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Donna asks…

What if your husband wanted to put hundreds of gnome statues in the front yard?

Maybe not hundreds, but enough to fill the yard. It would probably set a record for garden gnomes. The lawn is gravel anyway because of desert climate. I am thinking about doing this without bothering to tell my wife or neighbors. What do you think they will do upon seeing my front yard filled with garden gnome statues? Would you be upset if your husband did this?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Heck no i’d be tickled pink and then ask him if he had lost his mind ☺
never mind what the neighbors would say just hope the local news or newspaper didnt get wind of it.lol

Linda asks…

Have you ever broken a garden gnome?

I heard that if you break one, you get cursed, and garden gnomes will haunt you forever.

GardenersCardiff answers:

No-I have not.

Daniel asks…

Where can I find a ceramic unpainted gnome?

I can’t find a store anywhere around my hometown that sales unpainted, ceramic/bisque garden gnomes. Anybody know any good online stores?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Http://www.gnomebisque.com/

FAQ on their site…
“Do you have unfinished (without color) gnomes available?”
Yes. Just specify ‘Unfinished (without color)’ by immediately e-mailing Customer Service after placing your order. Be sure to include your name and order number with the request. Prices and shipping rates are the same as finished gnomes.

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Mark asks…

Poll: Do you think I’m going to attack earth?

I’m just a little green man who comes in peace..but my species plan to attack earth so you puny earthlings have no chance against our advanced weapons…sorry

GardenersCardiff answers:

Oh my god your a garden gnome

William asks…

Would you like to test your harry potter skills?

Goblet of Fire
1.The Dursleys, at first, refused to let Mr. Weasley help Dudley when his…
A. voice began to sound like a parakeet’s
B. Eyeballs turned bright green
C. tongue became swollen and purple
D. Nose began to look like a rat’s

2. At the Quidditch World Cup, Winky claimed she was in the Top box to …
A. Protect Harry from the Malfoys
B. Check the tickets of those entering the box
C. Save a seat for her master
D. Serve food to those in the box

3.What was one reason Mr. Diggory accused Winky of Conjuring the Dark Mark?
A. The voice that muttered the incantation sounded just like Winky’s voice.
B. She was found with Harry’s wand
C. She had not denied that she conjured the mark.
D. She had a snake tattoo like the Death Eaters

4. How did Mad-Eye explain the disturbance in his yard?
A. His cat had decided to attack his garden gnomes
B. He had heard an intruder, and his dustbins started a commtion
C. His post owl was arguing with the goblins next door.
D. He had been practicing his Apparating and accidentally splinched himself.

5.Hermione wouldnt eat another bite of the start-of-term feast after she…
A. Learned it had been by house elves
B. learned a student became sick after eating it
C. hear Fred and George had added Veritaserum to it
D. heard it contained Vlast-Ended Skrewts

Harder Questions
1. Professor Moody repeatedly put the Imperious Curse on Harry until ___.
2. After the Goblet chose the fourth champion, what did almost everyone wonder?
3. When Hermione was hit by a ricocheted spell Malfoy meant for Harry, her ____.
4. While talking from a fire, Sirius was interrupted before he told Harry ___.
5. Why did Madame Maxime become angry and shriek at Hagrid?
6. Flich thought he had caught Peeves stealing a Triwizard clue after the ___/
7. What did Dobby tell Harry just before the second task?
8. After Hermione annoyed Rita Skeeter, WITCH WEEKLY claimed that Hermione ___.
9. While in a cave, what did Sirius tell Harry and his friends about Crouch?
10. While speaking privately, Harry and Krum saw Mr. Crouch, who told them ___/
11. For the third task, Harry learned the Four-Point Spell, a spell that ___.
12. A golden thread of light connected Harry’s and Voldemort’s wands until ___.
13. How bad Barty Crouch’s son escaped from Azkaban?
14. How had Rita Skeeter been able to listen in on private conversations?
I am a book worm. Goblet of Fire is my favorite book!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Lemme try 😀

1) C
2) C
3) B
4) A
5) A

Harder questions:
1) he could resist the curse
2) How harry potter got in even though he was underage
3) teeth became bigger
4) how to defeat the dragon
5) he thought she was a half-giant just like him
6) egg dropped to the floor
7) He told Harry to use Gillyweed for the second task and that Ron had been trapped underwater and he had to rescue him
8) was a flirt as she was rumored to be Harry’s girlfriend and yet went to the Yule Ball with Krum. She claimed that Hermione was someone who went after famous people.
9) I don’t know this XD
10) This one too XD
11) Would show him the direction of the trophy in the maze
12) Harry broke the connection and ran for the trophy
13) He exchanged places with his sickly mother
14) She was an unregistered Animagus ( a beetle) and she used this to her advantage to spy on people.

Okay that’s all hope this is good enough. 🙂
3)

Carol asks…

So……I wonder what to do next?

I found grandma out in yard passed out surrounded by garden gnomes. Is the end of the world coming sooner than we thought?

GardenersCardiff answers:

They are already attacking? I didn’t predict that for a while yet

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Richard asks…

is it true that all garden gnomes have different meanings?

is it true that all garden gnomes have differant meanings? if so where can i find the meanings?

GardenersCardiff answers:

I have never heard this but you can try google.

Michael asks…

Where can I find an out of stock garden gnome?

Hi, I am looking for a particular garden gnome named Jim-hands in pockets-garden gnome. I ve searched the web and he seems to be unavaillable or out of stock everywhere. Does anyone know where I can get him?
thanks

GardenersCardiff answers:

Have you tried Ebay?
Outdoordecor.com

Sharon asks…

What’s the Best Hardening Clay for Garden Gnomes?

I’ve been into molding with clay for a while now and have been fairly successful using never-hardening clay, just to train myself to sculpt. However, I’ve begun following my fascination with garden gnomes. I’m aware that most gnomes are made of carved concrete and mostly hard plastic, but I’d rather work with clay. What type of clay would be the best to use? Some sort of clay that I can bake in my home oven.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Try Aves Apoxie Clay. It dries very hard with no shrinkage, its also waterproof and freeze-thaw stable. (Its an air dry clay so you don’t need an oven or kiln) http://www.avesstudio.com/Products/Apoxie_Clay/apoxie_clay.html
Another clay you might enjoy trying is polymer clay (this is what I use the most) Its an oil based clay that you cure in your home oven. Its not not the type of clay that you would use for an outdoor piece though.

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Richard asks…

Do you think the world is going to end in 2012?

i do!! im really freaked out. and it sucks bc i’ll only be 18 🙁

GardenersCardiff answers:

Neither the ancient or modern Mayans predicted this. They left that up to liars and fools in the USA, Belgium and a few other countries.

Very few people believe this, including those who are saying it will end. It is about profits, not prophets, marketing, not Mayans.

Stories of disaster or anything big in 2012 are nonsense promoted by gutter websites and gutter TV transmitters for one purpose, to make money from the sale of books, advertising, movie tickets, guns, disaster shelters and survival supplies, or to get people into dangerous religious cults. Disaster in 2012 is 2% superstition and the the rest is direct lies.

The Mayan calendar does not end, nor did it predict anything from 2012, and not warning signs either. The lies that there are predictions are the bases for the lies that anything will happen at all. Since the basis of the predictions are a few lies, then all the predictions fail, no matter what other “evidence” is trotted out to support them.

In all cases in the 2012 material the other “evidence” is also lies. Here’s a short list of the lies, the list does not cover everything because there are too many different lies and some of them contradict each other.

Planet X exists, Nibiru exists

Solar flares reaching the Earth

Pole shifts, geographic or magnetic

Scientists predict it

Planetary line-ups, galactic line-ups

Photon belt

Earth’s core heating up

Nostradamus, anyone or anything else predicted it.

Garden gnome apocalypse

Get my drift? It is all nonsense.

See www.2012hoax.org/start for an exposure of the main liars and fools and why they are wrong or lying.

Joseph asks…

Is the end of the world coming in 2012?

Is the in of the world coming in 2012??? What do you think??? When will it happen??? Why do you think it will happen??? How will it happen???

GardenersCardiff answers:

Neither the ancient or modern Mayans predicted this. They left that up to liars and fools in the USA, Belgium and a few other countries.

Very few people believe this, including those who are saying it will end. It is about profits, not prophets, marketing, not Mayans.

Stories of disaster or anything big in 2012 are nonsense promoted by gutter websites and gutter TV transmitters for one purpose, to make money from the sale of books, advertising, movie tickets, guns, disaster shelters and survival supplies, or to get people into dangerous religious cults. Disaster in 2012 is 2% superstition and the the rest is direct lies.

The Mayan calendar does not end, nor did it predict anything from 2012, and not warning signs either. The lies that there are predictions are the bases for the lies that anything will happen at all. Since the basis of the predictions are a few lies, then all the predictions fail, no matter what other “evidence” is trotted out to support them.

In all cases in the 2012 material the other “evidence” is also lies. Here’s a short list of the lies, the list does not cover everything because there are too many different lies and some of them contradict each other.

Planet X exists, Nibiru exists

Solar flares reaching the Earth

Pole shifts, geographic or magnetic

Scientists predict it

Planetary line-ups, galactic line-ups

Photon belt

Earth’s core heating up

Nostradamus, anyone or anything else predicted it.

Garden gnome apocalypse

Get my drift? It is all nonsense.

See www.2012hoax.org/start for an exposure of the main liars and fools and why they are wrong or lying.

Ken asks…

Hey tell me what you think of this passage I’ve found?

“Sally!…… Sally! come to thy window dear.”
Ben hefted several pebbles and whipped them at the upper window of the pink house.
plink
plink “Sally.”
plink
“hup.”
crash! “ow! damn it!”
“Sally?” Ben said hopefully.
Sally appeared at the window.
“What? Where? Who? Ben! What are you doing?!?
“Hark what lite through yonder window breaks?”
“Look first of all I hate you I have always hated you, second you have a restraining order, and third its one in the morning.”
“All the better to witness your raw beauty under the light of the morning star.”
Sally vanished from the window.
“I’m calling the cops.”
“But wait hearken your ear. For in comemeration of st. valentines day i have composed a balled to win your heart!”
“Thats great, now bug off.”
“But listen. Ahem. your lips, your soul, your heart of gold!”
“I’m turning on the sprinklers.”
“Your voice, your eyes, your lack of lies!”
The sprinklers came on. Ben was now soaked but still going strong.
“Your smile, your hair, your petite dariair!”
“Oh that is so it. Dad!! Where’s the gun?”
“Your song, your art, your eyes like darts!”
Sirens wailed in the distance.
“Your voice like a dove, I give you my love!”
Sally burst through the door carrying a shotgun and wearing an ammo belt.
Ben grinned. “Ah look to it, thy radiant beauty.”
chick-chick ka-blam!
A tree beside him exploded into splinters.
“Ahhhhhh!!!!!” Ben shrieked and retreated spewing further lines of scripture.
“for we shall not fall into strife and then I shall make you my wife!”
“DIE!!!” Sally screamed, coating the street with buck shot.
Harold dived into an ally way.
“I shall never cause you you pain and my love for you will never wane.”
“Why.” ka-blam! “Won’t.” ka-blam! “You.” ka-blam! “DIE!!!!!!!” ka-blam!
Ben decided to quit while he still had a head attached to his shoulders.
“So goodbye farewell oh lovely girl whose hair is a lovely golden swirl.”
a garbage can less then a foot from his head was blasted nearly in half by a slug so he crawled to the other end of the ally.
The squeal of breaks and wail of sirens announced the arrival of the cops. Ben peeked out of the ally just in time to see the cops take up firing positions and sally take up cover behind the line of garden gnomes. Ben sunk down into the ally. He listened to the roar of gun fire and the calls of “come on you pigs, I just want to blow his head off!” for a few moments and then with a resigned shrug slunk away from the scene.
“Oh well at least she’ll get out sometime around Easter.
SALLY IS MY EX WIFE…LOL

GardenersCardiff answers:

I think it’s funny. Did this really happen?

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Nancy asks…

what spray do i use to seal an outdoor garden gnome?

I have a garden gnome which I have repainted using ceramic acrylic paint. I had a tin of matt acrylic ceramic spray but it is finished. when i have went to local shops they have sold me plastikote fast dry enamel spray but i am unsure if it is the correct spray. i do not want to use it if it is not waterproof or if it will turn my gnome yellow. please help.

GardenersCardiff answers:

You need a clear top coat spray

Maria asks…

how much is an antique garden gnome worth?

Hi.I have an antique garden gnome made of iron (cast iron?)about 14 inches tall and weighs 19 pounds. It has the red hat and black boots and is playing an accordian. I think that it is almost a hundred years old. There are none on line like it or near it…help!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Take a look here at lot #’s 1538 & 1539 http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/15919

Susan asks…

Poll: Has anyone else had a sexual fantasy about a garden gnome?

Another poll:
Does anyone else wake up to find garden gnomes staring at them in the middle of the night?

GardenersCardiff answers:

I am in therapy on this now. Garden gnomes are just so…. Hard!

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Linda asks…

Christmas gift for Boyfriend?

we love each other very much i’m 17 and he’s 18 and were both seniors in high school. he is a football star at his school and last year i got him a pillow and pajamas of his favorite pro football team last year. weve been together for 1 year and 4 months and so far this year i have a hoodie to his college were both going to. but i dont know what else to give him, but i want it to be special. something othert than a watch or clothes or colonge.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Try to think about other things he likes… What kind of shows does he like to watch on TV? Does he have any favorite bands? A favorite food? For example my boyfriend loves the show Sons Of Anarchy and online I found a company that makes a custom hoodie like the ones they wear on the show. You could always get tickets to a concert of his favorite band, and for the food thing you could get a nice gift card for a restaurant that makes a great version of that food (even if it’s pizza, there are often gourmet restaurants, usually little tiny restaurants, that are fancy but not overpriced, that make interesting kinds of pizza!) if all else fails, here’s an idea: my boyfriend loves the Patriots, but I didn’t want to get him another hoodie or anything, but at Target I found garden gnomes with a Patriots theme 🙂 it’s a silly gift but also something that’s cute and kind of ‘represents’ his team in an obscure and different way!

Sandra asks…

how do u make homade bombs?

i have an experiment for science

GardenersCardiff answers:

Supplies needed (most can be obtained at Home Depot):

1 50-foot reinforced garden hose
1 Propane canister
2 Rolls duct tape
1 quarter inch male-to-female coupler
1 garden gnome
1 pack of really long matches
1 BBQ spatula

1 pound weapons grade uranium (probably not from Home Depot)

Assembly:
Use BBQ spatula to transfer the uranium from its container into the empty propane canister. (It’s probably a good idea to use some of your mom’s dishwashing gloves as protection.)

Once full, use one of the couplings and some duct tape to connect the hose to the canister. Make sure to get a good seal with the duct tape. This is important.

Unroll 20 foot of hose and wrap the remaining hose around the garden gnome. Use duct tape as necessary. The end of the hose should be taped to the gnome’s hand. Also, tape a match to the same hand so that the end of the match rests in the opening of the hose.

Ignition:
Place canister at or near target. Go around the corner with the gnome, suck on the end of the hose in the gnome’s hand as if you were siphoning gas. This gets the uranium gasses flowing. No, light the top of the match (this is important, because it will allow you time to escape), set the garden gnome down gently and run. Run fast. The match will burn down and, at the end, ignite the gasseous uranium that has been collecting in the hose and will backdraft to the canister. At this point, you may hear a loud “boom”. If so, you are successful.

Should there be no “boom”, cautiously retrace your steps and try again. Perhaps you should purchase a less friendly looking gnome next time. Or suck harder.

Good luck to you and your “group”.

Donald asks…

Is there proof that gnomes exist?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Short Answer: No. Gnomes are mystical creatures created in fictional writing.

Long Answer: A gnome is a legendary creature, (also known as a “Cassie” in a fictitious book written by E.G. Khrenson in 1925), that is characterized by its very small stature and subterranean lifestyle. According to the alchemist Paracelsus, gnomes are the most important of the elemental spirits of the classical element of earth; they move as easily through the earth as humans walk upon it,have conical hats, and the sun’s rays turn them into stone. In other traditions, they are simply small,misshapen, mischievous sprites or goblins (with pointy caps). Some sources claim they spend the daytime as toads instead of in stone and they are also said to have magical powers that make people feel sad or happy.

The word gnome is said to derive from the New Latin gnomus and ultimately from the Greek gnosis, meaning knowledge. According to myth, gnomes hoarded secret knowledge just as they hoarded treasure.

Often featured in Germanic fairy tales, including those by the Brothers Grimm, the gnome often resembles a gnarled old man living deep underground who guards buried treasure. Because of this, Swiss bankers are sometimes disparagingly referred to as the Gnomes of Zürich. Gnomes feature in the legends of many of central, northern and eastern European lands by other names: a kaukis is a Prussian gnome, and barbegazi are gnome-like creatures with big feet in the traditions of France and Switzerland. In Iceland, gnomes (vættir) are so respected that roads are re-routed around areas said to be inhabited by them.

Further east, tengu are sometimes referred to as winged gnomes. Some confusion arises as the gnome is one of many similar but subtly different creatures in European folklore; mythical creatures such as goblins and dwarves are often respresented as gnomes, and vice versa.

A gnome in a conical cap.Individual gnomes are not very often detailed or featured as characters in stories, but in Germanic folklore, Rübezahl, the lord over the underworld, was sometimes referred to as a mountain gnome. According to some traditions, the gnome king is called Gob.

Rudolf Steiner, and other theosophists before him, lectured at length on gnomes, and especially their supportive role in the development of plant life (and biodynamic agriculture).

Modern sourcesoften depict gnomes as diminutive, stout humanoids who wear tall, pointed conical caps and dress in solid colors such as blue, red or green; in this depiction, the male gnome always has a long white beard.

Garden gnomes

Gnomes of The BeatlesThe first garden gnomes were introduced to the United Kingdom in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham, when he brought 21 terracotta figures back from a trip to Germany and placed them as ornaments in the gardens of his home, Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. Only one of the original batch of gnomes survives: Lampy as he is known, is on display at Lamport Hall, and is insured for one million pounds.

Garden gnomes have become a popular accessory in many gardens, although they are not loved by all. They are often the target of pranks: people have been known to return garden gnomes “to the wild”, most notably France’s “Front de Liberation des Nains de Jardins” and Italy’s “MALAG” (Garden Gnome Liberation Front). Some kidnapped garden gnomes have been sent on trips around the world (the travelling gnome prank; this later became the basis for Travelocity’s “Roaming Gnome”).

They have become controversial in serious gardening circles in the UK, and are banned from the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show as the organisers claim that they detract from the garden designs. Gnome enthusiasts accuse the organisers of snobbery because they are popular in working class and suburban gardens.

A sub-culture exists among those who collect garden gnomes, which is frequently lampooned in popular culture.

A replica of Lampy the Lamport gnome.Garden gnomes were made in various poses and pursuing various pastimes, such as fishing or gardening. More recently, garden gnomes have been depicted indulging in indecent exposure or having sex.

Gnomes in popular culture
The Nome King (spelled without the silent “G”) and his nome subjects nearly transformed Dorothy Gale and her friends into bric-a-brac in Ozma of Oz, the third book in L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series. The character appeared several times in later books in the series, usually as an ambitious enemy.

J. R. R. Tolkien used the word gnome in his early work The Book of Lost Tales for a fictional people later called Ñoldor. He dropped the term in his published works, since he found the gnomes of folklore to be so unlike his High Elves as to confuse his readers. “Gnomes” also refer to the Valar.

Gnomes are one of several races on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, where they are also called goblins. The Nac Mac Feegle are sometimes considered an ethnic subgroup of gnomes.

Nomes (again without a “G”) are a race of tiny aliens who have been living on Earth for centuries in Pratchett’s trilogy of children’s books The Bromeliad.

Revenge of the Gnomes was a popular 1989 Korean film, banned in several countries for racist dialogue. [citation needed]
Gnomes and Secrets of the Gnomes by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet are illustrated fictional guidebooks to the mythical creatures, and resulted in the spin-off animated series David the Gnome. These are originally written in Dutch, where gnomes are called Kabouters. These books depict gnomes as a wise, noble, and civilzed race whose natural enemies are the trolls, due to their contrasting natures.

In some games, including the MMORPG RuneScape, Dungeons & Dragons (see Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons)), EverQuest, Horizons: Empire of Istaria, and World of Warcraft (see Gnome (Warcraft)), gnomes are a short race of humanoids closely related to dwarves, and are exceptionally adept at tinkering and mechanics. This often results in they and their allies having technologies not normally found in fantasy settings, such as firearms or robot-like automatons.

Gnome sweet gnome was a phrase made famous by zoe zukas who was a talking egg in an internet cartoon her only friend was a small asian man.zoes officia; site
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter book series makes a brief mention of garden gnomes. Unlike the common portrayal of congenial, human-like dwarves with beards, the gnomes in Harry Potter are crude creatures “like a potato with legs”. To the wizarding community, gnomes are nothing more than an average garden nuisance like a mole.

In Terry Brooks’ Sword of Shannara series, gnomes are a race of short, ugly humanoids that share many common characteristics with the goblins of Tolkien’s Middle-earth and other works of modern fantasy fiction.

The French film Amélie includes a portrayal of the popular custom of stealing a garden gnome and returning it with pictures of the gnome in various faraway places. Various other popular works, such as the music video for the Matthew Good Band’s song Anti-pop, similarly depict the practice.

In King of the Hill’s 9th season episode ‘Yard, She Blows!’, Peggy Hill becomes infatuated with a garden gnome named Winklebottom and places it on the front lawn, to the embarrassment of her husband, Hank. Their son Bobby accidentally breaks its ear off, so Hank takes the opportunity to destroy and bury it, telling Peggy it was stolen. Peggy is distraught and Hank, not wanting to continue to lie to Peggy, goes to a German tourist town to buy a new garden gnome, named Figgleforth. Peggy loves her new gnome but suggests it be kept indoors to prevent theft. Hank is delighted until the gnome is placed in his bedroom. He is so creeped out by the gnome that he cannot undress in front of it.

In the Pixie Tricks series by Tracey West, Robert B. Gnome is of the Otherworld, given permission by the Fairy Queen to live as a colonist of sorts in the human world. He poses (literally) as a garden statue for much of the time, but can be interacted with as if with a living being.

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Chris asks…

How much should I charge to mow a person’s front and back lawn.?

>>I was thinking of working on people’s lawns this summer. So, I was wondering what would be an acceptable range of prices for cutting it. In addition, I would do other chores, such as babysitting and cleaning people’s houses/ painting their houses. How much should I charge for that?

Thank you for your help,
Rob.

GardenersCardiff answers:

For the lawn it needs to consider if you have a push or riding mower, how big the yard is, does the yard have obstacles trees, garden gnomes, etc. I base mine on this equation (price of gas + age of owner (less by 5% if senior citizen)+ acres of yard) An example would be like for a gallon of gas costing $3.11 and It takes 2 gallons to mow the lawn it costs $7.22 plus if lawn is small like one acre $10 dollars an acre and if the person is capable of mowing themself I add 5%. So for an average lawn I make $17 to $20.

Donna asks…

Re:1 ft high gnome statues. What is the best kind of paint for them?

You know what I mean: frogs, owl, seven dwarf-types, etcgarden decorations. Mine are five to forty years old.The weather has taken it’s toll and they need repainting. Best paint?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Ceramic Paint that will hold up under all types of weather

Susan asks…

I want attract fairies to my backyard, so I’m going to build a little hut for them! Materials?

Ideas, anyone? Materials I should use, where to put it, shape, size! Any suggestion is welcome. Just no comments saying “Sorry, fairies arent real” Cuz why bother answering if you don’t care! Oh, and tips about attracting fairies is welcome too.

GardenersCardiff answers:

If you want to attract faries, piskies (not a spelling error but their real name), gnomes, brownies etc etc basically The Fae to your backyard that is not the way to go sorry. They wont live in a man made fairy circle or anything like that it has to be all natural. They could even take this as an insult, they don’t like humans very much as they iew us as having broken our promise to do our part in taking care of the earth. You can make your garden fairy friendly by having large bushes for them hide in, don’t use any chemicals, grow vegetables or edible plants for them and keep it natural and calm with rocks and aybe a small water feature, oh and you cant have cats or dogs.
To attract The Fae to your garden
Find a safe, calm place in your garden that they would feel safe and you need to put out offerings out to them every night to start with and then at least once or twice a week once they are residing in your garden.
They don’t like meat as that will only offend them. Faries and piskies particularly like milk and honey, any fresh produce will also do. Brownies (the ones that will help you around the house but turn into a Bogart if you offend them) they love cream.
Put the offering out at dusk and bring it back in when you remember to the next day. Don’t let the offering go rank that’s all.
Good Luck with it, we are currently doing them same thing at our place (seriously)
If you want to see if they are there then get yourself a rock or piece of wood with a NATURAL hole in it and hold it up to your eye if they are there you will be able to see them dancing around the outside of the ring.

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Sandy asks…

what is a troll on this site?

i keep hearing the word
troll on yahoo answers
wtf is it?

GardenersCardiff answers:

‘Troll’ is an internet slang which basically means a trouble maker.

Trolls are someone(s) who intentionally posts controversial or contrary messages in an on-line community such as a discussion forum or group with the intention of baiting users into an argumentative response. Note that trolling is a trend in posting, not one individual post. DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS. That will only get you into more troll-trouble. They’ll explode and morph into a hideous garden gnome that will stand in front of your lawn. (the previous sentence was an example of trolling …)

The main things trolls do are …
… Get rid of a certain user(s). They will target them with their army and report their questions ans answers. They may also give thumbs down for no reason.
… Be funny. They ask non-sense questions, (sometimes repetitively ask them), that can be funny but annoy others. They violate the Q&A format.
… Cheat. They use multiple accounts to vote for themselves, choose as best answer etc. These type of trolls may answer and ask correctly though, but under those goody-two shows are some very dirty socks.
… Give useless answers non-related to the question. For example, they will post anything silly for every single question they answer.
… Harass others.

To prevent trolling, I suggest you hide your Q&A ( http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity/edit/settings ).

Robert asks…

Crazy College Scavenger Hunt Ideas?

My friends and I are college aged and want to do a crazy, silly scavenger hunt that will make our summer the best ever. Any and as many ideas as possible would be appreciated!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Common Scavenger Hunt Objects

You can find the following common objects in dorms or the local community:
Pink plastic shower cap
Giant underwear
Garden weasel
Plastic Easter egg
Menu from a local restaurant
Hubcap
Blood donor card
Business card from a funeral home or unusual business
Pink flamingo
Coonskin cap
Program from a professional sports event
Happy Meal toy
Lime green shoelace
Receipt from a local Wal-Mart or Target
Size 14 man’s shoe
Bent 2006 penny
Picture of Billy Mays
A cubic zirconium
Garden gnome
Sponge Bob Pez
Christmas card and envelope with postmark sent to a team member
Dr. Scholl’s gel insole
Shopping bag from a sexy lingerie store
Stapler suspended in lemon jello
Out of state driver’s license
Program from a Sunday church service
Newspaper written in Chinese
Donkey pinata
Burger King crown
Hair of the dog
Red pantyhose
Inflatable Santa

Campus Treasures
Find a picture of the college mascot on campus.
Teams will find these objects on their college campus:
Picture of the school mascot
Copy of the freshman orientation catalog
Scantron testing form
College essay with an F grade
Unsharpened pencil with the school logo
Jersey worn in the school’s last game
University police parking citation
Business card from the president’s office
Recruitment letter from the athletic department
Blue book from an exam
Cheerleader’s autographed picture
Minutes from a science club’s meeting
School yearbook that is at least 10 years old
Rice Krispie treat shaped like the school mascot
Ticket from a swim team meet
Brochure from the alumni center
Chinese exchange student’s signature

Some scavenger hunts require that the teams take a picture at a location or while performing a task. Here are some photo ideas:
Picture of a team member in a laundromat dryer
Old person yelling at a team member
Picture of the team with a llama
The team with a giant statue from a local restaurant
A team member in a dentist’s office
A team member at the police station with an officer
Kissing a statue of the college founder

Videotaping
The following scavenger hunt ideas for performing a task need to be videotaped or presented in person:
Professor singing the college fight song
Team members singing in a karaoke club
Child reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
Team member washing dishes in the cafeteria
Team members playing musical chairs outdoors
Spraying a team member with cans of whipped cream
A mini-gymnastics routine

Paul asks…

Where did lawn gnomes originate?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Garden statuary has been common in Europe at least since the Renaissance. Among the figures depicted were Gobbi (dwarf of hunchback in Italian). In particular, Jacques Callot produced 21 designs for Gobbi, engraved and printed in 1616. By the late 18th Century, porcelain “House Dwarfs” had begun to be produced and remained popular ornaments throughout the 19th Century. As well as this, wooden statues of gnomes had been made in Switzerland, around the town of Brienz. Notwithstanding this, the claim to the title of manufacturer of the first garden gnome is hotly contested, but it’s possible that Baehr and Maresch of Dresden produced the first ceramic gnomes, having them in their stock as early as 1841. Subsequently, many statues were made in Gräfenroda, a town known for its ceramics in Thuringia, Germany, from around 1860 onwards. Philip Griebel made terracotta animals as decorations, and produced gnomes based on local myths as a way for people to enjoy the stories of the gnomes’ willingness to help in the garden at night. The garden gnome quickly spread across Germany and into France and England, and wherever gardening was a serious hobby.

The manufacturing of gnomes spread across Germany with numerous other large and small manufacturers coming in and out of the business, each one having its own particular style of design. World War II was hard on the industry and most producers gave up then. Griebel’s descendants still make them and are the last of the German producers, all others having moved production to Poland or China. Currently, there are an estimated 25 million garden gnomes in Germany.

Garden gnomes were first introduced to the United Kingdom in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham, 10th Baronet, when he brought 21 terracotta figures back from a trip to Germany and placed them as ornaments in the gardens of his home, Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. Only one of the original batch of gnomes survives: Lampy, as he is known, is on display at Lamport Hall, and is insured for one million pounds. A more recent notable manufacturer of Garden Gnomes was Tom Major-Ball, father of former United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major.

Garden gnomes have become a popular accessory in many gardens. They are often the target of pranks, known collectively as gnoming: people have been known to return garden gnomes “to the wild”, most notably France’s “Front de Liberation des Nains de Jardins” and Italy’s “MALAG” (Garden Gnome Liberation Front). Some kidnapped garden gnomes have been sent on trips around the world (the travelling gnome prank; this later became the basis for Travelocity’s “Roaming Gnome”). In 2008, a 53-year-old French man in Brittany was arrested on suspicion of stealing upwards of 170 garden gnomes.

It has been suggested by some scholars that the garden gnome is a descendant of the Greco-Roman fertility god Priapus, whose statue was often found in ancient gardens.

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnomes#History

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Ken asks…

where did the idea of the travelling garden gnome originate?

where did the idea of the travelling garden gnome originate? was it in the movie amelie, or did it start before then?

GardenersCardiff answers:

The tradition was first recorded in Australia in the 1980s. Although not definitive, the following blurb appeared in the Regular Shorts feature of the Sydney Morning Herald of September 24, 1986: ‘AN EASTERN suburbs gnome-owner was distressed when she discovered her gnome had been stolen at the weekend. A note was found in its place: “Dear mum, couldn’t stand the solitude any longer. Gone off to see the world. Don’t be worried, I’ll be back soon. Love Bilbo xxx.”‘

Thomas asks…

What is with all the garden gnome questions!!!!!?

ok so i was just kinda crusin P&S and i noticed a sh*t load of questions about garden gnomes or how ever the hellz bellz ya spell it. anyways i was just wunderin is this the new fad? do i have to change my name to gnome hater now???

GardenersCardiff answers:

To follow the path of Garden Gnome is to follow the path of enlightenment and peak potential.

Michael asks…

where can i buy tottenham garden gnome online?

Hi, want to buy a official tottenham garden gnome for my husbands birthday and cant find one online anywhere, does anyone know which site i can get one from? alot of the sites that stock them seem to be out of stock.
thanks
They dont have them on ebay or amazon, and whats the link for pyramid? they stock computer stuff not garden gnomes??

GardenersCardiff answers:

Look through the ones they have at:
http://www.pyramid.com

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Steven asks…

We’re making a list of things to do this Summer that are cheap but fun 🙂 help?

Well, we’re just looking for fun really.
We want cheap amusing things to do. Seriously, we’ve come up with some strange things! but we need more ideas.

It’s got to be achievable by the end of Summer.

Ideas?
Ty in advance!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Go to the mall and go down on the up elavotors and up on the down ones hahhaaaaa its fun

go to the harry potter movie and sit in the back like draco is soo hot(i am a fan and that annoys us)

spend the night on a trampoline. With lots of blankets and pillows itss fun

go steal garden props(gnomes or somthing) like no joke its illegal but if your smart itsss soooo funnny.

Bake a cookie cake.

Have a water gun fight

eat enough ice cream you think your gunna expplode

have a hotdog eating contest

go mud sleding after a rainy day

do your hair crazy and dress wierd and go to walmart or something and pretend to be crazyy tourist.

Thats all i got for now hahah
i am crazyyy

ohh wait one more walk through the carwash…only dont do the soap or the big dryer things cuase uhh that might not work well

Sandy asks…

Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Achievement?

Does anyone know how to get the little rocket man achievement?I found a garden gnome under a bed and discovered that i have to send it into space.I tried blastign him into the air with my gravity gun and that didnt do it.Im wondering if i have to pack him around until i come to a certain area.Is this what I have to do?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Yes you have to keep him with you until VERY late into the game. It’s like within the last 1hr or two of the game.

*mild spoiler*You’ll get to a rocket and there is a place you can put him in. When it launches you’ll get the achievement.*/spoiler*

John asks…

last night around 9pm a group[6]of “hoa” members led by an appearantly inebriated?

individual who s wife is president andhe’s the security guard[no uniform nevever identifying himself as such] came up to me as a group in which accusations[ridicules??] that i /and others were actually inhabiting my garage-i’m like “oh yeah you mean the garden gnomes of course?-at which they seemed baffled so instead i said that no joke nobody lives in here”look”see? asthe door was open because i was sweaping the floor at the time they approached-they still accused me and several insults were thrown my way-as i defended my self [verbally ]a gun [one that i know of] appeared aimed directly at my chest[heart] and the old man said “i’ll tear a hole in your heart with this” stupidly as i’m sure you’ll agree i said “go ahead ,shoot” as he hesitated -my two roomates [who had heard the screaming and unbeknownst to me were there witnessing the whole thing] started screaming hysterically and actually came more or less between us -then called police-the man was arrested[aadw] what now?
I live in this hoa and have recvd nothing but harrassment fines/liens for minor ridiculas things the whole time-these are older people and they seem to be trying to keep people like them in -others out im a songle man my roomates are gay[lesbian] ? if this is it but i often wondered why am i a target? I’m losing my home actually going chpt 13 tomorrow to try to save it -i am a friendly helpful person-no partys[loud] or annoying behaviour-i have a n old volvo that i occationally perform maintenance on in my garage but thats it -i really want to do this proprly -all three of us filled reports -the guys been arrested- we are concerned about vandalism now-i need roomates to pay my bills -if they leave ill for sure lose the home -im bearly hanging on ?

GardenersCardiff answers:

Whoa, wtf?

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