Where did "Munchkin" come from?

[Bonedagger]

Munch= chewing on something/Getting the most out of it.
Munchkin= The group of people who squeeze the most out of the rules. Or that's how I understod the expression.

 

[Piratecat]

Nonsequiter: I was once in Elkhart, Indiana for work. One of the local guys I was working with remarked, "Ahhh, Elkhart. It's the eighth Wonder of the World."

"Why's that?" I asked.

"It's the only hole that's above ground."

I still grin when I think of that.

 

[Dieter]

It must be a Northern Indiana thing...

 

[Col_Pladoh]

I will leave the aspersions regarding my name alone

Perhaps "festive" is a better term than "gay," eh?

Now, Lord Piratecat and...

It must be a Northern Indiana thing...

Have you ever driven through Sudbury up in canada? When I first saw it I instantly thought of the Land of Mordor...

And I am not a rongs Trilogy fan.

Cheerio,
Gary

 

[Dieter]

Have you ever driven through Sudbury up in canada? When I first saw it I instantly thought of the Land of Mordor...

And I am not a rongs Trilogy fan.

Cheerio,
Gary

Crapola. I was a bit apprehensive with comparing it to Mordor, but since Gary did...well, ditto for me. I could just see hordes of orcs laboring away in Northern Indiana.

Haven't been to Sudbury, but I will mark it off my "things to see" list when I venture up to Canada this fall.

 

[LostSoul]

Sudbury up in canada? When I first saw it I instantly thought of the Land of Mordor...

With the giant smokestack?

Actually Sudbury's not all that bad... there's a pulp mill about an hour away (? I lived there 17 years ago) that stinks something fierce.

In my personal estimation, however, the Canadian Shield is gorgeous land. Especially in the fall.

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

In my personal estimation, however, the Canadian Shield is gorgeous land. Especially in the fall.

What about the Canadian +3 full plate?

 

[Simon Magalis]

Once again... very wry wit indeed!

 

[Henry]

Don - yep, I do know what the original meaning of the word is. Exactly my point. It's changed meanings at least twice in the past 100 years. (The term "the gay '90's" referred to the 1890's in America, though many people will tell you otherwise.)

I hear so many people use the word "Munchkin" just because it sounds cool - which it doesn't.

Where the heck did Gary, Indiana come into this???? I missed that switchback in a big way. But yes, I stopped in Gary once, and from the look of the neighborhood I was in, thank goodness it was during the day.

Isn't Gary the "murder-capital" of the U.S.??? (I remember that from a statistics book a few years back, though now I think it's Washington, D.C. outside the beltway.)

 

[jdfrenzel]

Isn't Gary the "murder-capital" of the U.S.??? (I remember that from a statistics book a few years back, though now I think it's Washington, D.C. outside the beltway.)

Yes, I'm afraid DC is the murder capital, but inside the beltway. And that doesn't even include all the politicians, military hierarchy and power brokers stabbing each other in the back!

--- John