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On Jan 24, 5:37 am, "Dan D" wrote:

We've got those same damn gnomes in our front yard...although they are under 2' of snow right now...
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When our daughter pulled a tour in Afghanistan I sent her one...
complete with sergeant's strips. She said it freaked-out the locals.
(According to Muslin dogma, it is a sin to reproduce the human form
[only God is allowed to do that] ...which is why you see all the
statues defaced by having their nose broken off.) But the gnomes were
not quite human, which made the question of defacing them [or
literally, destroying them] something of a religious puzzle. Plus the
fact that everyone referred to it as "Sgt. Gnome," and assigned it the
duty of watching over their belongings whenever they were out in the
field.

Sgt. Gnome was 'transferred' to the new outfit when our daughter's
tour was up and in so far as I know, still mounts guard over the
girl's hooch at Kandahar.

-Bob



Very cool story...again! You are a man of many talents!