When garden gnomes are outlawed, only criminals will have garden gnomes.
;)
Umm.. hmm..Lawn Gnome as weaponry.
| Grandma Stops Intruder With Garden Gnome ^ |
||
| Posted by Dubya On News/Activism ^ 04/19/2005 8:49:42 PM EDT · 7 replies · 3+ views The Associated Press ^ | Apr 17, 10:55 PM EDT | The Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- A grandmother stopped an intruder from entering her home by lobbing a heavy garden gnome at him, police said Friday. Jean Collop was woken early on Tuesday morning by the sound of an intruder on the roof of her home in Wadebridge, southwest England. "I grabbed the first thing that came to hand - one of my garden gnomes - and hurled it at him, and hit him," she recalled. "He lay there and I began to scream. I went back into the kitchen and found a rolling pin in case he came down. I didn't want... |
||
|
|
||
| Grandma stops intruder with garden gnome ^ |
||
| Posted by RedBloodedAmerican On News/Activism ^ 04/15/2005 6:20:09 PM EDT · 33 replies · 503+ views hosted.ap.org ^ | Apr 15, 5:20 PM | ap LONDON (AP) -- A grandmother stopped an intruder from entering her home by lobbing a heavy garden gnome at him, police said Friday. Jean Collop was woken early on Tuesday morning by the sound of an intruder on the roof of her home in Wadebridge, southwest England. "I grabbed the first thing that came to hand - one of my garden gnomes - and hurled it at him, and hit him," she recalled. "He lay there and I began to scream. I went back into the kitchen and found a rolling pin in case he came down. I didn't want... |
||
|
|
||
| Gran hits burglar with garden gnome ^ |
||
| Posted by Red Badger On News/Activism ^ 04/15/2005 2:17:11 PM EDT · 73 replies · 823+ views Ananova ^ | 4-15-2005 | Staff 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... |
||
Headline should read, "Midnight Burglar Stopped Short By Heroic Flying Gnome"
Followup Headline will read, "Woman sued for attacking burglar with blunt object"
Three years later, headline will read, "Parliament Passes Law Protecting Trespassers From Assault"
The story will read that tenants must first make a good faith attempt to escape the premises to call the cops prior to engaging an intruder within their home.
Gnome more intruders here
I pity the fool that tries to invade my 66 year old moms home. She keeps a loaded 12 gauge in her room and she knows how to use it.
Garden Gnomes, much like clowns, are scary.
Travelocity will have to work this shtick into their commercials...
It just seems so... "British." I remember an episode of Fawlty Towers ending with John Cleese about to use a garden gnome as a weapon.
If someone is on your property, attempting to enter your home, whatever you do: do not get involved!
The loam gnome becomes a dome gnome.
Stupid intruder armed himself with just a garden gnome? Like that is going to scare a grandma...
Now that is a garden gnaome that is worth it's weight in gold.
Next the socialist Brits will ban the use of garden gnomes for self-protection. Can't have any burglars harmed, you know... Burglary in London has now reached epidemic levels and street crimes are rampant. Whatta place to live! Scary!