From: Andrew Joelson <ajoelson_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:17:45 -0500
> It's a D&Dism, present as far back as the Red Box books. I've never > come > across any other reference to it. >
It was present in D&D, but was dropped somewhere along the line.
Please note that D&D acquired this from the real world, not the other
way around.
I have seen it referred to, although I cannot recall just where.