Woman beats off intuder with gnome

[Krug]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/15/britain.gnome.ap/index.html

LONDON, England (AP) -- A grandmother stopped an intruder from entering her home by lobbing a heavy garden gnome at him, police said Friday.

Jean Collop was woken early on Tuesday morning by the sound of an intruder on the roof of her home in Wadebridge, southwest England.

"I grabbed the first thing that came to hand -- one of my garden gnomes -- and hurled it at him, and hit him," she recalled.

"He lay there and I began to scream. I went back into the kitchen and found a rolling pin in case he came down. I didn't want to break another gnome."

Ahem.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

How did the gnome help? Those tiny hands, I mean.


Jeff

P.S. No, really, good title.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Damn, gnomes are taking over the world!

 

[yennico]

*singing* Hit me with your rhythm stick... The gnome was a bard

 

[alsih2o]

Hmmmm...

 

[alsih2o]

Suspects everywhere....

 

[Krug]

Gnomes are now officially a bludgeoning weapon.

 

[diaglo]

Gnome hurling is gonna be an Olympic event in 2020.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Next stop...your home!

 

[Dioltach]

Hang on ... the first thing that came to hand was a garden gnome? Where was she sleeping? Or perhaps I should be asking where the gnome was sleeping?