NPR: Linkfest: Lost Gnomes -- And Thief -- Found

Linkfest: Lost Gnomes -- And Thief -- Found

French police announced the arrest of a 53-year-old man in connection with the theft of 170 garden gnomes. They were all displayed in his modest front yard.

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6:20 AM ET | 06-13-2008 | permalink

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Has anyone seen the movie Amelie!?

There's a couple great scenes involving the theft (and later return) of a garden gnome! This story gave me a chuckle...

Sent by Dan | 3:31 PM ET | 06-13-2008

Im curious how long it took the police to find the culprit. I mean he did have 170 stolen gnomes on display in his FRONT yard! ha

http://desertcontainergardening.blogspot.com/

Sent by John | 10:23 AM ET | 06-15-2008

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