Inspired by this post. What is your most distinguishing physical trait?
I have very large hands. They are more than eight inches long from my wrist to the tip of my middle finger. Therefore, I need large or extra large gloves. Draw no other conclusions from this.
I have pretty big feet. Size 13D. Big shoes. Again, no other conclusions.
My tongue is pretty long, but I have only managed to touch my nose with it once or twice. Draw whatever conclusions from that as you wish.
Even more astounding is my wing span, or distance from the tip of one middle finger to the other with arms outstretched. This length is 2 metres, or about 6 feet 7 inches. They say that it is supposed to be your height, roughly, which means that I have 3 and a half extra inches on each arm. It's my favourite party trick.
But my most distinguishing physical trait? It probably depends on where I am, but it's the colour of my skin. The fact that I am black. People don't draw conclusions about what I am like because I have big hands. I don't think that anyone stares at me, looks at me askance or obviously and deliberately looks away because my arms nearly touch my knees. I have never heard of anyone flirting with me solely because I have a long tongue (although that might actually make sense, if they could knew somehow that I had a long tongue without me telling them).
That dark skin surely marks me as something else as surely as a giraffe that's only two feet tall. I am not complaining, necessarily, it's just, you know, true. I wanted to illustrate that certain things are completely different when you are not what is considered "normal", or "like everyone else". I am generally only considered that way AFTER someone meets me. Most people are considered that way BEFORE. And you should never, EVER underestimate how important that is in life.
