when he was in town for a conference. So he calls me yesterday and asks if I can go down to the hotel to pick up something he left in the room by mistake. I say "sure......what is it?"
He says, "A gnome...."

I'm just sort of bewildered.... so he goes on, "it's waiting at the front desk.....it's about 18" tall.....green and red....." and I stop him there and say, "Dad...do you really think there are so many gnomes at the front desk that I'm going to need to describe it to them?"

10/19/2008 6:57:23 PM

the question is, was there any celebs at this hotel?

10/19/2008 6:59:15 PM

travelocity?

or this one\/

[Edited on October 19, 2008 at 7:01 PM. Reason : ]

10/19/2008 6:59:17 PM

that's pretty odd

10/19/2008 7:00:54 PM

<3 gnomes

10/19/2008 7:06:25 PM

^^^^it's L.A. dnl, them fuckers are everywhere.

^^^I mean it was an internet related conference...nothing to do with travelocity which is of course what I associate gnomes with....no clue as to why this was there

^^the odder thing is that a couple days before I had gone there to get lunch with him before he left and was in the hotel room...and specifically looked to make sure for him that he hadn't left anything there....and there was no 18" plastic, plug-in, green white and red anything....

10/19/2008 7:06:59 PM

Here it be....

10/19/2008 7:11:49 PM

the more you gnome

10/19/2008 7:13:28 PM

This thread sucks.

10/19/2008 7:27:52 PM

oh yeah Ronny...? Well you suck more

10/19/2008 7:28:37 PM

ZING!

10/19/2008 7:28:59 PM

there's more where that came from

10/19/2008 7:30:13 PM

what kind of internet conference?

10/19/2008 7:32:17 PM

not sure exactly which one this was but one of my dad's companies was co-hosting part of it so I wandered into one of the sessions and it was very technical. I mean there were like 1000 or so people there and they looked interested enough....but I stuck out like a sore thumb so I got the hell outta there

10/19/2008 7:42:04 PM

lol gnomes.

10/19/2008 8:29:25 PM

apparently his name is Morty.

10/20/2008 2:15:48 PM

10/20/2008 2:18:03 PM

FUCK YOUR GNOME BITCH.

10/20/2008 2:18:05 PM

It's not My gnome....it's me pa's and he'll kick your ass OK

10/20/2008 2:18:54 PM

David, the Gnome was the worst TV show when I was little.

10/20/2008 2:23:20 PM

What makes this thread twice as funny for me is that I am aware of the fact that the whole
Travelocity gnome sensation began with the story plot in the movie Amelie in which the girl steals
her father's gnome and sends it around the world, having her stewardess friend photograph it in
front of various landmarks. The photos are sent back to the father without description, one after
the other as the friend tours the world, until the gnome is returned safely to his garden. Amelie's
goal was to get her father out of the house.

And it was her dad's gnome, get it? GET IT?

10/20/2008 2:23:45 PM

Quote :

"It's not My gnome....it's me pa's and he'll kick your ass OK"

ACTUALLY, HE WONT SON.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO vonjordan3 SON? ALL YOU'LL DO IS GET YOURSELF SHOT SON.

10/20/2008 2:24:50 PM

Quote :

"What makes this thread twice as funny for me is that I am aware of the fact that the whole Travelocity gnome sensation began with the story plot in the movie Amelie in which the girl steals her father's gnome and sends it around the world, having her stewardess friend photograph it in front of various landmarks. The photos are sent back to the father without description, one after the other as the friend tours the world, until the gnome is returned safely to his garden. Amelie's goal was to get her father out of the house. And it was her dad's gnome, get it? GET IT?"

You are so cool for being aware of that. You're probably the only person to ever see Amelie. I'm glad you enlightened all that haven't seen Amelie.




[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

10/20/2008 2:29:23 PM

I'VE SEEN THAT FUCKING MOVIE SON.

WE'RE ALL SO ENLIGHTENED NOW THOUGH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REMINDED OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW SON.

STEP OUT DA BAR SON.

10/20/2008 2:32:16 PM

I'VE SEEN THAT FUCKING MOVIE TOO, METRO SON.

10/20/2008 2:36:25 PM

METRO SON.

10/20/2008 2:37:29 PM

uhhh......we've all seen that movie

[insert frosh's soapbox post about freshman and substitute relevant parts for entertainment lingo]

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 2:38 PM. Reason : ]

10/20/2008 2:37:29 PM

NOOOOO, SRSLY?

O RLY?


NAAAWWWW SON.

10/20/2008 2:38:31 PM

^^my original point exactly

10/20/2008 2:39:26 PM

YOUR POINT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL THREAD'S POINT BECAUSE YOU POINTED OUT THE OBVIOUS SON.

STEP OUT DA BAR SON.

BYE SON.

10/20/2008 2:40:15 PM

you mean i pointed out the obvious regarding a post that was pointing out the obvious!?

[/blogosphere implosion]


[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 2:44 PM. Reason : .]

10/20/2008 2:41:27 PM

Yay, TWW is mean again!

10/20/2008 2:44:33 PM

now i feel bad

10/20/2008 2:45:50 PM

Quote :

"You're probably the only person to ever see Amelie. "

Quote :

"[insert frosh's soapbox post about freshman and substitute relevant parts for entertainment lingo]"

QTF

V you never know with tww

10/20/2008 2:47:13 PM

edit



[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 2:52 PM. Reason : I thought miska had missed my sarcasm before she edited. SHAMWOW.]

10/20/2008 2:48:48 PM

DON'T CALL ME SON, SON......IT'S DAUGHTER TO YOU

10/20/2008 3:26:34 PM

Quote :

"Yay, TWW is mean again!"

10/20/2008 4:02:23 PM