Abducted gnomes in search of home

[Maeve]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031028/325/ecd6g.html
PARIS (Reuters) - A French police station has been stuck with a room of homeless garden gnomes, victims of a wave of gnome abductions, after a fresh bid to trace their owners failed.
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Some 75 kidnapped gnomes were recovered in 2001 after a group called the Garden Gnome Liberation Front released them, leaving them on the steps of the Saint-Die-des-Vosges cathedral. Police are yet to reunite 43 of the gnomes with their owners.

"In wanting to set them free, the Liberation Front has virtually imprisoned them," policeman Sylvain Brucker told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that the local prosecutor could decide to sell the kitsch garden ornaments in a police auction.
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Won't someone think of the gnomes???

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. gnome revolutionaries

Beware the garden gnome.

:)

[emad]

2. Relocate them to DC: I'm sure Pickles would love to put them on

the lawn of the W.H. in line with her beautification plans for DC

[AlGore-08.com]

3. Oh sure, it's "fashionable" to worry about the gnomes

And ignore their history of brutally oppressing lawn flamingos!!!

[radwriter0555]

4. My home is sanctuary to 13 gnomes, liberated from their oppressors...

They're recovering well, with several companions, in the peace and serenity of my secret garden.

They're quite grateful and rather amusing, once they've overcome their shyness.

[Maeve]

5. We need more foster homes for gnomes!