Shrimp, Shorty, and Runt were already taken...

JUST KIDDING..

Actually the nickname was given to me by "Fungus Face", a hunting buddy of mine, due to the fact that I am "vertically challenged" ( 5'6")...

More accurately, he called me " The Stinkin' Pygmy" because of my ability to clear out a tent after a week of eating moose and caribou meat...

When I started posting on the 'net, I took the handle Pygmy because it was descriptive and distinctive..