dunnikierjag Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 How about we contact the Chinese and get a few hundred terracotta army statues, dress them up in Thistle strips and scarves with chants recorded from the North End being played. No ? Too costly. Well downsize it a bit with lots of red and yellow bedecked garden gnomes. We could each donate our own. Brilliant idea and get it sponsored by Dobbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 How about we contact the Chinese and get a few hundred terracotta army statues, dress them up in Thistle strips and scarves with chants recorded from the North End being played. No ? Too costly. Well downsize it a bit with lots of red and yellow bedecked garden gnomes. We could each donate our own. They'd get smashed to bits by all the wayward shots that seem to end up on the bing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 How about we contact the Chinese and get a few hundred terracotta army statues, dress them up in Thistle strips and scarves with chants recorded from the North End being played. No ? Too costly. Well downsize it a bit with lots of red and yellow bedecked garden gnomes. We could each donate our own. If we had done that seven or eight years ago the Bunnet would've signed a few. Coming to think about it I'm not sure he didn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingjaggy Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Brilliant idea and get it sponsored by Dobbies. Haha - the Gnome-ads. Get our far flung fans to personalise a gnome and sit it on the Bing, so that if they can't be there, their wee pottery pal can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Haha - the Gnome-ads. Get our far flung fans to personalise a gnome and sit it on the Bing, so that if they can't be there, their wee pottery pal can. But please, not these guys: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/14/nazi-gnomes-ottmar-horl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottymagoo Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 For me, the bing is fine the way it is. The issues are purely aesthetic so unless something can be done cheaply or free then it's really not worth the investment until it becomes economically viable to either build a stand or rule changes permitting, terracing there. Advertising boards is probably the way forward at present as these would hopefully generate funds. I'd rather it was left as is than flatten it. Disposal of spoil isn't cheap and if it was flat the ground would be less enclosed and it may adversely affect the atmosphere. The embankment could even form part of any future construction so we'd effectively be paying to remove future fill materails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briogadh Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 But please, not these guys: http://www.guardian....mes-ottmar-horl The Germans are obsessed with gnomes. remember once travelling by road (at night) between Berlin and Poznan. Once across the border into Poland there seemed to be a lit-up yard selling gnomes every kilometer. I was told that there was a huge weekend traffic from Germany with the intention of buying these monstrosities.On the way back (by daylight) there were a couple of prostitutes by the roadside every kilometer (literally). !. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 The Germans are obsessed with gnomes. remember once travelling by road (at night) between Berlin and Poznan. Once across the border into Poland there seemed to be a lit-up yard selling gnomes every kilometer. I was told that there was a huge weekend traffic from Germany with the intention of buying these monstrosities. On the way back (by daylight) there were a couple of prostitutes by the roadside every kilometer (literally). !. Prostitute gnomes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowenBoys Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 How about we contact the Chinese and get a few hundred terracotta army statues, dress them up in Thistle strips and scarves with chants recorded from the North End being played. No ? Too costly. Well downsize it a bit with lots of red and yellow bedecked garden gnomes. We could each donate our own. What a bizarre idea! I really like it. Could become a great feature with interest from the media, particularly during televised games. Brilliant idea and get it sponsored by Dobbies. Why not? A sponsored 'paint your own' competition for the weans. They'd get smashed to bits by all the wayward shots that seem to end up on the bing. Have a gnome placing ceremony at the start of the season. Place your gnome where you think it might get hit and get a crappy printed certificate or carnage photo from Tommy or something, if it is. Or a last gnome standing competition through the season. Brilliant. I'm off to get one now... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Have a gnome placing ceremony at the start of the season. Place your gnome where you think it might get hit and get a crappy printed certificate or carnage photo from Tommy or something, if it is. Or a last gnome standing competition through the season. Brilliant. I'm off to get one now... Ha ha. Brilliant indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrD Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 think its a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 The club or One Thistle should adopt something like this asap and buy in several hundred gnomes, so that nobody can buy bigger/tougher gnomes! It might not exactly be a level playing field, but at least there should be gnome equality for the last gnome standing competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Jag Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Have a gnome placing ceremony at the start of the season. Place your gnome where you think it might get hit and get a crappy printed certificate or carnage photo from Tommy or something, if it is. Or a last gnome standing competition through the season. Brilliant. I'm off to get one now... I must be mad or sad or both but I really like that idea! Charge everyone a fiver to place their gnome with all proceeds to Youth Development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I think there may still be a lot of alcohol swirling around people's central nervous systems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingjaggy Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Have a gnome placing ceremony at the start of the season. Place your gnome where you think it might get hit and get a crappy printed certificate or carnage photo from Tommy or something, if it is. Or a last gnome standing competition through the season. Brilliant. I'm off to get one now... Lap of honour for the surviving gnomes at the end of the season? Decorate your gnome with tinsel for the festivities? Wee gnomey hats for when it's cold? Or is there under-gnome heating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Lap of honour for the surviving gnomes at the end of the season? Decorate your gnome with tinsel for the festivities? Wee gnomey hats for when it's cold? Or is there under-gnome heating? McNamara will probably come in for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 McNamara will probably come in for them. Bassa!! Get those gnomes on long term contracts!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottymagoo Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 The Germans are obsessed with gnomes. remember once travelling by road (at night) between Berlin and Poznan. Once across the border into Poland there seemed to be a lit-up yard selling gnomes every kilometer. I was told that there was a huge weekend traffic from Germany with the intention of buying these monstrosities. On the way back (by daylight) there were a couple of prostitutes by the roadside every kilometer (literally). !. Having a gnome in your garden is a very political statement in Germany. The represent a very conservative and nationalist outlook. Your more left wing liberal types hate them. It's a huge political divide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 If the gnomes-on-the-bing plan goes ahead, there should of course also be gnomettes. http://www.michaelmyrick.com/gnomes/physfemale.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Come on now, think this one through. Not too sure I want fans of every visiting team gesticulating towards the Bing while constantly singing "What a shitey gnome support" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Come on now, think this one through. Not too sure I want fans of every visiting team gesticulating towards the Bing while constantly singing "What a shitey gnome support" You have a point. Who would really want that? Gno me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingjaggy Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Gnome-ody knows the troubles I've seen... This is getting painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Gnomin' in the gloamin', on the bonny bing of, eh, Firhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) But please, not these guys: http://www.guardian....mes-ottmar-horl Aye, we have had enough Nazi gnomes at Firhill recently ... Edited April 29, 2013 by Guy Incognito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingjaggy Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 I like thon big flower sculptures under the motorway. Could we not do an OF and pull them out and plant them on the Bing? Or do something similar. High impact for the telly, nice and colorful, and won't get in the way of the football. Failing that, gnomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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