Stolen gnome...

Posted By: mamawtypes on 2007-08-31
In Reply to: I've got a yard thief in the family too (LOL) - Snuggs (sm)

I stole a gnome from my sister's front yard once and held it for ransome too...Would mail her polaroid photos...the gnome holding a dated newspaper, the gnome in the woods, the gnome with a bag on his head, etc.. kind of like the roaming gnome on the TV commercials... never knew where he would turn up, city, country.. who knew? And notes made out of letters cut from magazines and pieced together asking for ransom for the gnome to be returned safely... mailed from different locations... she didn't think it was funny, but we had a blast with it... had way too much time on my hands back then... ha ha.

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If they are stolen from him, do they not
maybe belong to him? This is the gest of the story coming across.

Exactly how/where is it being stolen?
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not sold - stolen
please do not post here

Did he get the gnome too?
I think it was you who told that story. I thought it was so funny. :) (by the way, didn't mean to email you. It's early...)

Yes, he also got the gnome!
That's okay about e-mailing. I answered you!

maybe the DH IS the gnome...j/k....LOL

You took the gnome on vacation? lol
Getting a kick out of this thread! Thanks ladies. lol

Where exactly is the gnome at this time?
Do tell!

and did the gnome do to deserve that?

Speaking of weird things stolen....

I've got a hanging sign on the front lawn that says "Red Gate Farm." Underneath that I had a little piece of wood hanging down that said "Farm Fresh Eggs" and underneath that was another little piece of wood that said "Computer Fixin," because that's what my husband does on the side and it was kinda funny. Someone actually stole that silly little "Computer Fixin'" piece! It was affixed to a hook and eye with zip ties, so someone had to physically cut it off.

Can you imagine?! It was just a piece of 2 x 4 that I had handpainted the words onto and was certainly nothing fancy...anyone could have made one for themselves but apparently this one was worthy of not only trespassin' but stealin'!

DH and his little gnome just got home from work...
and I was informed, with a big grin, that paybacks are heck!

stolen/hijacked by unknown offshore entity
who may use your information for his gain.

So were they stolen by a thief? Lol or just a person with human nature? (sm)
I probably would have just warned the cleaning person that some things had been missing and if she happened to put something in a new place to let me know because were having some things we could not find. If it continued I would find someone else.