
01-26-2007, 10:03 AM
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Not the way to celebrate Australia Day
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070125...ralia_gnomes_dc
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Gnome, gnome on derange. Thu Jan 25, 8:48 AM ET
SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters Life!) - It's being called the "Gnomesville Massacre" and emergency workers in Western Australia are offering a reward for the capture of vandals who smashed their way through a local tourist attraction.
An unknown number of attackers lopped off the heads or smashed several dozen of the pot-bellied statues this week at Gnomesville, a collection of more than a 1,000 colorful characters deep in a forest south of Perth.
"We are incensed by the damage done to the gnomes and willing to pay a reward to catch the culprits," State Emergency Service Volunteer Association President Phillip Petersen told Reuters.
Six orange-colored gnomes depicting emergency workers were among those destroyed, Petersen said, adding the reward was A$500 ($390).
The population of Gnomesville has grown from a handful of statues placed covertly in the forest a few years ago, making it a popular stop off for tour buses visiting nearby vineyards.
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01-26-2007, 10:32 AM
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is not this trim anymore!
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01-26-2007, 10:51 AM
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Turn it up!
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If it was in the US, I'd guess that it was someone fed up with the stupid Travelocity "Roaming Gnome" commercials...I wouldn't wanna assume that they have those in Oz...
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01-26-2007, 11:03 AM
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Missing the Angels
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Some peoples kids!! 
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01-26-2007, 04:35 PM
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01-28-2007, 03:18 AM
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What are the penalties for gnomocide in Australia? Not harsh enough, I'll bet...
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01-28-2007, 03:23 AM
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Loungin' Around
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I hope they received an ignome-inious punishment
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01-28-2007, 03:32 AM
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They should be thrown off de-wharf or perhaps exiled to Nome.
Positively unAustralian.
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01-28-2007, 06:06 AM
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Leo was right
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Can't believe I'm actually going to restrain from adding my twisted two-cents worth. I think Scotz, osuche and OF have summed it up pretty well thus far. 
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