Is it true that all garden gnomes are ironic gnomes, or does it depend on class?
Is it true that anytime a Brit puts a garden gnome in his well cared-for garden, he is making an ironic statement? What about the more common folk? Could it be that they really think that these gnomes are in good taste? For that matter, what of the upper-uppers? If the Duke of Devonshire puts up a garden gnome, can one presume that he has no care in the world as to whether it’s in fashion, or would he only put it up to be ironic?
I think it is not correct, most of garden gnomes are ironic gnomes but all gnomes are not ironic. It depends on classes .
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September 29th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Some are made of plastic – OK I am only joking!
The answer goes back to Celtic folklore. Gnomes were identified as being symbols of success and fertility.
Gardeners used them for luck and even in politics, world bankers, now known as the G20, used to convene in Switzerland and in 1960s and early 70s, were known as ‘The Gnomes of Zurich’ .
I doubt whether such a title would be bestowed upon them now!
But, it is still commonplace for Gnomes to be pinched from gardens, by impish thieves ,who then send postcard and pictures from abroad, telling their owners that they are on holiday, or have been kidnapped and pleading for a ransom to be paid to a charity!
As a child, I remember a comedy series on BBC called ‘The Gnomes of Dulwich’.
It was crap and was never repeated. Whether the BBC re-used the film tapes, which they did in those days, or not, I shall never GNOW!
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My friend married a Gnome. She subsequently divorced him and claimed the back garden shed as part of the settlement – leaving him ‘Gnomeless’!
September 29th, 2009 at 10:18 am
I think it is not correct, most of garden gnomes are ironic gnomes but all gnomes are not ironic. It depends on classes .
http://www.aerogardenkit.com
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