Lyra Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I just watched the first Harry Potter movie about two weeks ago. If you think of it in the proper context, it's a movie about a 5+ star multicache ("In order to complete this cache, you must be a wizard. Be careful on stage 4, as you will encounter a giant three-headed dog. See Hagrid for the secret to solve this stage.") Anyhoo, something's been bubbling in the back of my mind about that movie since, and a giant exclamation point just appeared over my head when I thought of this. It's a new Geocaching lingo term: Muggle: mug' gl n: any person who has no knowledge of the sport of geocaching and who causes geocachers to become surreptitious about their activities in order to avoid a cache becoming exposed to non-geocachers. (The geocacher found what he knew must be the cache site, but waited until the muggles left so they would not see him and possibly plunder the cache) In case you're one of the three of four people who haven't either seen the movie or read the books, a muggle is the term the wizard people use to describe someone who lives in the ordinary world and has no idea that wizardry and magic exists. Kinda neat, I thought. Hope this term catches on so that I can go down in the annals of history in this sport, in case they open a Hall of Fame some day. (The Hall of Fame building will likely be located 150 feet off a well-maintained trail, but watch out for the mosquitos, ticks and poison ivy. It's located under an downed tree in an old ammo box.) 2 Quote Link to comment
+seneca Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Perhaps "Geomuggle" would be more descriptive and less likly of being attacked for breaching copyright. Just a suggestion.... You may not agree with what I say, but I will defend, to your death, my right to say it!(it's a Joke, OK!) Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I thought I'd seen that word somewhere, so I did a little search. Muggles was mentioned here on February 25, 2002 09:10 PM for the first time. Sorry Lyra, you don't get credit for coining a new word... but maybe you'll be a geocaching footnote for reviving the word. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Who's Harry Potter? Alan Quote Link to comment
Lyra Posted September 5, 2002 Author Share Posted September 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z:I thought I'd seen that word somewhere, so I did a little search. Muggles was mentioned http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000917383&m=4060992493 on February 25, 2002 09:10 PM for the first time. Sorry Lyra, you don't get credit for coining a new word... but maybe you'll be a geocaching footnote for reviving the word. Jamie Great thread! It preceded my GeoBaptism™ (all rights reserved ) Added it to MyPop as a future reference and will likely add to it in the future. Still, it's a great term and I agree, I should get some credit. Perhaps the Heisman Trophy or something. As an aside and a "coming full circle thang" the person who proposed the use of that term was the one who placed a cache I referenced in a post earlier today here It's a small world, huh? Always wear proper caching safety equipment! Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Alan2:Who's Harry Potter? Alan Duuuh, he was the Colonel on M*A*S*H after Mclean Stevenson left. Actually the new term we coined comes from a lady who work in my office. When I came in a couple weeks ago, she said, "You can always tell when Bret's here, because all the men start acting like idiots . ..I mean kids." KIDIOTS . . works for us! Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+GatoRx Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I've tried using "muggle" to refer to noncachers before, but I think I like geomuggle better. Another one of those words to slip into conversations to make people wonder - kind of like "booty nuggets." Its too early in the season to start talking about the Heisman Trophy though. (But if I had to pick, Rex Grossman deserves it. Just a little University of Florida bias on my part...) Quote Link to comment
+Wander Lost Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Jeremy was using Geomuggle for his title line a while back. That is where I first saw it. quote:Originally posted by GatoRx:Its too early in the season to start talking about the Heisman Trophy though. (But if I had to pick, Rex Grossman deserves it. Just a little University of Florida bias on my part...) Got to go for the Dark Horse in this race. Jason Gesser......Go Cougs! Quote Link to comment
+Firefishe Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 quote:Originally posted by CYBret: quote:Originally posted by Alan2:Who's Harry Potter? Alan Duuuh, he was the Colonel on M*A*S*H after Mclean Stevenson left. Actually the new term we coined comes from a lady who work in my office. When I came in a couple weeks ago, she said, "You can always tell when Bret's here, because all the men start acting like idiots . ..I mean kids." KIDIOTS . . works for us! Bret __"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again."_ Mt. 13:44_ -- Twas not Harry, but Sherman. Sherman T. Potter! Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Firefishe: quote:Originally posted by CYBret: quote:Originally posted by Alan2:Who's Harry Potter? Alan Duuuh, he was the Colonel on M*A*S*H after Mclean Stevenson left. Twas not Harry, but Sherman. Sherman T. Potter! No, no, no, it was Harry Potter, and the part was played by Sherman Morgan. I'm almost certain of it. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 http://us.imdb.com/Title?0213826 3rd character down. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 Whoops . . my fault for not including the proper tags in my original posting. Here's how it should have looked: [joke]Duuuh, he was the Colonel on M*A*S*H after Mclean Stevenson left.[/joke] Sheeeshh Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
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