The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82957 Message #1527036
Posted By: John Hardly
24-Jul-05 - 11:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Garden Gnomes Will Take Over
Subject: RE: BS: GARDEN GNOMES WILL TAKE OVER
With draft beer and a smile, Ned Pearsall raised a toast to his deceased neighbor, Henry Friddle, whose death greatly pleased him.
Henry had been killed by a garden gnome. He had fallen off the roof of his two-story house, onto that cheerful-looking figure. The gnome was made of concrete. Henry wasn't.
A broken neck, a cracked skull: Henry perished on impact.
This death-by-gnome had occurred four years previously. Ned Pearsall still toasted Henry's passing at least once a week.
-Dean Koontz