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Landlubber77 t1_j2f8088 wrote

They're only garden gnomes if they're from the Gnome region of France, otherwise they're just sparkling lawn jockeys.

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mckennajames227 t1_j2fe21l wrote

Right at the death the best post of 2022 appears.

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Landlubber77 t1_j2ffi80 wrote

We often give out best nuggets as life drains from us. "Jefferson lives;" "this is no time to be making enemies;" "either that wallpaper goes or I do;" "more weight;" "capital punishment, those without the capital get the punishment;" "hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you’re screwing around!” etc.

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zenos_dog t1_j2f7wo0 wrote

In my youth, my buddies and I drove around town stealing gnomes off peoples lawns. We set them up in the living room and they watched the Super Bowl with us. A week later we returned them but couldn’t remember exactly which gnome lived at which house, so random.

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PygmeePony t1_j2flmsh wrote

It's actually the Garden Gnome Liberation Movement. Don't worry, it's a common misgnomer.

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OlButtonface t1_j2eyiu5 wrote

Everybody has a hill they'll die on.

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Shibby523 t1_j2exg0u wrote

How long before they get to go gnome?

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rhoshh t1_j2exw9x wrote

Gnomebody is sure yet…

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picado t1_j2eyj7o wrote

There's gnomention of it in the article.

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spicyfishtacos t1_j2flbm1 wrote

I knew someone that stole Virgin Mary statues from garden shrines. Couldn't get behind that, seemed rather crass and cruel to the little old Italian grandmas.

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Koivosto OP t1_j2flqwr wrote

There's two kinds of little old grandmas in the world:

  1. Ones you shouldn't fuck with because they're going to be incredibly sorry, broken and hurt because of it.

  2. Ones you shouldn't fuck with because you're going to be incredibly sorry, broken and hurt because of it.

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YggdrasilsLeaf t1_j2fcgvb wrote

Y’all joke, but in the US, you will get shot trying to steal someone’s lawn gnome/jockey. I’ve been trying to liberate the one in my dads yard for years now, but it’s like he just knows someone is on the lawn and he just shoots indiscriminately.

Honestly I’m surprised I haven’t been hit yet. The man is basically blind and the lawn jockey is right next to the front door. He holds a little lantern to light the path. I don’t let my Dad know its me on his lawn. Because then I’d have to explain why I was sneaking around in the bushes near the front door next to said lawn jockey.

Easier to just run off. Pretend like I was never there when he calls me the next day to tell me about the punks constantly trying to vandalize his property……

Don’t judge me. He wasn’t perfect either.

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Koivosto OP t1_j2fcs2f wrote

Getting accidentally shot by your father who thought he was killing a stranger for stepping on his lawn - which he would have been morally fine with - is some seriously 'murica flavoured greek tragedy shit.

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BleydXVI t1_j2fd53h wrote

It does sound a lot like Oedipus. "I would've never killed that entire group of strangers if I knew my dad was one of them!"

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xerzev t1_j2ez6b4 wrote

Seems some got a little too inspired by Hermione Granger's fight to free the house elves.

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Moustari t1_j2fdn2m wrote

I don't think it's related.

They began one year before the first Harry Potter book was even published in France.

Don't think too much into the acts of bored teenagers in a small town.

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Honey_Overall t1_j2fehy2 wrote

Or the acts of bored adults. Sometimes everyone just wants to cause a little chaos.

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Maysa69 t1_j2fsqb6 wrote

Hence why I always carry a lighter. or fact I'm a cig smoker. Dealers choice.

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Ahelex t1_j2fmkbu wrote

And there's something endearing about the chaos being "stealing garden gnomes because you believe in their freedom".

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devo_inc t1_j2f8r0o wrote

It's all Amelie's fault.

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Moustari t1_j2feefl wrote

It's the other way around.

They began to free Garden Gnome in 1996.

Amélie Poulain was made in 2001.

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SSSS_car_go t1_j2fg4dl wrote

And The Traveling Gnome game actually started in the 1970s. History of Garden Gnomes

> The “Traveling gnome” is a game that dates back to the 1970s. It started when one traveler photographed two of his gnomes during his travel around Antarctica.

>It became widely popular during the 1990s, when a community in France named the Garden Gnome Liberation Front made a prank out of it, stealing gnomes and taking them traveling.

>The concept was to give the gnomes freedom they were believed to want.

>Thieves usually sent photographs of the gnomes to the owners, showing them that their minions were safe and sound, in their newly gained freedom and independence. This community dedicated itself to the purpose of “freeing garden gnomes.”

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oodelay t1_j2f9tsk wrote

It's because of people that can't come up with their own fun things and have to imitate something they see in movies/tv.

So many people think it's original to steal a garden gnome and take pictures of it on their travel because of Amelie.

Look at me! I steal quirky ideas in movies and pretend it's my own personality!

Wednesday is the current one like that. Dressing in black and saying mean stuff to happy people..how edgy!

"I always wanted to play the cello, ok?"

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Dense_Letterhead_248 t1_j2fievb wrote

It's almost like young people look to others to help define what they should be, and lacking a suitable example nearby, try to kind of cobble it together with other sources. Might be a little annoying to witness at the start, but a good sign that they're willing to learn if impressed.

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oodelay t1_j2fwokn wrote

You're right. Peace and happy new year

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Sociallyawktrash78 t1_j2fp3qx wrote

I’m guessing we’re talking about a day or two tops here.

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