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The Human Condition — Explained

Short People Got Every Reason to Laugh

Randy Neuman couldn’t have been more wrong¹

James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA
Iterations of Idiocy
4 min read4 days ago

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Poster with the title Singer’s Midgets showing a circus with elephants, ponies, and “30 Wonderful Midgets”
That’s Ma in the yellow dress! | Wikimedia Commons

I’m a genetic deviant by dint of my Oompa-Loompa father marrying my proportionate dwarf² mother after being captivated by her appearance in the circus sideshow tent. 🎪

I’m not orange or green-haired, in case you’re wondering. I may be petite but I’m normally-hued and perfectly-formed. 😀

You wouldn’t think I could look down on people because everyone towers over me. But that’s what I do when people moan about wishing they were taller.

Ridiculous. Being pint-sized is the best thing that ever happened to me. I make my way through life without any of the problems that afflict the altitudinous.

Flying below the radar

Every time there’s a crime, everyone looks to the obvious suspect. And who stands out? The person who stands tall. I can be right there beside the mastermind who gets caught on camera and no one sees me. Figuratively and sometimes literally.

Whether it’s honest deeds or bad ones, no good comes of attracting attention. I fly under the radar and I’m so much safer. 🙈

Who wants to be the CEO?

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James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA
Iterations of Idiocy

Mechanic of the human soul. I channel Seneca and Machiavelli at unpredictable intervals