's extremely unathletic.
<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">This is the tallest man in history:He was 8'11". Anybody ever heard of him? Wadlow, the golf player.. Remember? I remember watching Guinness Book of World Records on Fox (back when the show actually existed) and they had Wadlow's brother representing him (not a tall man.. Probably 6'2" or so) because Wadlow died at the age of 22.. Sad.</span>I know this is perverted and all, but just know that I'm kidding:THOSE GIRLS COULD HAVE SUCKED WADLOW'S DICK WITHOUT EVEN GETTING ON THEIR KNEES!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Illosophee @ Oct 15 2006, 04:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">This is the tallest man in history:He was 8'11". Anybody ever heard of him? Wadlow, the golf player.. Remember? I remember watching Guinness Book of World Records on Fox (back when the show actually existed) and they had Wadlow's brother representing him (not a tall man.. Probably 6'2" or so) because Wadlow died at the age of 22.. Sad.</span>I know this is perverted and all, but just know that I'm kidding:THOSE GIRLS COULD HAVE SUCKED WADLOW'S DICK WITHOUT EVEN GETTING ON THEIR KNEES!</div>That's the guy I was talking about in my first post in the thread. Somehow I have doubts about his brother being on Fox though, unless his brother is really old.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Oct 15 2006, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That's the guy I was talking about in my first post in the thread. Somehow I have doubts about his brother being on Fox though, unless his brother is really old.</div><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">Yeah, his brother is really old. His brother was about 8-10 years younger than him. Plus, that picture isn't like 100 years old or anything. It was taken around 1938-40. It was most likely taken before his death.</span>
