" Being on the short side has never really bothered me and I have never been
heightist. Some of my best friends have been tall like Kev.
Yet why is no-one being similarly
heightist over Shaun Wright-Phillips's pounds 22million transfer to Chelsea?
Mostly, though, it's a demonstration of the fact that racing's only interesting to the non-racing world when it's being funny, and that jockeys - yes, this is appallingly
heightist, but the truth is what we do not flinch from here - are amusing per se, because everyone - but everyone in the big world - thinks they're only five feet tall.
A YOU mustn't be
heightist, not that he is THAT small.
RESEARCH from the University of the Flaming Obvious has stated that men and women are '
heightist' when it comes to choosing partners.
Furious Brian and Fiona, who have two young sons Calum, three, and Duncan, four, lashed the councillors for being "flippant" - and accused them of being "
heightist".
During a two-day hearing in Hereford earlier this month, the tribunal was told the company operated a "
heightist" policy because of fears workers over a certain height would suffer back and neck injury.
And no, I am not being racially
heightist. The average male in Japan is 5ft 7 and a half inches tall.
Ms Audrey Williams, of Sun Valley, whose customers include Tesco and McDonald's, denied the company had a "
heightist" policy.
I think it's time I stood up for myself - and yes, I AM standing up - and demand equal rights and pay in a
heightist society.
His lack of stature led to him being known as the Miniature of Sport, but let's not be
heightist.
And yesterday they took the company to a tribunal for sex discrimination, saying its "
heightist" policy worked against men.