I know it's a myth, It just happens to work in this context. Just go with it. I'll be quoting some things later on that Shakespeare didn't actually write either. Don't be a kill joy. Just go with it. The meaning is more important than the accuracy. Don't be that guy.
In the movie Gravity, they weren't real astronauts, but lets not let that stop us from talking about outer space.
5 foot 6 (7, depending on your source) was dead on average for the Frenchmen of the day.I had to look it up…Napoleon was 5'6" according to wiki
I wouldn't say that is short, since I'm only 5'7"
My math teacher in Jr. High once told me that the average Roman soldier was only something like 5'4". No idea where he heard that from, but if it's true I would imagine that dietary standards back in the day probably had something to do with people being shorter.
We weren't talking about dictators either, unless Bill Cosby is actually Dr. Doom.
True...Much like any/all of us...........
This is what I mean. Eight golden words. Jammity would do well to study this reply.
You & Mrs. P forming a symphonic power metal band would be a start
She does sing opera, doesn't she?
The point is that bad people can do good things, but you had to go all Wikipedia as if it was so important to explode that common knowledge myth once and for all.
