Well, dear Challenge!rs, I'm back with another tale of those adorable garden guys and gals, adored and abhored by many. So, get those pencils good and sharp and set the following to Mudcat Music. (Funny, I've had ne'ry a nightmare of knobbly gnome knockers...):

Naughty Gnomes Barred in Barnesley! -- BARNSLEY, England (Reuters) -- A British man has covered up his lewd garden gnomes with painted-on swimwear after police warned him he faced arrest for causing public offense.

While most garden gnomes fish or enact scenes of bucolic tranquility, ex-army Sgt. Tony Watson's models in the northern English town of Barnsley bared their breasts and buttocks, prompting complaints from the public.

"It is an offense to display something that is insulting or likely to cause distress," a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday. "Although some people view the gnomes as a bit of harmless fun, we have to take complaints from members of the public seriously."

One of the gnomes now sports a polka-dot bikini, said local resident John Threlkeld, who passes the gnomes every day on his way to work.

"Tony used filler and paint to cover them up," he said.

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All the best, Áine