Now, don't mock. These are very serious people. the last Garden Gnome of Daresbury Laboratory has already been murdered, and furthermore, more than 100 garden gnomes and other gaudy statues were discovered on Wednesday 11th of July, 2001, assembled on a traffic circle in eastern France.

Some of them had been arranged so as to spell out the words "Free The Gnomes!" They had all absconded from their gardens in the small town of Chavelot and congregated specifically on that roundabout in order to bring public attention to their awful plight. It made Reuters news and was the story has now spread all over the world.

The Gnomes will be free. Scorn them at your peril.

Sources:

  • http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/dl_gnomes/murderedgnome.html
  • http://www.gnome007.fsnet.co.uk/
  • http://www.kazm.net/gnomes/