posted on November 9, 2008 08:19:29 PM
Found these cute little guys this weekend and am not sure if they are dwarfs or gnomes. Also not sure how old they are. I am thinking they may date to the 40's or older because of their glazes but they were used in a garden and the iridescence and crackling could just be from a few few years of this hot Florida sun. What do you think???
The tall one is 9 inches and the shorter one is 7.5 inches tall.
. When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it. .
posted on November 10, 2008 07:44:20 AM
I rear-ended a car this morning. So there we are alongside the road and slowly the driver gets out of the car...
Yeah, well, I could not believe it. He was a DWARF!
He storms over to my car, looks up at me and says, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!'
So, I look down at him and say, 'Well, then which one are you?'
posted on November 10, 2008 08:07:48 AM
The German word for those little statues is Gartenzwerg translates as Garden Dwarf. I hope that was a joke Fluff ...
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posted on November 10, 2008 08:26:32 AM
According to this site (claiming to be the first creators of Garden Gnomes in the 1870S) they were first called "Gnomes" and then changed to "Zwergs".
Here's a history. I don't think you can learn much about the age of yours from the site unless by chance yours is made by Phillip Greibel Factory in Germany : http://www.zwerglignomes.com/history1b.html <-- The site calls them "Zwergli" (little dwarfs).
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posted on November 10, 2008 08:55:19 AM
Warning: Slightly risque humor.
This guy owns a horse stud farm. One day a friend phones him up and says, 'there's this gnome with a speech impediment I know who wants to buy a horse, so I've sent him round to see you.' Sure enough the gnome turns up. The owner asks him, 'do you want a male horse or a female horse?' 'A female horth', the gnome replies. So the owner shows him a mare. 'Nith horth', says the gnome, 'can I thee her eyth?' So the owner picks up the gnome to show him the horses eyes. 'Nith eyth', says the gnome, 'can I thee her teeth?' Again the owner picks up the gnome to show him the horses teeth. 'Nith teeth, can I see her eerth?' the gnome says. By now the owner is getting a little fed up but again the owner picks up the gnome to show him the horses ears. 'Nith eerth' he says 'now, can I see her twot?' With this the owner picks up the gnome and shoves his head deep inside the horse's hoo-hoo, he holds him there for a second before pulling him out and putting him down. The gnome shakes his head and says, 'maybe I should wefwaze that. Can I see her wun awound!'
posted on November 10, 2008 12:43:07 PM
Two garden gnomes walk into a bar. The first garden gnome says to the bartender "Gimme a beer!". The second garden gnome says "Whoa! A talking garden gnome!!!"
