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September 15, 2005
Garden Gnomes
From Michelle in a Gnome-Free Rotterdam Appartment...
So, about garden gnomes...
I don't possess any garden gnomes, but that doesn't mean that I don't really have a secret fondness for them (as is demonstrated by the gnome theft incidents in Confessions of a Serial Dater) and something that I have noticed in Britain is that people either love 'em or hate 'em. But they're usually not ambivalent about 'em.
They say that real life is stranger than fiction, and when it comes to the garden gnome situation, "they" are absolutely right. How about this for reality...
Two years ago some residents in a Lincolnshire village woke up to find, mysteriously, that fourteen gnomes had mysteriously appeared in their gardens. Well, a year later those same residents mysteriously found more gnomes in their gardens and received mysterious unsigned letters asking them to find good homes for the gnomes. It's absolutely true, and if you don't believe me, well, check this out...
Also, two women in Scotland were recently arrested for stealing garden items including, mysteriously - you guesssed - garden gnomes! The police hastened to reassure the general public that every effort would be made to find good homes for the gnomes. Well, that's very, um, reassuring. And if you don't believe that, either, check this out...
But my ultimate fave gnome story has to be the naked garden gnomes...yes, naked garden gnomes! And if you go here you will see what I mean (or rather you won't because the gnomes have been clothed, LOL).
I think I need some garden gnomes in my life. Even though I don't have a garden...
Michelle, feeling deprived...
PS. You know how I went into a beauty salon last week and said "Cut it off" to the hairdresser, and how I loved my new haircut? Well, after I washed my hair and tried to style it myself, mysteriously I looked like this (except minus the beard part)...
Posted by Michelle at 10:58 AM | Comments (3)
Comments
My husband and I (in Canada) are big gnome fans. Unbelievably, they are hard to find! We want to purchase a couple identical ones and set them up outside the windows where our cockatiel (bird) likes to sit. Then we'll move them around to freak him out.
Yes, we are easily amused. Thanks for playing.
Posted by: Jennifer Jacula ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at September 15, 2005 3:08 PM
That is too funny! There is a very very naughty garden gnome in BEWITCHED BOTHERED & BEVAMPYRED, Michelle. I'm sending you a copy immediately!!
hugs,
Alesia
Posted by: Alesia Holliday at September 15, 2005 7:11 PM
I actually got my best friend a little astro-turf garden gnome for her cubicle at work. He comes with plastic flowers for you to place at your whim and two (maybe 3?) postcard-sized backgrounds, so you can change his scenery. I think I got him from the Archie McPhee catalog, so if you're really jonesing for a gnome, there are those of the non-garden variety out there. (We named hers G-nome.)
Posted by: Jenn at September 26, 2005 12:41 AM
