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There's a gnome shortage. Yes, for real.

Go big or go gnome, travelling the world as a lawn ornament.

Patricia Soares da Costa
Apr 18, 2021
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Supplies now run short after a "massive upswing" in the sales of garden gnomes, as gardening has been very popular during lockdown.

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Besides gardens, they’ve made appearances in ads, movies and political activism, like the Garden Gnome Liberation Front, a group of French pranksters claiming that gnomes deserved lives free of the expectation to be lawn decorations.

Following the gnome subplot in Amélie, Travelocity launched an ad campaign that featured a stolen gnome traveling the world, that became the official mascot (though now no longer being held against his will).

Twitter avatar for @RoamingGnomeTravelocity Gnome @RoamingGnome
I made a list of my ultimate #summer trips, and obviously first up is the seaside. I’ve been told I have resting beach face. Check out the rest of my list here:
travelocity.us/2O8S9Dm
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April 5th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @RoamingGnomeTravelocity Gnome @RoamingGnome
I had to stop and pose before catching my train. The lighting in here does wonders for my wrinkles. Head over to my Instagram to guess #WhereInTheWorld I was.
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April 14th 2021

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Production and shipping bottlenecks have cropped up around the world due to lockdown and the Suez canal blockage, with supply issues ranging from toilet paper to restaurants facing a shortage of ketchup packets, and a shortage of computer chips serious enough to spur President Biden to summon CEOs to the White House.

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