A gardener in the West Midlands, UK is inspiring licentiousness in the population of the tiny village of Hunnington by 
displaying naked garden gnomes. The town council, in a last ditch effort to prevent the village sinking into a slough of Rabelaisian orgiastic abandon, has ordered that the gnomes be robed.
Friendly, unassuming and often cheeky, garden gnomes delight visitors to gardens all over the country, and are rarely a cause for complaint.
But widow Sandra Smith has had to go clothes shopping after a neighbour complained her gnomes were showing just a bit too much bare-faced cheek.
The naked gnomes – which have been pride of place in her West Midlands garden for 15 years – now sport an extra layer after a call from a council officer.
The gymnophobic neighbour has complained:
‘They are childish and I think it pathetic that they are in a front garden in full view of everyone.’
That may be so, but the real question is, is the censorship of nude gnomes a threat to cultural diversity?
Anglican Samizdat 
They will want clothing on Michelangelo’s David next. Now there is a garden gnome if there ever was. The Florentines stuck him out in their main square buck naked. OK he was a bit better done than some garden gnomes but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Comment by Gawk — April 21, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
Gawk,
Speaking of which, when I was in Cologne a couple of years back, I took This. It was originally put there for a rainbow celebration and the city council decided to keep it.
Comment by David — April 21, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
You really MUST send a gnome our way at “The Great Un-Gnome Enterprises” This really would changes things up around here. Trevor and Fitzgerald are hoping for the best.
http://thegreatungnome.wordpress.com
Comment by lisacolondelay — April 26, 2009 @ 4:48 pm