Chinese dwarves set up their own village

Metro.co.uk ^ | September 29, 2009 | staff

[Brugmansian]

Everyone in the mountain commune in Kunming, southern China, must be under 4ft 3ins tall - and they run their own police force and fire brigade from their 120 residents.

Now the group has turned itself into a tourist attraction by building mushroom houses and living and dressing like fairy tale characters.

[null and void]

I used to date a dwarf.

I was nuts over her...

[GeronL]

Okay their own police force and fire brigade.... that is just going to bring up the image of the Munchkin Men..

[ConservativeMind]

Odd, I thought that was the normal height of most Chinese.

[GeronL]

Thats really bad. really bad.

That there is a low blow.

Do you reckon anyone in the village would notice a 6 foot guy walking around?

[Candor7]

Me too. It was a long time ago.

[GSP.FAN]

[Boogieman]

They are dressing like fictional characters and living in mushroom houses to encourage tourism. I don’t think the Munchkin comparison will offend them!

In other news, Dennis Kucinich has announced he will be running for mayor of a small mountain village somewhere in China...

[billorites]

I married a midget

Why not?

I thought about it

an awful lot

And, I couldn't think of any reason

that didn't seem small...

[GeronL]

That would definitely encourage tourism or terrorism.

[SF_Redux]

that was a short story

[Past Your Eyes]

Stole it. Bet you did, too.

[TWfromTEXAS]

I bet one of these midgets has that pony that was stolen from humblegunner! I suggest Willie go over there and get it back.

[null and void]

Yup!

[B.Lyle]

Man, so many hippies will be going there to take LSD and blow their minds.

[wafflehouse]

aw darn it.. i saw mushroom houses and thought they were going 'smurf'. that would be worth money to go see.

[armymarinemom]

Yes but can they do cartwheels?

[ThomasThomas]

I was told by a friend was a village for dwarfs in Fort Worth Texas. He told us many things. It was built just down the street from Van Cliburn’s house. He told many stories as I mentioned before. One day he said he would take us to see the village. He drove us to a really upscale part of old Fort Worth. Went through a large gate and there was a large mansion. The front lawn was tree lined and about one acre in size with a cobble stone drive around it. As soon as we went through the gate we turned off on a asphalt road hidden by trees and went down into a small tree cover valley. There really was a small village there just a short drive around the big house in a meadow in the back yard. Well they were really the playhouses for the kids of the people in the big house. There was a store , fire station, a few house and others. The kids were grown now and I guess waiting for grand kids to come along. . Next we visited the real houses the three kids lived in now. They were also in the parents backyard but they were much smaller than the big house and much larger than the small houses. You could say they were just right. He drove us by the house he said belonged to Van Cliburn, he had been there many times to open the house up when Van would return to town. He also has come up with several uses of aluminum foil at his own house. He had been living with his parents but they decided to move out.

[apillar]

"and they run their own police force"

They NEVER have to chase down criminals, they just slap the cuffs on when the criminals are rolling on the ground laughing.

[Shimmer1]

ok, twice, that one’s done. Put it away. (snicker)

[reagan_fanatic]

LOL, or...

[1010RD]

If you ever observed a Chinese fire drill you wouldn’t make ignorant comments like that!

[1010RD]

I spilled my milk and almost choked on my pop tart!

[Ditter]

Thomas, I have to tell you......... that was very strange.

[Danae]

Ooooooooooooo Kaaaaaaaaaaaay

[MrDem]

I bet tossing is the village past time.

[coloradomomba]

That’s exactly what I thought, I was looking for the tall mean guy, what was his name? Galgamort?

[AndrewB]

[MinorityRepublican]

[Bigun]

Won’t work!

Those midgets would kick Willie’s A$$ and send him home cryin!

[Graybeard58]

I used to date a dwarf.

I was nuts over her...

I used to date a girl who was over 8 feet tall...

When we were nose to nose, my toes were in it.

When we were toe to toe, my nose was in it

[Graybeard58]

Waiting for both our replies to be deleted.............

[Iron Munro]

Any truth to the rumor that D.U. is running a campaign to get Obama to send a planeload of elevator shoes and drywall stilts to outfit the whole community?

[Brugmansian]

The D.U./Obama solution to such disparity is more procrustean than remedial.

[null and void]

That’s always the way it goes, init?...

[freekitty]

LOL Geez, you guys are never going to forget hg and his darn pony.

[Willie Green]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA

[Charles Henrickson]

THE GREAT SMALL OF CHINA

[ApplegateRanch]

Mountain Dwarves, singing their favorite song...

Gold! Gold, gold, gold; GOLD!
Gold! Gold? GOLD! Gold! GOLD!

"

[ApplegateRanch]

Smurfs up!

Everyone in the mountain commune in Kunming, southern China, must be under 4ft 3ins tall - ...

Now the group has turned itself into a tourist attraction by building mushroom houses and living and dressing like fairy tale characters.

[Brugmansian]

I will get seriously creeped out if they show up on You Tube chanting “Mmm, mmm, mm! Barack Hussein Obama . He said normal, tall or short, all are equal in his sight. Mmm, mmm, mm!

[Slings and Arrows]

Everyone in the mountain commune in Kunming, southern China, must be under 4ft 3ins tall - ...

"...and NO ELVES!"

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[Slings and Arrows]

They NEVER have to chase down criminals, they just slap the cuffs on when the criminals are rolling on the ground laughing.

I found a documentary about their police department.

[Grizzled Bear]

I used to date a dwarf. I was nuts over her...

My brother once dated a pygmie. No one in the family liked her. She was always sticking her nose in everybody's business...

[mikrofon]

Confucius say- "Getting hundred dwarfs in one place very tall order..."

[GeronL]

A Chinese fire drill? Do I have to google it?

Come on, a town of dwarves, who isn’t going to have the land of Oz cross their minds?

[a fool in paradise]

Everyone in the mountain commune in Kunming, southern China, must be under 4ft 3ins tall - ...

Segregation in the modern age.

[a fool in paradise]

Everyone in the mountain commune in Kunming, southern China, must be under 4ft 3ins tall - and they run their own police force and fire brigade from their 120 residents.

Asia is good at making things smaller and more efficient.

[a fool in paradise]

Okay their own police force and fire brigade.... that is just going to bring up the image of the Munchkin Men..

Wire service photo of the sheriff and mayor.

[a fool in paradise]

Do you reckon anyone in the village would notice a 6 foot guy walking around?