X-mas 9 days away

Today Gnomeline News visits the Combat Pig Training Camp. Out here we meet the Garden Gnome Guide's cousins, the Bike Gnome and the Lawn Moving Gnome. And look at that pig! That's Hilarius Mudlink, the best pig of the Combat Group. His highjumps are spectacular.

But pigs need more than physical abilities and training in sports. They also have to know about tactics and strategy, as you have to know how to pick your fights. There are several historical wars where one side has managed to win all the battles but the last one, and consequently lost the war.

The Garden Gnome Guide said:

"- Once upon a time Mullah Nasruddin went on a training mission to a monastery in a desert outside a small town. In the monastery the martial arts were practised and soon Nasruddin was the best fighter of all the monks. At that time three robbers made their camp between the monastery and the little town. The monks had to go into town to buy the supplies they didn't produce themselves once a week. Every time a monk went to town to buy the supplies, he was robbed and beaten up. After a couple of weeks the situation in the monastery became impossible and the monks had to get their hands on additional supplies. They met and discussed the situation and they decided to send Mullah Nasruddinm, as he was the most eminent fighter, to deal with the robbers. Later the same evening Nasruddin came back all beaten up and bearely alive. The monks curiously asked how on Earth he couldn't defend himself against the robbers. Mullah Nasruddin then told them that as he was on his way back from town, he was stopped by the robbers and was told to give them his gods. "- What happened?" asked the monks. "-Well, said Nasruddin, as they confronted me I started to make my ceremonials for opening the fight, and then suddenly they were all over me, beaten me like mad men!"

"- From this story it is important to learn, that there is a place and time for everything, while you have to pick them right! Some people just don't abide to rules..."