Have you ever been told that you make people think of
a 
iraffe?
I have!
Not that I look like a iraffe but that I make them think of one.
There is a difference! Really!
I don’t have horns, spots, a tail, or hooves.
When I was young and a skinny-minny
my neck and legs looked really long…not so much now…
my knees were kinda knobby…and still are…
and my ears stick out just a tad…then and now.
Then there is the slender gracefulness that somehow
comes across as comical.
And the inquisitive expression that is funny.
Not long ago, I mentioned to a friend how in my youth
I reminded people of a iraffe.
She thought a minute and said she could see why.
Seems she agrees.
It doesn’t bother me this strange resemblance
to a iraffe that I apparently have.
It could be worse.
I knew someone who reminded me of Porky Pig.
Really, who couldn’t fall in love with that face?
That’s my post for the letter
This is delightful, and I think you are too! There are most certainly far worse things one could be compared to! One of my favorite memories is of hand feeding a giraffe from high atop a bridge at the Abilene Zoo! Their eyes are so beautiful!
Josie
from Josie’s Journal
They are beautiful creatures and a bit comical, I think. I have no problem with being compared to them. What fun to hand feed them. What was their tongue like? Soft or scratchy like a cat?
Precious post! Giraffes are adorable. I have a book I had as a child about Alice the giraffe visiting a girl’s school.
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They are under-rated in the lovable animals category. They seem like sweet creatures.
Giraffes are amazing animals. Here, at the local zoo, they have a giraffe feeding area – something I’ve never seen before. They’re so gentle…and such huge tongues!
They are interesting animals. There is a flap in their heart that stops the flow of blood when they put their head down while standing so they don’t faint. Amazing. And I think I read somewhere that they are the only mammals without gall bladders.
I think that giraffe’s are beautiful creatures. 🙂
I have never been tall enough to remind anyone of a giraffe. I’m more on the Porky Pig side these days, I guess. haha
Have a great day!
It’s funny when I was a kid I was tall but now I am more on the shorter side. People are getting bigger!
Yes, they are, and in more ways than one! I sometimes wish that I could be one of those taller people, but if I were, then I wouldn’t be so much like my grandma. I’ve learned to be mostly happy with the way that Heavenly Father made me. 🙂
Do you have giraffe eyelashes? i always envy those. 🙂
When I was young I had long thick lashes. Now that I am old not so much.
I love giraffes and always have. They are so peaceful and pretty.
They are peaceful-like. Sort of like tall skinny Buddhas of the animal world.
I used to work with a woman who made a hobby of comparing individuals to animals of all species. Strange! Maybe you ran into her somewhere?
There are a few of us with this habit it seems.
I can’t fathom out how anyone could look at a person and think “yeah, you remind me of a giraffe” but as you say, there are much worse things to remind someone of!
Debbie
Have you never seen someone and thought of an animal? My mother made me think of a Pekingese dog.
Giraffes are beautiful – very graceful.
They are graceful in a strange sort of way.
Ha, ha, I had to laugh at this one, too. I like giraffes, though I can’t say anyone’s ever said I looked like one. Definitely better than looking like Porky Pig, however. 🙂
I don’t think I look like a giraffe but I seem to remind some folks of them for whatever reason.
Giraffe’s… love ’em! My husband thinks of them as his power animal because he has this tendency to stick his neck out. 🙂
Never heard of a giraffe as a power animal…but if it works for your husband what the heck go for it.
I’m at a loss as to how someone could remind them of a giraffe, but whatever. Maybe because you are so graceful and beautiful?
If only! More likely funny.