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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 03:48 PM Mar 2016

He IS short-fingered.



Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!” I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.” Which I can only assume gave him fits. -- Graydon Carter, A Short-Fingered Vulgarian.
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He IS short-fingered. (Original Post) Octafish Mar 2016 OP
AND either very small-handed or... dchill Mar 2016 #1
Omg I am crying I'm laughing so hard! dorkzilla Mar 2016 #2
Thank you! dchill Mar 2016 #5
It's the Trumplong Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #30
He shows many symptoms common to the ladjf Mar 2016 #3
Right on. But you'd be surprised how many hard-right-wingers claim Obama has NPD Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #20
I don't see him with npd ladjf Mar 2016 #23
Of course not :) They just make it up on innocuous things that they twist. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #24
Obama is the opposite of a narcissist. Boomerproud Mar 2016 #39
Forget the short fingers monicaangela Mar 2016 #4
I guarantee you it's NOT all that matters to him. dchill Mar 2016 #7
I'm sure you're right monicaangela Mar 2016 #10
Ever notice how thin his hair is, esp. when seen from the side? Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #22
Yep, monicaangela Mar 2016 #27
does he at least make little turkeys out of them? MisterP Mar 2016 #6
That is beautiful arikara Mar 2016 #16
"Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer." 3catwoman3 Mar 2016 #8
Tyrants have strong thumbs..weak fingers. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #9
His fingers are so short... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #11
... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #12
He is a coward as so many bullies are. nm rhett o rick Mar 2016 #13
So true. Brother_Love Mar 2016 #31
You misspelled 'penised' in your subject line. nt onehandle Mar 2016 #14
I still have trouble believing even Trump believes Trump. DirkGently Mar 2016 #15
Swing a folding chair? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #25
WTF AMERICA...A half assed real estate tycoon as POTUS.. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #33
Megyn Kelly surely has gotten under his skin. He's obsessed with her...LOL..nt monmouth4 Mar 2016 #17
Thanks Octafish. He needs ridicule. jalan48 Mar 2016 #18
Wow, Hair DrumpFührer really is INsecure. "to this day" ! Secure men wouldn't respond. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #19
"Hot Dog Shack Welcomes Trump To Town With ‘Art Of The Meal’ 3-Inch Trumplongs" Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #21
You know what is said: "Small hands, small ............... guillaumeb Mar 2016 #26
At my tallest, I was 5'2", and I have bigger hands than he does. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #28
Who cares about his small fingers or his small wherever? Jack Rabbit Mar 2016 #29
Hand size does not correlate to penis size. Don't ask how I know. merrily Mar 2016 #32
Why do so many people still believe his obvious bullshit? IronLionZion Mar 2016 #34
I could care less about any of his physical attributes. Chemisse Mar 2016 #35
Like a blister in the sun, wildeyed Mar 2016 #36
Judging by his thin skin in the face of such remarks, I'm inclined to start calling him Mr. Clit. backscatter712 Mar 2016 #37
Is that even his real hand? I bet there is a tiny hand holding that fake hand inside his sleeve! Rex Mar 2016 #38
LOL!!! eleny Mar 2016 #40
You don't have to live downstairs to drop a dime on the Samsa's. Octafish Mar 2016 #41
LOL! Rex Mar 2016 #42
So am I. Big deal. Retrograde Mar 2016 #43
Short-fingered and thin-skinned as well Generic Other Mar 2016 #44

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,790 posts)
20. Right on. But you'd be surprised how many hard-right-wingers claim Obama has NPD
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:55 PM
Mar 2016

... with no basis, of course.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,790 posts)
22. Ever notice how thin his hair is, esp. when seen from the side?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:57 PM
Mar 2016

Hair DrumpFührer has been hoping you wouldn't notice.

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
27. Yep,
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:06 PM
Mar 2016

And don't mention the aerial view what the fluff? Notice that part on the side? Couldn't even get that straight because of that one area missing hair....ooops, did I say that? Sorry, don't want the thought police to get me. I take that back.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
16. That is beautiful
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:31 PM
Mar 2016

Short fingered vulgarians make better turkeys.



btw... why don't we have a turkey smiley?

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
8. "Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer."
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 03:58 PM
Mar 2016

What an elegant turn of phrase. Well put, Mr. Carter.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
15. I still have trouble believing even Trump believes Trump.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:22 PM
Mar 2016

I guess it doesn't matter whether he "means it," if we're actually faced with the prospect of a half-assed real estate tycoon as the potential leader of the free world, but I swear the guy sounds like he's just doing WWF routines, half laughing at himself, and the audience, the whole time.

I do think there is a fragile ego there, though. Anger doesn't bother him, nor other people dismissing him as a fool. But being shown up or insulted bothers the guy. For Christ's sake, he bragged about his genitals on national television over this "short-fingered vulgarian" thing.

Maybe there is a way to, if not shame, embarrass (?) Trump out of town?

jalan48

(13,798 posts)
18. Thanks Octafish. He needs ridicule.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:37 PM
Mar 2016

Also, with no offense intended to men who are deficient with hair on their heads, I think Trump should be shown as a bald man. All the time.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
26. You know what is said: "Small hands, small ...............
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:58 PM
Mar 2016

gloves".

What did you think I would say?

From a long fingered guitarist.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
28. At my tallest, I was 5'2", and I have bigger hands than he does.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:09 PM
Mar 2016

Granted, I played the piano, but still. He has squatish hands with short, chubby fingers.

What a clown!

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
29. Who cares about his small fingers or his small wherever?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:21 PM
Mar 2016

He's a small minded bully and such a man should not be allowed close enough to the White House to take a guided tour.

(I was, at my tallest, 5'3", a little taller than JDPriestly, but then, I was a boy. I was no fun and it was bastards like The Donald who made it no fun.)

IronLionZion

(45,269 posts)
34. Why do so many people still believe his obvious bullshit?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:42 PM
Mar 2016

I worry for this country.

People are going to be in for a rude awakening.

Chemisse

(30,793 posts)
35. I could care less about any of his physical attributes.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:54 PM
Mar 2016

But what does interest me is how much HE cares about his finger size. It's a function of his narcissism and part of what makes him unsuitable to be president. I think it crosses past the line of personality disorder and seeps into metal illness territory.

He can't EVER let an insult get by without defending himself, no matter how juvenile. Foreign leaders could easily manipulate him. Want him to attack a country? Spread the rumor that the country's leader thinks he has a small dick. Well he will show them how manly he is! Heck, a simple 'yo mama' taunt could start WW3!

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
36. Like a blister in the sun,
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 09:36 PM
Mar 2016

Big hands, I know you're the one.... Can't get that out of my head when I see him now.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
38. Is that even his real hand? I bet there is a tiny hand holding that fake hand inside his sleeve!
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 10:31 PM
Mar 2016

Tiny little hairy cockroach hand.

Retrograde

(10,073 posts)
43. So am I. Big deal.
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 03:53 PM
Mar 2016

Let's get over the physical aspects and focus on what's important: that he's an egotistical, bloviating narcissist with zero experience in government (or any other field in which he has to deal with people as equals) and delusions of grandeur, whose most common words are "I" and "me" and who sees his supporters as merely props.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
44. Short-fingered and thin-skinned as well
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 05:00 PM
Mar 2016

I imagine the ridicule of his hair sends the liver-spotted looney into convulsions.

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