Roaming Gnome Kidnapping Solved - He’s Returned Unharmed!
Posted by StormWarning on 26 Oct 2007 at 11:18 pm | Tagged as: Current Affairs, Humor
It started with an innocent trip to Northwestern University to recruit students…then the Travelocity Roaming Gnome was kidnapped and went missing for 10 days. Its ended with the Gnome being trashed…well, found in the trash. The “gnomenapping” was an unprecendented crime in University history.
Travelocity gnome abducted from NU’s Transportation Center (10/16/07) - Travelocity’s two-foot tall, inanimate spokesperson - the Roaming Gnome - was delivered to the Transportation Center on Thursday. It sat in the lobby Thursday and Friday while Sabre Holdings, the company that operates Travelocity, held interviews in the center…
…The Roaming Gnome was snatched from the lobby of the Transportation Center…and was last seen around 11 a.m…he was noticed missing at around 12:30 p.m…At around 3:20 p.m., University Police responded to the call placed by Marek earlier in the day. The crime was identified as a theft in the official police report. As of yet, there are no leads or suspects.
Gnome found unharmed, center ‘euphoric’ (10/23/07) - Case closed. After an agonizing week during which no leads or suspects arose surrounding the disappearance of Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome on campus, employees at Northwestern’s Transportation Center, located at 600 Foster St., can breathe a little easier: The Roaming Gnome was found late last Friday. The “spokesgnome,” a two-foot tall figurine and star of Travelocity’s ad campaigns, had been missing since Oct. 12.
I like it better when he plugs an appliance into the electric outlet. The Gnome Home.
Mor’on Gnome Napping: Gnome-napping catching on in U.S.
gnomenapping, Northwestern University, Roaming Gnome
Did al Qaeda claim responsibility? >:^)
Not only did they claim responsibility, but they indicated that a new splinter group of Chicanas wearing burqas had done it…don’t you know that “they’re everywhere!”
[...] me start by saying, Bravo on stealing the gnome. But, why, oh why, did you just dump him in the trash? What was wrong with a one-way ticket to [...]