Jim Jeffries really 6'2?

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  1. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    An old dude talkin to me earlier and he said Jeffries-his own dad said-was really like 2 in. taller than listed and that he wore this kind of weird curved heeled shoes that was making him look like he stand up straight with his posture when he's crouching all slouchbacked next to others but not looking like it. How ture is this?
     
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  2. SHADAPBLAD

    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Not totally true. The "weird curved heeled shoes" werent actually curved at all and instead had tiny pins embedded in the insole that forced Jeffries to limp and constantly bend his knees in pain. The same shoes that D'Amatoe made Mick Tison wear to make him shorter and famously gave him knee problems. Patellar tendonitis is a serious condition. Jeffries wore these shoes in everyday life to give off the optical illusion that he was shorter than he was. Except it wasnt an illusion at all, its real life. Physics I think the term is
     
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  3. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Wait, you were talking to an old dude who said Jeffries (James J Jeffries) was his dad? That doesn’t seem right. You should ask him if he was the Jeffries who was the boxer. Ask if has ever been to knottsberry farm (trick question)? Get back to us.
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Good answer..
     
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  5. mr. magoo

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    Someone posted a source years ago reflecting a physical examination of Jeffries which had him at 6’1”. But who knows if it was accurate.
     
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  6. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    How credible is this random old dude your speaking of that is your main source of info? Lol!
     
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  7. Boxed Ears

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    I sense that you are incredulous about this situation because it is heretical. But, hopefully, I am about to change all that after more than two years of having challenged the system and its precious status quo. Which is Latin. For things that are the way they are. My qualifications for the person I knew AND that person's father.

    The old dude:

    A. He said he was a veteran. (proof of honor and courage)
    B. He said he was a fan of The Animals. (proof of being pretty cool for a very old person)
    C. He himself was tall. (he wasn't tall that day but he was reportedly tall when he was young)

    The old dude's dad:

    A. The son said he was a veteran too.
    B. The son said he was also a barber after the war. And during.
    C. The son said he was a good dad to him and husband to his (the son's) mama, and provided the entire family with reasonable food and as much Robitussin as they could ever need.
    D. The son said he was in "waste management" and that means he put up with a lot of crap and knew how to handle all the bad stuff. A-C doesn't need explanation as a criterion, but I'll at least elaborate on why D was a qualification.
     
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  8. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    So are you the old dude, the son of the old dude, related to the old dude, or just a nosey neighbor documenting their life? Lol!
    My point is how credible is your source of info? Lol!
     
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  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    He's an old dude for sure..
     
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  10. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Lol!! Thanks that resolves everything! No need to respond I totally understand now. Lol!
     
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  11. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Anytime pal.!
     
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  12. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    This all reflects the perils of ingesting/shooting up a bad batch of drugs.

    Let’s just say: Caveat Emptor. Which is Latin also.

    Mike Brady invoked this sagacious phrase, dare I say, Ad Infinitum, be it in appropriate context or not, to warn his son Greg of the dangers of life in general.

    Those dangers included the ramifications of dating “bad” cougar women, like Greg’s step mum, Carol, who Greg took to dinner 1 on 1 with both later agreeing not to divulge exactly what they had for “dessert”.

    Jeffries was as short as he was tall. He was measured in 1900 or so, and found to be 6’ 1/2”.

    For a time, BoxRec held to the above listing - but now it seems they’ve put Jeff back up to 6’ 1 1/2” - which seems fair.

    Corbett often looked a bit taller than Jeff, but then Corbett also always stood as if he had a broom stick shoved up his a**.

    Jeff once met the famous Mae West who said “Forget about the 6 feet, let’s talk about the 1 1/2 inches”.

    With that address, “Big” Jeff was mortified and “Little” Jeff shrank back in even further.
     
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  13. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    I heard " shooting up a bag of dope" and im all in! Standby Pugguy let me read the rest of your post...
     
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  14. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    LOL, I had you at “shooting up”, so much so that you replied before reading the rest of my post - hilarious. “Show me the drugs, show me the drugs……”
     
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  15. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Oh I see. I belive this file is recorded as 'Jeffry Greg' next to 'Harry Greb' ! Possibly related..
     
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