Granny Got Gnome

[Liar]

Who needs guns, is all I say.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005171819,00.html



Gran has gnome security

By JOHN COLES

BATTLING gran Jean Collop nabbed a burglar — by laying him out with a garden gnome.

Widow Jean, 69, woke at 5am to find an intruder clambering on her roof.

She spotted him heading for a window and decided on a spot of elf defence.

Jean yelled at the man, then picked up a gnome and hurled it at him.

It bounced off his head, leaving him lying dazed on the roof.

Jean dashed to fetch her rolling pin and a camera — then took flash photos of the burglar as neighbours called the police.

Officers arrived to find the man still on the roof and half a dozen locals standing guard in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Jean said: “I heard a crash and rushed out in my nightdress. I politely told him not to move and grabbed the first thing that came to hand, which was a garden gnome.

“When it hit him he lay down for a while. I got my rolling pin in case. I didn’t want to break another gnome.”

Neighbour Liz Owen said: “Once Jean gets riled, she goes like a good ’un.” Police later cautioned a 20-year-old.

 

[minsue]

“Once Jean gets riled, she goes like a good ’un.”

 

[yui]

Too bad she didn't have min's flamingo...the gnome might have lived.

 

[Blackie Malone]

I wish she was my grannie.

 

[AppleBiter]

LOL That's hilarious!! It just doesn't get any funnier than grannies doing violence with lawn gnomes!!

 

[impressive]

Granny has a good arm, too!

 

[Kyle Beguiled]

LMAO!

Reminds me of my granny.

 

[scheherazade_79]

That's one of the coolest things I've ever heard

Do you think we could hire that grannie to go into Brinnie's thread and lob a few of her gnomes?

I can't believe how people seem to be thriving on the antagonism of that thread. It's already up to 6 pages and shows no sign of stopping.

I vote that we pay Jean Collop to come over and sort it out - either that or we get a garden hose and break it up

 

[R. Richard]

I think that Jean did well.
I think that the intruder got what was coming to him.

You notice, however, that no one seems to want to talk about the poor gnome? Hey people, they have a whole town to themselves! (Gnome, Alaska)

 

[SeaCat]

You do realize of course that this will now cause the creation of a group to control the proliferation of Garden Gnomes. These dangerouse weapons must be controlled with testing and liscencing of personell before they can purchase one.

Cat