Gnomesville
January 4, 2018 4:40 AM Subscribe
Over ten thousand Gnomes live in Gnomesville, the home of Gnomes in Fergusson Valley, Western Australia. Not everyone were happy with the Gnomes, but now the state government is providing funds to ensure the future of Gnomesville.
It's like the Travelocity lost 'n found.
posted by ardgedee at 9:20 AM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 9:20 AM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
First thing I noticed in one photo is the spiderweb across two gnomes' hats and since this is Australia I now imagine how many horrors are actually concealed in the hollow shells of those little ceramic doodads with a convenient hole in each base.
posted by The otter lady at 10:24 AM on January 4, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by The otter lady at 10:24 AM on January 4, 2018 [7 favorites]
My tiny apartment has no front yard, only a parking space where I no longer have a car, so I set a couple lawn chairs and a wicker table there, and on the table, a garden gnome and a plastic pink flamingo. I went out one morning and discovered the gnome had been knocked off the table and lay broken on the pavement. I never should've trusted that flamingo.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:07 PM on January 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:07 PM on January 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
Future humans will marvel at the strange rituals that must have been performed at this site.
posted by darkstar at 12:39 PM on January 4, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by darkstar at 12:39 PM on January 4, 2018 [2 favorites]
I’m not familiar with how municipalities are constituted in Australia, but presumably if there enough gnomes, this area could be incorporated as a metropolitan area.
Whereupon they will be...
Metro-gnomes.
I’ll show myself out.
But hey, gimme credit for...
...timing!
Yeah, yeah, I’m going, I’m going.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:46 PM on January 4, 2018 [8 favorites]
Whereupon they will be...
Metro-gnomes.
I’ll show myself out.
But hey, gimme credit for...
...timing!
Yeah, yeah, I’m going, I’m going.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:46 PM on January 4, 2018 [8 favorites]
providing funds to ensure the future of Gnomesville
Well it's about time!!
posted by Metro Gnome at 1:23 PM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
Well it's about time!!
posted by Metro Gnome at 1:23 PM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
providing funds to ensure the future of Gnomesville
Well it's about time!!
Time waits for gnome, man.
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:24 PM on January 4, 2018 [11 favorites]
Well it's about time!!
Time waits for gnome, man.
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:24 PM on January 4, 2018 [11 favorites]
Also, clicking through to the article I made the horrifying discovery that certain of the gnomes appear to be dwarfs. I hope that some of the funding goes toward rooting out the interlopers.
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:27 PM on January 4, 2018
posted by Strange Interlude at 1:27 PM on January 4, 2018
Gnomeville is an inclusive and welcoming community, especially for dwarfs who identify as gnomes. Let's try to be a bit more respectful, a'ight?
posted by Atreides at 1:37 PM on January 4, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Atreides at 1:37 PM on January 4, 2018 [2 favorites]
Metro-gnomes.
Over the years, there has been great variance in the gnomenclature used for various subgroups. A consistent taxognomy would be really helpful.
posted by GenjiandProust at 1:48 PM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
Over the years, there has been great variance in the gnomenclature used for various subgroups. A consistent taxognomy would be really helpful.
posted by GenjiandProust at 1:48 PM on January 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
Spotted in the video in this link from the post (autoplay warning):
"Beyond Thundergnome"
Well played.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:21 PM on January 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
"Beyond Thundergnome"
Well played.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:21 PM on January 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
Gnomeville is an inclusive and welcoming community
So, is this town's favorite philosopher/political theorist named Gnome Chomsky?
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 6:44 PM on January 4, 2018 [5 favorites]
So, is this town's favorite philosopher/political theorist named Gnome Chomsky?
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 6:44 PM on January 4, 2018 [5 favorites]
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