Posted on 06/14/2021 11:42:20 AM PDT by mylife
The kidnapping of a cafe’s beloved garden gnome in the Portobello area of Edinburgh, Scotland, has locals mesmerized.
The gnome went missing in early June from the Butternut Squash Café, which was soon sent a bizarre ransom note demanding no money, but cheesecake.
The cafe posted a pic of the note on its Facebook page which read: “We have your gnome. If you want to see him again leave 2 cheesecakes when you shut the cafe, We will be watching.”
The cafe refused to bow to the specific demands and instead left two pieces of shortbread outside the eatery with a note on social media that read: “Kidnappers your treasure awaits…”
The thieves were not impressed and sent another ransom note threatening: “Shortbread!!!!! We asked for cheesecake!!!!! You have 24 hours or your gnome gets dusty binned.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
okay.
He was just joking. The entire topic is joke worthy. Not malicious.
There’s the best in every field of human endeavor. Stumblebummer surpasses all others in the realm of douchebaggery.
YEEEEWWWWW
————okay, now that made me laugh, iced tea out the nose.....
I knew of a nome who traveled Europe and later was seen in India only to return a year later to the yard it was taken from. For their temporary loss, the rightful owners were sent monthly pictures of the thing in front of famous landmarks. The story, with pictures made the paper.
Urine nidiot.
:)
Help do what exactly? Promote lunacy and conspiracy trash?
I don't know if that is really helpful.
WTF do you ever do but piss and moan?
Today I went to Walmart and caulked two windows and watered
some plants and managed some assets. Why? Is my daily routine
important to you? Are you intrigued? Do you want to purchase memorabilia?
Wish we had a block feature on FR.
Humblegunner's not even on my top 20 list.
That's because you love my posts and use them as quotes.
Don't even try to lie, Bill Gates has you bugged and
provides me with daily updates.
Don't even try to lie, Bill Gates has you bugged and provides me with daily updates.
I wondered what that "very full" feeling was.
Lol
My sister did this to a coffee shop mascot. Soon, everyone was kidnapping it and sending pictures from their travels. She admitted to being the original culprit and now she gets a free cup of coffee every time she goes there.
My family has been doing this since 1979. We call it “Taking a Hostage”.
Whatcha ya got? I mean that isn't crusty and tear-stained.
more scots gone wild...
STREET PARTY Man dances in BOXERS in Glasgow’s Buchanan Street as revellers go wild for ‘street rave’
Sometimes, when things are slow on FR, I’ll review a week’s worth of humblegunner’s post. Always a hoot.
Whenever I read her posts, I get the sense that’s she’s been reading and thinking a lot about what she’s posting.
Whenever I ready your posts, I get an image of this scraggly, weathered old fart sitting in front of a 20 year old computer, in dim lighting, with a water glass half full of cigarette butts and several cases worth of empty Old Milwaukee cans scattered around him.
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