As many of you know Gnorm the traveling Gnome and our trusted guide suffered an almost fatal accident last week during the Michigan Fish-In. 
The point-o-plasti was done this evening and Gnorm is resting easily. Photos of the plaster surgery will be coming soon. Just a few more minor surgeries and he will be good as new. 
Fortunately, he’s young (for a gnome), and resilient. Given the remarkably quick point-o-plasti, he should have very little scaring. Keep us posted!
Folks, in lieu of flowers, please send whiskey!!
Brad
Brad,
And with THAT thought in mind, I think I left a half (small) bottle of Cognac there for to ease the pain of HIS injury.
Mark
PS: Sorry I wasn;t able to treat y’all to dinner onaccounta my emergency split. I’ll make up for it at Coopers Hawk when you pass thru my area on your trek Westward.
Ahhhh! I think we’re starting to come to the cause of the original injury!
Jeff,
EXCELLENT observation and conclusion. This may be an injury caused by the handlers while “gargling the grape” as they say in the Emerald Isle.
Mark
Nahhhh, Jack just dropped him on the trailer hitch reciever… he was stoned cold sober at the time!!
Brad
Which is probably why the tragic accident occured in the first place. 
REE
Which brings us back to Brad’s request to sent whiskey and not flowers.
Just how long did you think the Cognac was going to sit there once it was opened and you were gone (BTW, it was smooth)? That’s why the George Dickel is sitting on the bench next to Gnorm.
This thread should last longer than the “Thread Stopper.” Hopefully, Gnorm’s recovery won’t take as long.
May I suggest you contact Dr Louis Plastur of Paris, France to perform the surgury?
Here’s hoping for a dry hard recovery!
There’s a George Dickel bottle sitting on the table but it appears the contents was used a pain killer or for artistic inspiration on the repair. What is the repair substance? I would have thought with the Tennessee sipping whisky and Jack present Bondo would have been appropriate.
Yea, looks like that bottle of George Dickel is almost empty.
Larry —sagefisher—
'Tis also a mite suspicious that the following day, Brad was fishing a mystery fly with a conehead! (Nothing that Jack would ever think of doing being a down and dry kind of guy.) *
*see bottle in picture
Gnorm speaks well of his gnight gnurse who watches over his gnaps keeping the gnats away from his Hungarian nghoulash and gnoodles.
I Gnu that!
Gnorm was repaired using an epoxy 2 part putty.
And carefully reshaping the point of his Gnome hat to roughly the proper perportions.
The next morning the plaster surgeon began the delicate job of the final shaping and after a coat of paint Gnorm will Be better than gnew.
George Dickel and Sprite? Are you kidding me?
The Sprite is for the cheap Canadian whiskey! We only use branch water in the Dickel.
The great Dr. Gnorbert Phister, world famous plaster surgeon from Vienna has completed the re-construction of Gnorm’s point and here are the results…
A little make-up from Gnorm’s stylist, Gjose Hebert, And he will be good as new!!
Brad
I would like to put an end to the rumor that Jack deliberately conked Gnorm in the head to keep him out of the casting competition. Gnorm’s movements are clearly to slow and stiff to make him a threat in the competition.