I'd do the same thing in Veeblefester's shoes. I hate tall jokes because they are so cliche and stupid and not funny. I'm six-three so I've heard a few tall jokes in my day. The other reason I would beat Brutus to a bloody pulp is that Brutus is only about three to five inches shorter than Veeblefester. At least in this strip. I know I've seen panels where Veeblefester literally towers over Brutus but today's strip obviously was drawn to scale.
