British politicians are winning new constituencies in their country's gardens, according to Reuters. The country's political leaders have been transformed into garden gnomes. A digital television gardening channel, UKTV Style Gardens, has created 10 sets of the knee-high figurines portraying prominent politicos as garden sentinels to be won in an online competition.
Less than two weeks before an election, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative leader Michael Howard and Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy have all been cast as knee-high plaster characters. The trio are decked-out in their political party colours acting out their policies... "The exquisite Tony Blair model is digging around for non-existent weapons of mass destruction," a statement said.There is no truth to the rumor that tiny Blair, Howard and Kennedy gnomes have fallen to the Gnome Liberation Front (GLF) or the more-militant French sect, the FLNJ. Authorities are certain the North American GLF could not be involved, because the group has been driven undercover by the Patriot Act."For those with an influx of snails and other garden beasties there is the scary Michael Howard gnome holding a "Keep Out" sign and for the more relaxed, there's a charming carrot-topped fellow sitting on a fence supping from a glass of ginger beer."
Travelocity's Roaming Gnome, himself a recent victim of gnome-napping, could not be reached for comment.
Article comments
1 - parker owens
I can't wait to see where the gnomes end up after the gnome liberation front gets to them. I hope photos are taken so we can all see the comprimising situations they end up in.
2 - Tristan
Gnome, gnome on the range .............
Isn't this discrimination against Elves...????
3 - DrPat
so we can all see the comprimising situations they end up in
It's a durn shame the image for the fifth Amazon link did not come across. It's terminally embarassing.
Tony, Mike and Chuck better hope they don't fall into the hands of this organization.
4 - Temple Stark
Where's the link to the online competition? If I can't enter from the US, I have friends and/or family in England who will.
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5 - Rev. G. Nisse
Gnomes in the United States are being driven underground! Many of us live in constant fear of imprisonment and interrogation by George W. Bush. He's tapping our phone lines and turning our country into a police state. No one is allowed to speak against him. It's like he's using George Orwells "1984" as a script for running the country. We feel like we're being watched and listened to all the time. The political situation over here is terrible! Some relief is to be had at the Hidden Urban Gnome Reserve & Sanctuary in Minneapolis, MN. Over 70 Freed Gnomes are residing here. More details about our home are located at: www.geocities.com/gnome_reserve