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Gran hits burglar with garden gnome
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| 4-15-2005
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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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To: Tax-chick
My job is easier because I get to leave.
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posted on
04/15/2005 1:57:21 PM PDT
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Conspiracy Guy
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To: Laura Earl
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04/15/2005 1:58:16 PM PDT
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Conspiracy Guy
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To: dighton; aculeus
Each post you guys choose
Is a delicious petit-four
You whet my Muse
(to mix a metaphor)
Leni
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04/15/2005 2:01:32 PM PDT
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MinuteGal
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To: Laura Earl
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04/15/2005 2:06:48 PM PDT
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Conspiracy Guy
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To: Conspiracy Guy
There is that. But on the other hand, I'm in charge at my job, and I get to take a nap with James.
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04/15/2005 2:09:22 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
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To: Eaker
Never show up empty-handed at a gnome & rolling-pin fight.
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04/15/2005 2:14:13 PM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Red Badger
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04/15/2005 2:16:24 PM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: Tax-chick
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04/15/2005 2:17:03 PM PDT
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Conspiracy Guy
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To: Red Badger
To: Conspiracy Guy
Just read all your poems ... you're really on a roll! Maybe next week you could write "the casserole with the beans again blues" for my family :-).
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04/15/2005 3:49:03 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Will do laundry for food.)
To: Conspiracy Guy; MinuteGal
This is TOO much.....Be it ever so crumbled There's no place like Gnome!
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04/15/2005 6:41:29 PM PDT
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hoosiermama
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To: Red Badger
Oh my gosh...that is so funny. :) thanks!
To: Tax-chick
I'll have to work on that.
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04/17/2005 7:21:32 AM PDT
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