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October 11, 2008 5:15:09 PM CDT


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  • June 2008
    • French Gnab Gnome Bandit

      French Gnab Gnome Bandit

      (Newser) - Decorative gnomes might be the bane of garden purists the world over, but for one Frenchman, they're apparently worth risking a stint in the slammer. Police in Brittany have arrested a 53-year-old man accused of stealing 170 garden gnomes and other ornaments, Der Spiegel reports—to the surprise of the many who figured the Garden Gnome Liberation Front was behind it. More »

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      France   theft   weird   funny situations   gnome

    • Brooklyn Bar Proves Inescapable

      Brooklyn Bar Proves Inescapable

      (Newser) - Most 20-something New Yorkers are accustomed to getting shut out of bars, but how about getting shut in ? A young paralegal who now knows far more than he wanted to about Williamsburg's Trophy Bar shares his tale of overnight captivity with the New York Times, recalling that when he realized the sun was coming up, "I thought, ‘I guess I’m going to be late for work.' " More »

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      New York   alcohol   Brooklyn   funny situations

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