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Gran hits burglar with garden gnome
Ananova ^
| 4-15-2005
| Staff
Posted on 04/15/2005 11:17:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
A grandmother knocked out a burglar by hitting him with a garden gnome.
Jean Collop, 69, woke at 5am to find an intruder clambering on her roof.
She yelled at the man, then picked up a gnome and hurled it at him, reports The Sun.
It bounced off his head, leaving him lying dazed on the roof in Wadebridge, Cornwall.
Jean dashed to fetch her rolling pin and a camera, and then took photos of the burglar as neighbours called the police.
Officers arrived to find the man still on the roof and half a dozen locals standing guard.
Jean said: "I heard a crash and rushed out in my nightdress. I politely told him not to move and grabbed the first thing that came to hand, which was a garden gnome.
"When it hit him he lay down for a while. I got my rolling pin in case. I didn't want to break another gnome."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bang; garden; gnome; justice
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I wonder if she got a good price for it on travelocity?.....
To: Red Badger
If this is in england,she's going to jail!
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:17:38 AM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Any discussion involving cats apparently requires the abandonment of logic by cat lovers.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:18:08 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(Proud Submariner)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:18:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Entrepreneurs find a need and fill it. Politicians create a need and fill it........)
To: Red Badger
Ha! I KNEW those garden gnomes were good for something!
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:19:38 AM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Red Badger
Jean said: "I heard a crash and rushed out in my nightdress. I politely told him not to move and grabbed the first thing that came to hand, which was a garden gnome. You can tell she was brought up in a more gracious age -- she politely told him not to move before she beaned him! LOL!
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:20:25 AM PDT
by
maryz
To: Red Badger
Travelocity ain't got nuthin' on FR! We had a gnome ping list for a while! Where is it?? ?
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:21:02 AM PDT
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- I found it! FEC trying to control the internet!)
To: Red Badger
Wow, good arm! But I'll bet she's prosecuted AND sued.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:21:07 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Will do laundry for food.)
To: Red Badger
The Lady has quite an arm.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:22:02 AM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Rule # 4. When liberals have factual evidence that their position is wrong they ignore the evidence)
To: flashbunny
You're right. Criminals have more rights than the victims.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:22:12 AM PDT
by
Luna
(Evil will not triumph...God is at the helm)
To: Red Badger
well all the freepers are in rare form today. Look at the thread talking about the Pope speaking about "dark shadows" enveloping humanity.
To: Luna
You're right. Criminals have more rights than the victims.
He's wrong.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:31:33 AM PDT
by
pau1f0rd
(her fascist regime)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:36:38 AM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Red Badger
Travel Myth #47: Gnomes do not make good weapons.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:39:16 AM PDT
by
BufordP
("I wish we lived in the day when you could challenge a person to a duel!"--Zell Miller)
To: BufordP
L O L ! ! ! ! . . . . . . .
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:40:17 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Entrepreneurs find a need and fill it. Politicians create a need and fill it........)
To: Red Badger; dighton; general_re; MinuteGal
Jean dashed to fetch her rolling pin and a camera Seldom do we find "dash" or "fetch" used these days and here we have both in the same sentence.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:41:42 AM PDT
by
aculeus
(Ceci n'est pas une tag line.)
To: Red Badger
Oops! I forgot to say "Bull Hoggity!"
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:41:46 AM PDT
by
BufordP
("I wish we lived in the day when you could challenge a person to a duel!"--Zell Miller)
To: aculeus
Tell your wife to dash into the kitchen and fetch you a beer...........see how many times it gets used anymore.....
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:44:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Entrepreneurs find a need and fill it. Politicians create a need and fill it........)
To: Red Badger
"I didn't want to break another gnome." At least one person on God's green earth has her priorities straight.
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:45:01 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yep! there's no place like Gnome.......
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posted on
04/15/2005 11:46:52 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Entrepreneurs find a need and fill it. Politicians create a need and fill it........)
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