Short, fat people may get rights

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | May 18, 2007 | BY KEN MAGUIRE

[HEY4QDEMS]

BOSTON -- Ellen Frankel stands just 4-foot-8 inches tall, a size that allowed larger co-workers to playfully scoop her up at the office and make remarks about her height. Some even patted her on the head.

[eXe]

Laws protecting short people, yet its ok to discriminate against smokers.

A Country gone nuts.

[Paleo Conservative]

Damn! You beat me.

[don'tbedenied]

Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live

They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin’ great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well, I don’t want no short people
Don’t want no short people
Don’t want no short people
Round here

Short people are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It’s a wonderful world)

Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love

They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick ‘em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That got beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin’ peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They’re gonna get you every time
Well, I don’t want no short people
Don’t want no short people
Don’t want no short people
‘Round here

[hophead]

It’s about damn time! Now if they just add to short and fat, balding and aging I am in.

[ElkGroveDan]

And the stupid. A business should not be able to discriminate against the stupid when it comes to hiring.

What about the nervous? People who shake might want to be diamond cutters too.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Well, Ellen Frankel had better not move to Washington state or other places that would require she sit in a child booster seat while in a car!

I wonder if this new law will force amusement parks from requiring height minimums on certain rides.

[trisham]

And tax dollars to support it!

[trimom]

Heck make that fat, old, bald, ugly men.

Let's not get carried away here! LOL

[martin_fierro]

Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.

[NeoCaveman]

What about me, I'm bald, prtect me dammit!

Sunscreen.

[rogernz]

*Everyone will have special rights except WHAM’s.*

i joke with my friend at my university that since we are now a minority (greatly), an endangered species even, we ought to get special rights... (sarc)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Title should be: "Short, fat people may get EXTRA rights"

[Marie]

4'8"?

How *cute!*

[goodnesswins]

What about BALD people? My husband wants his “rights” too!

[Doomonyou]

Shouldn't "short" be vertically challenged?

Shouldn't "fat" be voluminously gifted?

Not a very PC title for an asinine PC article.

[lowbridge]

Ellen Frankel stands just 4-foot-8 inches tall, a size that allowed larger co-workers to playfully scoop her up at the office and make remarks about her height. Some even patted her on the head.

There already are laws against that. It's called assault and harrassment.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Some even patted her on the head.

I think she already qualifies for benefits under the "humour impaired" provisoes of the law.

[Chickensoup]

Do you have to be short AND fat

or just short

OR

FAT?

[freespirited]

Mass FReepers: Your legislators have entirely too much time on their hands.

[expatguy]

What about bald, hetrosexual, middle-aged, white guys?

An American Expat in Southeast Asia