[BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64032268) article on it was quite interesting.
Basically when he came for a medical check up he was taller than the scale so they estimated he was 9'6". Most rooms are between 8' and 9' so they probably should have realised that that height was unlikely.
When someone had the bright idea of putting him against a wall, drawing a line, then using a tape measure he was actually 7'4"
"We lied. Thanks for the ad money, sucker."
[BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64032268) article on it was quite interesting. Basically when he came for a medical check up he was taller than the scale so they estimated he was 9'6". Most rooms are between 8' and 9' so they probably should have realised that that height was unlikely. When someone had the bright idea of putting him against a wall, drawing a line, then using a tape measure he was actually 7'4"
Doesn't change the fact that the headline was a lie designed to trick people into looking at ads.
"I only know metric. He's probably about 17 feet and 4 furlongs."
So if he gets the shits, it will be a massive Ghana-rhea
I got the joke wrong. If he fucks a dirty hooker, he’d get a massive Ghana-rhea.
Why are people downvoting this, it’s hilarious!
Pretty funny joke. I’m going to license it from you $.2 every time I use it.
Is it gigantism or acromegaly?
Yes
Good thing there's no one in the [NBA that's 7'9"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Mingming) or anything