Charles Lindsey Posted July 14, 2001 Report Posted July 14, 2001 Geez, he's starting a movement. Now we finally know what he does when he's not posting here. Garden Gnomes Gather in Shadowy OperationReutersSTRASBOURG, France (July 12) - More than 100 garden gnomes and other gaudy statues were discovered on Wednesday assembled on a traffic circle in eastern France, a police spokesman said.Some of the statues were set up to spell out ''Free the Gnomes.'' No one claimed immediate responsibility for the stunt, but police said it bore all the hallmarks of the shadowy Garden Gnome Liberation Front.The kitsch little creatures were reported stolen from numerous gardens around the town of Chavelot overnight and subsequently gathered together on the roundabout.''It was a bit like a giant creche. Everything had been carefully set up,'' a police spokesman said.The Gnome Liberation Front rose to prominence in the mid- 1990s following a series of raids on gardens to ''free'' gnomes and ''return them to the wild.''The group suffered a setback in 1997 when a court handed its ringleader a suspended prison sentence and fined him for his part in the disappearance of some 150 gnomes.After briefly going to ground, the Front hit the headlines again in 1998 when it staged a mass ''suicide'' of gnomes in eastern France. Last year, the group struck Paris, stealing around 20 gnomes during a night raid on a Paris garden exhibition.Reuters 06:15 07-12-01
Parias Posted July 15, 2001 Report Posted July 15, 2001 Despite the obvious evidence available (like the close resemblence of the word "Paris" to my nickname, which most pronounce as "Paris" anyways), I can assure you all that I had nothing to do with it! NOTHING I TELL YOU!.......I just, um, thought I'd stop by France for a bit to see how things were going down there. Yup, that's right. Sheer co-incidence that this happened at the same time... Nice find Chavik!
Epsilon 5 Posted July 15, 2001 Report Posted July 15, 2001 Anything about radioactivity? quote:which most pronounce as "Paris" anywaysHmm.. I say pary-a** ... [ 07-15-2001: Message edited by: Epsilon 5 ]
Parias Posted July 16, 2001 Report Posted July 16, 2001 Well, good, at least that's two people out there who know how to pronounce it right
Guest Posted July 16, 2001 Report Posted July 16, 2001 and I have always pronounced it correctly!! and Parias, did you radiate them first before setting them up? They are not a proper Parias Gnome, unless they are radioactive!!! [ 07-16-2001: Message edited by: Jaguar ]
Põdi Posted July 16, 2001 Report Posted July 16, 2001 I thought it was pronounced like 'pariah', but with an 'S' at the end (obviously).
echo Posted July 16, 2001 Report Posted July 16, 2001 I always skim the names and I always kinda pronounced it Pie-ras hehehe And then there's what I always think of for Menchise. hehehehe Sorry guys!
Menchise Posted July 17, 2001 Report Posted July 17, 2001 quote: And then there's what I always think of for Menchise. hehehehe The correct pronunciation is "Men-Kees-e".[ 07-17-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]
Põdi Posted July 17, 2001 Report Posted July 17, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Menchise: The correct pronunciation is "Men-Kees-e".[ 07-17-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]I knew that.
Epsilon 5 Posted July 17, 2001 Report Posted July 17, 2001 quote:and Parias, did you radiate them first before setting them up? They are not a proper Parias Gnome, unless they are radioactive!!! Ever heard of cadets? Trainees? Those you send on the front line? quote:Wow, and I thought it was Mencheese, whoops!! Ooops, seems I can say one name properly, but not another.
Parias Posted July 17, 2001 Report Posted July 17, 2001 Okay, according to the "Rules of Parias", Page 4, section 23, paragraph 221 (yes, the garden gnomes go trigger-happy on their paragraphs), the official way to pronounce "Parias" is:"Puh-rye-as".So there
Akuma Minako Posted July 18, 2001 Report Posted July 18, 2001 Cute...Very very cute. and I knew how to pronunce both of you're names. They say anything about goldfish? Tac would love that.
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