Quick Takes

Oddball occurences

Gnome phone home

Ed and Patricia Larkin's yard art used to stand guard over their lawn. Now their 300-pound cement gnome is roaming—presumably not alone. The Larkins, of Milford, Mass., say bandits stole "Shamus," their giant gnome, right out of their front yard. Mr. Larkin's statue was a gift from his wife on his 70th birthday. "On a global scale, it's silly for us to be so upset. . . . There are much more serious problems being faced by people," Mrs. Larkin told the Milford Daily News. "But when I came home from work the other night, I could not believe my eyes. Shamus was not there. I went into the house screaming, 'Shamus is gone! Shamus is gone!' It was like losing a child."

Food for thought

Only in Europe: When Danish college students wanted to protest against a reduction in government grants for higher education, they protested in a way that must make sense to someone, if only the protesters themselves. Their method? Dump 440 pounds of cooked spaghetti (and tomato sauce) on the steps of the finance ministry in Copenhagen.

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