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andPolice have taken a dim view of a man's glowing garden gnome and threatened him with arrest unless he removes it.
Now police have served Mr MacKillop with a notice for "placing a garden gnome with intent to cause harassment".
999 Letsbe Avenue
I'm lost for words....too busy crying with laughter....
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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You beat me to it.
If I where him, I would buy more gnomes.
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"If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this one."
Albert Camus "Noces"
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I'm glad the British police have focused on the root cause of crime over there: misplaced and annoying garden gnomes.
Seriously:
Crazed Rabbit
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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It mush vae been really annoying for the garden wildlife :D
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Seriously, what happened to talking to eachother?
"Hey could you move your garden gnome while I'm showing the house to these people?"
"Sure"
Problem solved.
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Says it all really. Police are more willing to go out at all hours to bother harmless civilians, than they are to tackle proper crime. Surely at 11:45pm there are more pressing things to worry about than warning someone about their gnome. You get your car broken in to at that time and you'll be lucky if a copper turns up next day, let alone that late. And then there's their arrogant stance and utter lack of humour on the matter and general contempt for everyday folk that makes you even less favourable towards them. It's probably just as well the gnome wasn't on a bicycle or they'd probably have claimed they caught it riding dangerously or something ridiculous.
It's good to know under Labour that tax payers money spent towards policing is going to such great use.
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Midnight knocks on the door though...A Devon and Cornwall Police spokeswoman said: "This isn't just a petty issue. This has been ongoing for two or three years."
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You may find it has something to do with this:
And possibly the fact that the statue is also in the form of a policeman. Who knows?His neighbour, former policeman John McLean, says the gnome is annoying and upsets buyers viewing his home.
Though I'm not so sure about this:
What kind of law is that? Part of the "improper use of gnomes act"?"placing a garden gnome with intent to cause harassment"
“The majestic equality of the laws prohibits the rich and the poor alike from sleeping under bridges, begging in the streets and stealing bread.” - Anatole France
"The law is like a spider’s web. The small are caught, and the great tear it up.” - Anacharsis
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Steady mate, that's Gnomist.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Gnome_Liberation_Front
These people must have something to do with it. Them or Leichenstein.
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You know D&C currently lack a Chief Constable, because the last one was a fast-tracked, and useless, woman?
It may have been antagonistic but the former Policeman part would be why they did anything about it.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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Just brilliant, I'm going to put a garden gnome up with an intention to harass now.
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I thought the judge with the mystic dwarves was wierd. This has got to be the funniest news article I have ever seen. The best our press can muster over here is "Tana Umanga beats another rugby player with woman's hand bag."
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Fast-tracked and useless may be relevant, but what is the problem with being a woman? Got a problem with the ladies?Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
Dum spiro spero
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
- William James
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Hmmmmm, if I had to chose between a fine for an 80 year old because she dumps a bag with bread in a public bin, or a man who gets a fine because he gives water to people that are participating in a marathon, or this, I dunno. I am sure you all want to know why you aren't allowed to dump a bag with bread in a public bin or give water to people that are participating in a marathon, but I honestly don't know. Ah well $ is $ for the police, a few nonsense fines and you can keep on being completily useless.
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No, not at all, I have no problems with ladies at allFast-tracked and useless may be relevant, but what is the problem with being a woman? Got a problem with the ladies?
You know what I meant.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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I can picture it now...
Gnome Dealing Ring Smashed
Police today swooped on a garden centre dealing in lllicit gnomes. The operation, a 48 hour siege involving 200 officers saw the siezure of aproximately 50 gnomes, with a total garden value of £300. This is the biggest success against a gnome dealing sindicate in decades. The owner of the garden center, that was secretly importing gnomes from eastern europe for sale on Britain's streets, and the ringleader of the multi million pence operation, Mr Caravel, was charged with 'supplying gnomes for the purpose of harrassment' and sentanced to death. Police also uncovered a cache of weapons including pea shooters and rolled up copies of the Daily Mail. Detective Chief Inspector Notmuchelseotodo commented, while posing for a shot with one of the haul of weapons, "someone could have got hurt here... badly hurt. Also among the arrests were 15 clients, both men and women in their late 70s and 80s. But the most important discovery at the site, that police are very pleased with, is a secret gnome making facility and a siezure of at least 1000Kg of cement and sand. Enough to make at least 200 Class A Gnomes. "we are looking at a serious operation here, if these gnomes had been produced who knows what could have happened. We had a very close shave, and I am proud of the professionalism of my officers. This is another great victory against the gnomish mafia, they can no longer sleep so soundly in their beds." said Detective Chief Inspector Notmuchelseotodo earlier today.
“The majestic equality of the laws prohibits the rich and the poor alike from sleeping under bridges, begging in the streets and stealing bread.” - Anatole France
"The law is like a spider’s web. The small are caught, and the great tear it up.” - Anacharsis
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Hahahahahah, you rule Caravel. That was awesome.
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