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Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:34 am
by Gob
A man has been told to remove a gnome which is baring its bottom from a patch of grass at a road junction.
Laurence Perry, 76, of Wistaston, said Cheshire East Council told him to remove the ornament within seven days.
Mr Perry, who said the gnome's bottom "lights up" at night, added: "I've not told him... I don't want to upset him."
The council said such objects "could easily" distract motorists, as first reported by the Nantwich News.
It said it had received a complaint and while the authority did "not wish to spoil people's fun", there was "a safety issue here".
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40644575
Fucking jobsworths...
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:52 pm
by Lord Jim
The second picture pretty much sums up my attitude towards Cheshire East Council ...
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:03 pm
by Joe Guy
He should replace it with this...
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:15 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Lord Jim wrote:The second picture pretty much sums up my attitude towards Cheshire East Council ...
Like the gnome, they need to just grin and bare it.
-"BB"-
Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:42 pm
by RayThom
"... there's a bad moon on the rise..."
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:36 pm
by Long Run
Just as tasteless as this:
It is ridiculous that this is a town council matter, but if he likes it, he should have it in a more private part of his property. It's kind of like he wanted attention or something.
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:26 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Just call it a
'caganer' rather than a gnome, claim it's traditional, and that he's just decorating early for Christmas.
-"BB"-
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:41 pm
by Guinevere
It's not clear to me that this gnome is on private property. I think it looks like an island in the right-of-way, and the article makes it sound like this guy is one of the many good citizen who volunteer to maintain/plant/beautify these little strips of land.
If it's not private property, if it's counsel property, then they have every right to tell him to take it away, and he is lucky they didn't just remove it themselves.
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:18 pm
by Crackpot
But that would involve performing a physical act themselves! They might be injured!
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:19 am
by Lord Jim
Yeah, they could have a nasty fall tripping over that curb...
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:26 am
by Crackpot
Perhaps if he painted the gnome safety yellow?
Re: Bum deal for gnome
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:40 am
by BoSoxGal
I gotta say, I'd be distracted from my driving if I passed glowing gnome glutes by the roadside at night.