16 May, 2010

Abusive Gnome alert


An ugly struggle is developing in the tiny village of Furore, between Amalfi and Positano. The council has sent out letters demanding the removal of garden gnomes and similar statuettes of Snow White and her dwarves from village gardens. Hitherto no planning permission had been required to erect a gnome, but they have now been declared ‘abusive’. ‘They alter the natural environment’, said the mayor.

The villagers have not been slow to condemn this Gnomist tendency on the part of their elected politicians, with several declaring they will pay the fine and keep their little garden friends.

Furore lists its population as 810, but it is not certain how many of these are gnomes.

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