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New use for Garden Gnomes

by Bill Osler Jun 18, 2007 8:40PM PDT

Snakes alive! Garden gnomes take to smuggling - Yahoo! News
The garden gnomes looked innocent when they turned up in the mail, but Australia's notoriously tough customs officers gave them a good going over -- and found they were full of live snakes and lizards

If you can't trust the garden gnome, who CAN you trust?

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John Cleese had the best use for a gnome

by duckman Jun 18, 2007 9:54PM PDT

in Fawlty Towers

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At least it wasn't funnel web spiders, Dr. Bill.

by Dave Konkel [Moderator] Jun 19, 2007 10:33PM PDT

They're among the most venemous on the planet -- and found in holes in many Sydney back yards <shudder>.

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