Diane delicately comments and submits:
"and i spy a freakin santa too- what is with Iowa houses and Xmas crap in May? LOL!"
(Technically it is the first day of June... I need staff)
Stone walls must keep the gnomes contained. The trick is not to step inside the rock barrier.
Score
- Birdbath: 1 point
- 3 deer: 3 points
- Lawn jockey (nice ass, just sayin'): 3 points
- Cauldron: 0 points
- 3 weakening gnomes: 12 points
- 3 dead gnome: 12 points
- Gnome with wheel barrow of jewels (perhaps he is killing off his brethren): 4 points
- 2 over jolly gnomes (or it could be theses guys): 8 points
- 2 gnomes in quiet conference (much treachery in gnome land): 8 points
- Eagle: 1 point
- Pagoda (completely random to the gnomish theme, well so is the eagle actually): 1 point
- Bunny: 1 point
- 2 small wheels: 2 points
- Hillbilly ball: 1 point
- Cupid lovers: 1 point
- Large wheel: 1 point
- Smoking gnome removed from the massacre: 4 points
- Little girl: 1 point
- Beheaded Santa (damn those gnomes): 1 + 5 points (holiday bonus)
Subtotal: 70 points
Creativity Bonus
For a large community of gnomes that seems to be dying one by one. It brings to mind, are there gnome zombies? 4 points
Total: 74 points
First recipient of the coveted Golden Manatee at Arms
Maybe it's their version of Burning Man.
ReplyDeleteOh man, that is either one heck of a win or it's a drunken gnome mess. I don't think they are really dead--I think they are drunk and passed out.
ReplyDeleteWow. The score blew me away! Congrats!
Great score. I am new at this...You are what I aspire to be.How did you ever spot this treasure trove?
ReplyDeleteHeck of a drunken Gnome Bacchanalia. Perhaps a fraternity party? Kudos on the Burning Man comment!!!
Oh, those poor gnomes in gnomeville. Talk about haphazard, no rhyme or reason. At least they could be gathered up and all set around the black pot. It looks like someone lost interest in their yard art.
ReplyDeleteThey've all been stunned by the invisible gas emanating from phone/cable box 433 - an alias for gnome "rescuers" universally. Could Ma Bell secretly be a gnome hater?
ReplyDeleteeventer79, I am ashamed that I had to look up Burning Man. geez. I am so uncool.
ReplyDeleteLin, and Kriste... yeah it could just be drunk revelry. Passed out drunks do take on a dead demeanor
Julie, sadly when you get gnomes together in one area they tend to get haphazard. LoL, yeah let's put them in the cauldron.
ChrisJ, I had some concerns about the phone box.
You know what, it so figures, I've lived in freakin Iowa for 14 years and Diane shows up, waltzing in here and Gnomes are just suddenly popping out all over.
ReplyDeleteLauren, I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to say (and really this is no excuse) many Iowans (not me) feel that since their cute Christmas ornaments were hip-deep in snow up to about March, they are entitled to enjoy them at least through July.
ReplyDeleteAlso I'm curious, for future reference, as long as a figure with wings is referred to as a cupid vs. an angel, it gets points right?
ReplyDeleteLauren, yes that was covered last year and I should probably bring that entry out again and dust it off. But if it's a fat kid with a belly I feel no religious connotations therefore I believe I am exempt from lightning strikes.
ReplyDeleteSuch clever repartee. I love you guys!
ReplyDeletekristi- i was back in iowa to shoot a wedding a few weeks ago- and i spotted this treasure on the way to the church!
ReplyDeletelauren- you know you love me.