Talk:The Art of Ninjutsu/@comment-24468230-20160620233022

The term "MacGuffin" was first used by Alfred Hitchcock. He used it to tell the following joke:

A train passenger once noticed the man sitting next to him was trying to stow a large suitcase into his overhead rack. "What's in the suitcase?" the passenger asked.

The man replied, "It's a MacGuffin".

"What's a MacGuffin?"

"It's a trap used to catch tigers in Scotland."

"But there are no tigers in Scotland!"

"Then it's not a MacGuffin, then, is it?"