[Pete L]

One of the more amusing consequences of a stretched global supply chain:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/16/garden-gnomes-running-out-in-uk-as-garden-centres-business-booms

I must admit I've never seen the point of garden ornaments and put them in the same list as mimes as ripe for prompt action post revolution.

[akg1486]

If I had a garden (I don't) I don't think I'd have a garden gnome in it. But I can at least understand the appeal to some people. What I can't understand, though, is why people have lawn jockeys:



(When searching for an image to exemplify, I had to disregard most of the ones I found since they were unbelievably racist.)

I don't understand these monstrosities either. Incredibly I found the picture below on a site called "Ideal Homes UK".

[Pete L]

I was thinking stone nymphs strategically clad with ivy are possibly acceptable. But maybe it's a bit Vauxhall Gardens.

[Iceman]

As kids, our parents allocated us each a portion of the garden that was ours to look after. I had a pond in my bit with a gnome holding a lantern. If I had a gnome in my back garden (read jungle) now, he’d have to be a bit of a survival expert as he wouldn’t be seen from one year to the next .

Iceman

[lobstaboy]

Here's some tasteful ones
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chilits-Waterp ... B08YF14CY9

[akg1486]

Here's some tasteful ones
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chilits-Waterp ... B08YF14CY9

Should deter burglars: anyone who owns such tacky objects probably don't have anything worth stealing.

[Morten]

The seller deemed it necessary to censor the photos ... But clearly didn’t think the better approach would be not to sell them to begin with...

[rf3flyer]

Here's some tasteful ones
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chilits-Waterp ... B08YF14CY9

They live just along the road from us!

[Paul_Sengupta]

If I had a gnome in my back garden (read jungle) now, he’d have to be a bit of a survival expert as he wouldn’t be seen from one year to the next .

Maybe a Japanese soldier?

[A4 Pacific]

I thought someone had a Wessex or Sea King requiring a re-engine?

[PeteSpencer]

We have a very tasteful statue of Hebe, goddess of eternal youth and daughter of Zeus and Hera who for thirty years stood on the edge of our koi pond pouring endlessly from her pitcher into the water .

Since we downsized and lost the pond she does look a bit forlorn, her pitcher dried up, nestling amongst the border flowers...,,.

I’ll have to get a chubby-ar sed gnome to keep her company .

[Jim Jones]

My late mother had a tasteful stone-coloured gnome. A friend offered to brighten it up. The red, blue and yellow creation now delights her great grandchildren as it nestles in our shrubbery . “There’s Nana’s gnome!”

[Pete L]

Here's some tasteful ones
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chilits-Waterp ... B08YF14CY9

Git. Not only can I not un-see that, Amazon is now recommending similar monstrosities.

[kanga]

ISTR from a few years back when gnome makers in Germany (apparently Europe's, and maybe the world's, largest market) complained that they were being undercut on price by 'inferior' Polish-made ones

[I wonder how many Chinese-made ones are currently stuck in containers on a certain vessel detained in the Great Bitter Lake ]

[Paul_Sengupta]

Hang on, there's a Great Bitter Lake? When are we allowed to travel again? Is there a Great Lager Lake for hot summer days?