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And here’s another look at this week’s cartoon:
Doc, I’ve got this buzzing in my ear and an uncontrollable urge to mow lawns.
I don’t mind this part, but I hate trimming the bush.
In this down economy, even gnomes are struggling to find work.
Sir,
Your spring cleanup is almost complete. In the future, I would suggest trimming on a weekly basis.
After 3 months John finally took the cell phone from his ear, then the ear hair elf had to bring in the big guns.
So much for booking on Travelocity!
Just wait ’til that damn Frodo gets back!
Just sprucing up the Irish potato farm.
Ear Doctor: It appears you have gnomitus. It’s kind of like tinitus, except instead of hearing a ringing sound made by a tiny person, you hear a buzzing sound made by a garden gnome.
Now, where do I put the oven?
The true meaning of “in one ear and out the other!”
When I said “Try Bermuda,” I meant the island.
It was noisier than laser hair removal, but in the down economy, Leonard had to make do.
“Can you hear me NOW?”
Billy Mays harnesses Travelocity na-gnome technology
Travelocity Gnomes spruce up Ear-ie Canal region for summer travel
Ogre/Gnome symbiotic relationship
Gnorman was grateful he didn’t pull nose duty this week!
This isn’t cool, you mess up on one toy at Chrismas time and look what they make you do! I should have followed suit and became a dentist!
“Hey. I am just glad he didn’t request a BRAZILIAN !”
NEW on FOX TV, “The Leprechaun and the Italian
“And now announcing our new line of decorative combination hearing aids and ear hair trimmers.”
Donald had an agreement with the landlord… this knocked 100 bucks off his rent.
And they said community service would be easy!!!
Jerry didn’t feel bad doing his work during his host’s workday. After all, it’s not like anyone at the stock market was actually working.
I warned his wife. This is what happens when you try to plant seeds in someone’s head.
i thank you again mverno@roadrunner.com
What gnomes do in the summer “off season”…
oops obviously too early for me..last caption should have read… ” What elves do in the summer “off season”…
btw ..graciie is adorable. and so big now
Not wanting to follow in his fathers footsteps Lil Keebler decided to take a job in urban landscaping.
… and Tinkerbell is in charge of ear wax removal.
I’m gonna new a riding mower for his ass.
I’m definitely gonna need a riding mower for his ass.
Being an elf isn’t what it use to be.
After the shrooms took effect, Gary was in awe to see a gnome portal open up from the auditory canal of Marvin’s right ear!
Even Gnomes prefer Briggs and Straton for all their lawn care needs.
One of the scrapped ideas for a travelocity commercial
“I’m telling you, Lois, I don’t have to do a thing…This gnome even cuts the things growin’ out of my EARS! How’s that for deluxe treatment?!!”
“Lucky Farms”
Bag the clippings? No way! They’ll blend right in with the razor stubble.
The recently launched Norwegian satellite confirms that there is life on Lars.
The first credible photo of the ever elusive ear hair gnome using modern technology on Ed.
Gerome, not being able to figure out why his hearing aid kept falling out, finally abandoned them and enjoyed a life of muffled mowing sounds.
Rufus was scorned by his peers for importing fancy ear hair labor.
To make up for the noise and inconvenience, Burt’s new ear hair gnome would gently sing him to sleep at night.
Roger the gnome enjoying happier days before the ear swab incident.
Laid off by Travelocity, the Gnome finds work anywhere he can.
Bubba will never put Rapid Gro on a Q-tip again.
The new spokesperson for Toro mowers looks very familiar.
Wanna gnome where I just came from!
Wanna gnome where I just came from?
The grass is always greener on the other side of the face.
I’m trying to mow out the cobwebs!
When the recession hit the travel industry, he reinvented himself as the “combing gnome.”
If he thinks THIS is cool, wait till I get out the weed whacker!
I thought you said a “hearing aide”…not a “shearing aide”.
“Elvira,” said the gnome, “I’m beginning to miss my work at the North Pole, as opposed to mowing the grass in the Malkevich head.”
Elendil landed an after school mowing job after he anwered an online “Elf Wanted” ad.
his mind was full of crazy thoughts
of Little people at work.
Paul always heard a buzzing noise in his ear when someone was talking about him.
Ron quickly realized this was not the “Human Genome Project” he had been reading about.
Woody had been doing whatever he could to make ends meet since he’d been let go from Vernors.
What’s it all about, Elfie? Is it just for the money you mow?
“Yea, but who is going to trim my earhair?”
“The nostrils are brutal.”
He may not listen, but at least he will hear.
Elfan magic my ass.
Bob always preferred his odd jobs above the waist.
Little Lucky counted himself lucky that he wasn’t cutting the crab grass.
Paddy is an ear sod farmer.
Larry won the grand prize in the Name the Leprechaun contest.
Dave couldn’t get delivery on his gold notes so he settled for the next best option.
This is Al Gore’s newest “growing green to save the climate” promo.
The gnome will never complain about standing in the garden again.
Gnome, Gnome on the Mange.
I make one bad toy, and this is what I get?
I should have become a dentist too.
After his joke about “Traveloshitty”, Norman had to find work elsewhere.
Wanna gnome where I just came from?
Toro introduces the Elf-Propelled
mower.
To Jim Cavanaugh – thanks for the laugh with your 9:32 pm entry. Clever play on word there.
If you think this clean-up job is bad, wait until dandelion season.
potential artwork caption – ‘there’s got to be an easier way’
I pay him in corn (he thinks it’s gold).
He’s my own personal hearing aid.
When sunglass ads go wrong…
SubGnomeInal Messages just ain’t what they used to be.
Larry always thought the little voice in his head telling him to get a new mower was his own.
My childhood fear of Gnomes just went from “irrational” to “ear-rational”.
Sheckel the elf never thought community service was going to be this bad!
Larry was glad to “pay it forward” yet is still not sure how to get the mower in the Gnomes ear.
Title:
No known gnome.
GRACIE ROCKS!
Mt. Rushmore has lost it’s cachet for the little fellow.
Given the economy, Santa’s elves are taking up shop wherever work is available.
“Let’s see them make this into an ad for TruGreen” thought the elf.
“Hi-ho, hi-ho my little green butt!”
“Although it’s still gross,” thought the elf, “at least I don’t have to bag the clippings…”
Just taking off a little between the ears!
When they refuse to hear…I get the job done
Rasafrasinfreakinfrak….could’nt find the batteries….whatever.
Elf-propelled ear cleaners are the latest craze in Hollywood.
“Who knew that a G-N-O-M-E was hidden the human G-E-N-O-M-E?”
“Who knew that a G-N-O-M-E was hidden in the human G-E-N-O-M-E?”
Who knew that a G-N-O-M-E was part of the human G-E-N-O-M-E?”
Elfville would soon learn that despite well groomed ear grass, the steroid rumors would persist.
Where is the guy with the truck of earwax