On a lighter note this appeared in our newspaper yesterday, and just once again proves that there are magical interesting people everywhere.

Gnome-snatchers in truce

PARIS: gardeners in France
can sleep easier -masked raiders
who have snatched more than 30
garden gnomes and “freed” them
in nearby woods have declared a
truce. Members of the self-styled
Garden Gnomes Liberation Front,
who operate in bands of seven in
respect for Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs, has suspended
attacks until the spring because
most owners have taken the statues
inside for the winter.