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(Daily Mail) Stupid Cops threaten guy with arrest... for having an annoying garden gnome. w/pic of offending gnome   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 58
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lajimi [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 07:24:18 PM  
The notice, issued on August 30, also accuses Mr MacKillop of intimidating potential buyers of former policeman Mr McLean's £209,000 cottage in Treovis

Says it all, even in the UK these clowns stick together.

 
Mugato [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 07:31:12 PM  
Protection From Harassment Act 1997

I'm starting to understand what the over used phrase "nanny state" means.

 
2xhelix [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 07:33:31 PM  
They served him with a notice under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 for "placing a garden gnome with intent to cause harassment to Mr John McLean".

Were garden gnomes specifically written into that act?

 
SpinStopper [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 07:39:46 PM  
They served him with a notice under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 for "placing a garden gnome with intent to cause harassment to Mr John McLean".

Could have been worse ;)

i34.tinypic.com

 
SilentStrider [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 08:10:18 PM  
you know, as the police, you really should have more important things to do than worry about a guy's lawn gnome.


/leave that to HOA's.

 
m0llusk [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 08:11:58 PM  
Why are garden gnomes allowed at all? The practice is obscene!

 
CruJones 2008-09-21 08:56:07 PM  
Considering they say this has been going on for years, and this guy may have even harassed people looking at someone's house, I think there is a lot more going on than one gnome.

 
MrSpot 2008-09-21 08:56:18 PM  
I'm just a random farker and even I recognize this story from awhile back. Note the date: Sept. 2006. Who's in charge here! I demand fresh silly news for my dol...uh, well...

/yeah!

 
gibson_kid526 2008-09-21 08:58:03 PM  
Asinine tag should also apply...

 
geetus 2008-09-21 08:58:08 PM  
I'd put this one right next to it.

i17.photobucket.com

 
sarcastic664 2008-09-21 08:58:28 PM  
The Garden Gnome Liberation Front should be notified immediately.

 
Little One-Eyed Wench 2008-09-21 09:01:43 PM  
Here's my garden gnome. We call him Henry the gnomicidal maniac

i34.photobucket.com

 
Begoggle 2008-09-21 09:03:02 PM  
They're short of cop-hate threads on Fark, so now they have to resort to pulling up stories from 2006.

 
JesterGirl [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 09:03:44 PM  
Other annoying gnomes

ok-cleek.comfarm3.static.flickr.com

 
Arthur the Sandwich Maker 2008-09-21 09:03:57 PM  
CruJones: Considering they say this has been going on for years, and this guy may have even harassed people looking at someone's house, I think there is a lot more going on than one gnome.

You don't think the Daily Fail could have printed a slightly biased and one-sided story do you?

Even if that's not the case the guy sounds like a prick. And garden gnomes are a farking abomination.

 
NarrMaster 2008-09-21 09:04:07 PM  
My friend has a "Jocko" style lawn jockey in his front yard. The first time I saw it, I was about to give him some grief over it, but then noticed he had painted it white with red hair.

/got nothin'

 
cksewell [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 09:06:09 PM  
Garden gnomes were invented to annoy neighbors.

 
ChefSpam 2008-09-21 09:07:54 PM  
They served him with a notice under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 for "placing a garden gnome with intent to cause harassment to Mr John McLean".

I know Die Hard 4 wasn't that good, but do we really need to drag innocent gnomes into this!?

 
Flash314 2008-09-21 09:08:17 PM  
This gnome is trolling....

 
Tuktoyaktuk 2008-09-21 09:09:02 PM  
If former policeman John McLean was my neighbour I wouldn't screw around.

i287.photobucket.com

/yeah, yeah it's John McClane

 
nelbuts1 2008-09-21 09:10:30 PM  
Now I know the world has a bad case of stupid. Not only the neighbor but there is such a law on the books to begin with proves we are way to concerned about "feelings". Hell I would buy another one if I were him and put them both out there. They can't arrest him twice.

 
Tuktoyaktuk 2008-09-21 09:11:24 PM  
Hank: I need a gnome. But not just any gnome. I need a Winklebottom.
Salesman: A Winklebottom? You might as well ask me to move a rainbow!
Hank: I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just weird.

 
PlNG 2008-09-21 09:15:02 PM  
TFA:But, Mr MacKillop said he had bought the offending object at a supermarket in a bid to deter criminals after his motorcycle was stolen from his drive.

"I happened to be walking through a local superstore. It was the only type of solar-powered gnome and it just happened that it had a police uniform on," added Mr MacKillop.


Point 1: YSR
Point 2: I don't think that's all that's going on over there.

/and what's with the 2 year old article?
//is it as old as the brie?

 
beaudanker 2008-09-21 09:16:43 PM  
i240.photobucket.com

 
PlNG 2008-09-21 09:17:15 PM  
Is the magic word tonight MacLean?
Second article with that name...

 
Dictatorial_Flair 2008-09-21 09:17:33 PM  
I know it's an old story, but that guy should get every local ordinance and go over his neighbor's house with a fine-toothed comb and call in every single violation he has.

Calling the police over a farking garden gnome? Honestly.

 
Farkazoid 2008-09-21 09:21:07 PM  
geetus: I'd put this one right next to it.

Or in front of it...

 
Typhoid 2008-09-21 09:21:51 PM  
Holy crap that story is from 2006! The LEAST they could have done is posted an update... let's see...

Ok I FAIL at Google. I can't find out anything on the result of this ridiculousness.

 
hienekenftw 2008-09-21 09:27:35 PM  
It was a violation of gnomeland security

 
mangocop 2008-09-21 09:29:48 PM  
I've been purchasing admittedly tacky lawn ornaments for awhile now. I'm trying to make a statement about my sister's taste in outdoor decorating. I've tried large plastic bugs with googly eyes, they multiplied. I have looked for the tackiest gnome I could find. I found one riding a ladybug and tucked him away in the front yard. The gnome multiplied, which was a pretty neat trick as he was the only one. I bought a wood ornament that was decorated with green plastic frogs and a welcome sign. She loved it. I hate to say it, but I'm going to have to bring out the big guns and find some plastic flamingoes.

/No, our neighborhood is not governed by an HOA. Why do you ask?

 
Heroic Poser 2008-09-21 09:31:16 PM  
lajimi:
Says it all, even in the UK these clowns stick together.


(sigh)
Alright. What were in for.....?

 
Oldiron_79 2008-09-21 09:32:28 PM  
My garden Gnome has a pointy white hat.

 
shadowself 2008-09-21 09:34:47 PM  
$5 says they shoot his dog too.

 
Nakito 2008-09-21 09:37:54 PM  
I see the problem. That's a Dwarf. In fact, that's Happy.

/Ask Snow White.

 
Sunidesus [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 09:43:24 PM  
mangocop: I've been purchasing admittedly tacky lawn ornaments for awhile now. I'm trying to make a statement about my sister's taste in outdoor decorating. I've tried large plastic bugs with googly eyes, they multiplied. I have looked for the tackiest gnome I could find. I found one riding a ladybug and tucked him away in the front yard. The gnome multiplied, which was a pretty neat trick as he was the only one. I bought a wood ornament that was decorated with green plastic frogs and a welcome sign. She loved it. I hate to say it, but I'm going to have to bring out the big guns and find some plastic flamingoes.

/No, our neighborhood is not governed by an HOA. Why do you ask?


Once I get home from work tonight I may just have to find the pictures of the scariest house in my hometown. Every single square inch of the place is covered with tackiness. At Christmas there is an honest to goodness deer head that has a red lightbulb jammed in its nose. Disturbing doesn't even begin to cover it.

 
thinks_on_feet 2008-09-21 09:50:30 PM  
Dear Fark Noobs,

This article is from 2006. It has also already been linked from Fark.

Sincerely,
TOF

 
Obnox [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-09-21 09:51:16 PM  
I can't blame them. I hate gnomes, too.

i195.photobucket.com

I always kill the gnomes first.

 
D-Wolf2k2 2008-09-21 10:04:31 PM  
thinks_on_feet: Dear Fark Noobs,

This article is from 2006. It has also already been linked from Fark.

Sincerely,
TOF


Dear TOF,

It's still Fark.

Sincerely,
D-Wolf

 
lesactive 2008-09-21 10:18:13 PM  
On my first tour through Poland I noticed a strange phenomenon. After crossing the German border the highway fairly suddenly downgrades from the 6 lane Autobahn to a 2 lane side-road (though really still the highway). Every mile or two for the first twenty miles we'd come upon a car parked off the road surrounded by gnomes for sale. We passed seven or eight of 'em anyway, interspersed here and there were single cars and a *ahem* skankily provocatively dressed woman selling talent.

When we got to Poznan we asked our promoter what the deal was with the gnomes and he told us there was a vicious battle growing between the manufacturers of the inexpensive Polish gnomes and the 'superior' German gnomes. Apparently the cheap gnomes were flooding the German market and causing political problems between the two states.

/doesn't underestimate just how divisive bad taste can be

 
tbell83 2008-09-21 10:21:05 PM  
John McLean? Police officer?

www.nationallampoon.com

/hotlinked

 
PedroWonStopVoting 2008-09-21 10:30:00 PM  
i51.photobucket.com

 
KangTheMad 2008-09-21 10:36:08 PM  
You gotta be farkin kidding me....*facepalm*

HEY! I'm surprised nobody dragged out the South American Nocturnal Creep Gnome Of Doom!

 
SwiftFox [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 10:38:14 PM  
At least it wasn't wind chimes.

 
Phil Herup 2008-09-21 10:42:52 PM  
You don't even have the right to be an asshole?

/control!

 
AbbeySomeone 2008-09-21 10:44:27 PM  
If he were in the states,I am sure that said gnome would get shot for "lunging" or showing it's teeth.

 
andyofne [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 10:50:21 PM  
But, Mr MacKillop said he had bought the offending object at a supermarket in a bid to deter criminals after his motorcycle was stolen from his drive.

Really? A criminal is going to be frightened away by a glow in the dark gnome dressed like a police officer? Really?

 
cretinbob [TotalFark] 2008-09-21 10:57:23 PM  
The cop should have just said it lunged at him, then he could shoot it twice with a shotgun, leave it on the curb and stick a note on the door for the owner.

 
ME-iac 2008-09-21 11:18:16 PM  
Oldiron_79: My garden Gnome has a pointy white hat.

Mine has a robe and wizard hat.

 
mangocop 2008-09-21 11:19:17 PM  
Sunidesus: Every single square inch of the place is covered with tackiness. At Christmas there is an honest to goodness deer head that has a red lightbulb jammed in its nose. Disturbing doesn't even begin to cover it.


Oh, my God!!! Even I wouldn't go to those lengths. Aside from that, my sister's favorite holiday to decorate is Halloween. She has an inflatable decoration that is about 6 feet tall, illuminated, and has a witch, a ghost and a cute Frankenstein's monster going round and round. When I'm on swing shift, I make sure to deflate it before I go inside the house.

 
mud_shark 2008-09-21 11:50:01 PM  
NarrMaster: My friend has a "Jocko" style lawn jockey in his front yard. The first time I saw it, I was about to give him some grief over it, but then noticed he had painted it white with red hair.

/got nothin'


Me neither

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