Have You Ever Feel Jealous Of Abraham Lincoln?

[TherefinedByron]

I did, due to the fact that he wore a longer top hat than I.
Now I am the tallest man (including the 12-inch hat). Also, I am the most refined man on earth.

[Neveracrossword]

No.

[tiggerblue10]

WTAF?

[EdmundD]

Felt not feel.....

[davebro]

Wasn't it called a "stove pipe" hat in those days?

[davebro]

PS. the world's tallest man is over 8 ft, so without the hat you must be over 7 ft. - is that so?

[douglas9401]

He freed a lot of people but it seems the good die young.

[bookbinder]

Ah, yes, but a tall hat is a moot point, and is open to much discussion. The fact that Abraham Lincoln wore a tall hat does not leave him open to sentiments of jealousy, methinks. Anyone of financial means and of good taste (and you, my Lord Byron, are clearly in that category) is able to wear a hat of whatever size and style one chooses. 'Refined', yes, I am sure that you are, and, you are no doubt blessed with good taste. You could quite easily outdo Abraham Lincoln if you so chose. After all, good taste knows no limitations of history or of physical boundaries. I urge you, good sir, to gratify us all, and yourself, by appearing in public with a hat that would put even the President of the United States to shame! I wish you well.

[gl556tr]

Aw, bookbinder!
Thought he wuz fined again.

[bookbinder]

Ah, no, gl556tr! 'Refined' is not 'fined again'! There is a subtle difference!

[William51]

I admire your self confidence.

[Mozz71]

Nobody need be jealous of that chin. Most undignified.

[DTCwordfan]

//Also, I am the most refined man on earth.//

Hello sweetie - now that's crude, I guess , but it does distill what you are going on about - you just need some cracking now.

[Peter Pedant]

yup stove pipe
no not jealous - to be like Lincoln you have to speak high-pitched
( contemporaries said he had a tenor voice)

v tall - it is said he had marfan's syndrome

doesnt he tower over the audience at the getysburg address

[vulcan42]

Lincoln was the tallest president of the United States but being the same height as Clint Eastwood, 6' 4" ( minus one 64th) not that tall in the great scheme of things. The tallest man living is Sultan Kosen, a Turkish farmer, at 8' 2.82" and Robert Wadlow at 8' 11.09" the tallest who's ever lived.