Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 31, 2012

Uh-oh. Alice (and perhaps Petey) is going to get grossed out every time when looking at that gnome after Mom buys it; will make her think it’s spying on her.

Pink flamingos are classic.

Or, I should like to have Weeping Angels on my lawn.

Ew! Madeline! I thought you had better taste, better judgement!Garden gnomes: ew!

Well if I really had to have one of them, I’d go with the pink flamingos.

I don’t know, I kind of like the gnome. Though as garden gnomes go, that one is pretty big.

They’re going to name it Gnomeo.

Revulsion. Unmasking of inauthenticity. But then desire, fortified by actual cash, sweeps away all reservations as though they never existed.

If everybody detests garden gnomes then I really DO need to get one, or two.

I have a row of garden gnomes around my lawn. they keep the herd pink flamingos from wandering off.

i like garden gnomes that look like they’re bent over working so you can see their underwear.

My favorite is a copy of the statue of the kid whizzing in a fountain.

More gnomes here http://www.reimangardens.iastate.edu/documents/news/gnome_in_newsweek_8BB3ECF1614DF.jpg

By pure chance, I just watched on DVD the 1990 Christmas Special episode of the classic Brit-Com “One Foot in the Grave” in which Victor Meldrew orders and receives 236 lawn gnomes (he meant to order only one, but accidentally put the item number in the “quantity” box on the order form.) He and his wife then have to keep all the gnomes in their house until they can be picked up in order to avoid any damage that would prevent them from being returned. The episode ends with one of Victor’s neighbors blowing away all the gnomes with a machine gun just as they are about to be picked up. I won’t spoil it by explaining why, but if you ever get to see this episode, it’s a classic.

I saw a lovely cartoon once that showed a batch of gnomes smoking their clay pipes and grinning evil grins while roasting a plastic flamingo on a spit.

I always wanted to design one with a motion sensor – when someone(or something) got near, it could mutter. Maybe in Spanish, for the gardeners…………

Cute stories. Mine is that I read about a dog being scared out of his wits when he came upon a very realistic-looking doll that looked like a garden gnome.

Good one!

Once they get it home, I’m sure Alice and Petey will find a way to free it from it suffering (CRASH).

Just noticed that Alice said “Ew” with one underline in the first panel, and “Ew” with a double underline in the third panel. Wonder what she would have said about thatnicecollegeguy’s gnomes?

Petey isn’t going to be able to sleep at night knowing that the gnome is out there

Oh goodie, Mr Gnome is going to ride home with them in the van. I know the kids are gonna love that.

I hate Gnomes.

I just read the sad news about your health. We are profoundly saddened, and grateful to have had you as long as we have.Thank you!

that gnome has a certain travelocity about it

FENRISULFR – amazing how that good old lover of Baltimore Waters went from being notorious for Flamingoes to main stream via the incarnations of Hairspray. Personally I liked Crybaby best for local reasons.

And to RandyB and thatnicecollegeguy…T-minus 1 day. Fezes are cool. And so is bowling…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfvLpfXe2U

Madeline is thinking, “There’s gnome place like home.”

prefer my garden ornaments to be more realistic (herons, turtles, that kind of stuff) But if you are going for High Kitch, garden gnomes might be fun if they came unpainted. Then, you could choose your own colors, odd stuff like violet skin with yellow britches, floral hats.

A cross between garden gnomes and weeping angels would make a good horror sci fi flick

I sense some Anti-Brit sentiment in the attacks on garden gnomes.

Yes, she is a dangerous lunatic.

Have any of you folks seen the new “zombie” garden gnomes?