Oompa-Loompas

[DigMe]

Just went and saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the wife tonight. At the end of the movie a midget came in to clean out the theater. I kid you not.

brad cook

 

[mike_v_s]

Just went and saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the wife tonight. At the end of the movie a midget came in to clean out the theater. I kid you not.

brad cook

I saw a midget firefighter once. Small suit. Small helmet. Small boots. I was more concerned with him that the apartment 4 doors down that was burning.

Mike

 

[Iruleonbass]

Isn't midget offensive? Just letting you guys know, im not one, but there can be some on this forum, so watch out for the mods.

 

[Mike Money]

Isn't midget offensive? Just letting you guys know, im not one, but there can be some on this forum, so watch out for the mods.

Midget. oh snap.


Sorry...


"height disinclined"

 

[mike_v_s]

Isn't midget offensive? Just letting you guys know, im not one, but there can be some on this forum, so watch out for the mods.

Better than refering to them as "Mini Me's"

Mike

 

[Tash]

Or chasing them around a mall shouting "Sing the oompah-loompah song!"

 

[bryan bailey]

Thats one thing I don't get.

How is midget negative and "little person" not.

"Hey, I'm not sasquatch! I'm a disgustingly huge giant person! Get it right!"

 

[Aaron Saunders]

Isn't midget offensive? Just letting you guys know, im not one, but there can be some on this forum, so watch out for the mods.

No. Only if you mean it like "Haha, he's a midget!"

There's a big difference between being a midget and being a dwarf. Too often they're lumped together. But yes, "midget" is a perfectly cromulemt term.

 

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Had that happened to me................I would be dead now.

 

[Superdave]

So, what's a dwarf?

 

[BurningSkies]

I prefer the term "space efficient".

 

[Brad Barker]

So, what's a dwarf?

i remember in fifth grade, during the "health" segment of class, we were looking at our health textbook...

which explained the differences between midgets and dwarves, at which point my teacher said, "it is very important to know the difference between midgets and dwarves." (of course he said that ironically.)

anyway, to answer your question... no idea. ...something about their bodies being the normal size but the appendages are smaller than usual?

 

[The Golden Boy]

No. Only if you mean it like "Haha, he's a midget!"

There's a big difference between being a midget and being a dwarf. Too often they're lumped together. But yes, "midget" is a perfectly cromulemt term.

A perfectly corpulent term?

 

[Ericman197]

Midgets are normally proportioned short people. I'm not exactly sure what the cutoff height is... I beleive it's somewhere around 4'11".

Dwarves, on the other hand, are abnormally proportioned. Their long bones stop growing before their short bones. This gives them their characteristic appearance: big head with short arms and legs. It also means they don't live very long: they have back problems due to their growth disorder.

Dwarf:

Notice the short arms and large head.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

I remember when I was very young my big brother's used to tell me at the dinner table "If you don't eat your veggies, you'll grow up to be a midget!".


True story.

"Vertically challenged"?

- Art

 

[Aaron Saunders]

A perfectly corpulent term?

Nope, cromulent.

Ericman -- spot on.

 

[Steph Dawe]

I prefer the term "space efficient".

 

[nonsqtr]

Yeah, well, it's what you "do" with space that counts....

http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/midgets.html

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[BurningSkies]

You've been hiding lately, haven't you?

 

[LowEndLobster]

Charlie and the Chocolate factory had KILLER basslines and songs. So much fun.