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Subject: [Leica] I am visiting Australia
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu Mar 16 16:00:59 2006
References: <5335c1a5338104.53381045335c1a@shaw.ca>

The Dutch may run to stuff their fingers in the dike but don't think 
that qualifies them as a "race". At a bit over six foot a Watusi would 
be called "shorty".

Walt

GREG LORENZO wrote:

>Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> writes in part:
>  
>
>>Its an interesting thing that, that the Dutch are the tallest race in  
>>the world.  I suppose that's natural selection for you, in a country  
>>that's muchly 6 foot below sea level, that the average height is a 
>>
>>little over 6 foot.  :-)
>>
>>    
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>Rick,
>
>I believe the people of Crete are the tallest people, as a group, in 
>Europe. In North America, it is the Peigan Tribe, who are Blackfoot. These 
>two peoples were the tallest people in the world at one time. Not long ago 
>at that.
>
>Regards,
>
>Greg
>
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Replies: Reply from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] I am visiting Australia)
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