Bad Karma: Part 2 - Gnome auf einem Schwein

So, the last post was about the house, specifically. This one is about life after we signed the lease..... but before we moved in.

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About two weeks before we signed the lease, the Fassmeister and I were out for the day, and we decided to go to go to a German flea market. The flea market is similar to the American style, but with different stuff. By different, I mean with a swastika. After the market, we decided to drive to the town of Biebrich. Biebrich is in essentially the docks area of Wiesbaden (i.e. on the Rhine), but much more upscale. There's a castle in Biebrich that is beautiful, and the gardens around it are extensive and quiet. We took Barley there and he let himself into the lake in the middle of the Garden. The lake is dug out and I had to pull him out by his harness. He's not very smart.

Anyway, while we were taking the bus back to our hotel, we saw this in a store window:

That's right, a Gnome riding a pig. Not this one, exactly, but you get the idea. The Fassmeister was in love. Luckily, we were on a bus.

Well, shortly after signing the lease, we had our 4th anniversary. The Fassmeister wanted to go to Biebrich. I'm relatively intelligent, and not masochistic, so I agreed.

Anyway, we went to the Mexican restaurant in Biebrich. The sight of a Mexican speaking German is hilarious (blah blah blah, insert PC comment here) . The food was really good, I mean really good. I was surprised, because I usually HATE food in Mexican restaurants.

So, while we were walking around, we, of course, had to go see the:

She had to have it. We walked into the store and asked the three people eating dinner in the middle of the store about the gnome. They were slightly confused. Apparently, it wasn't really "For Sale". But, for 20 Euro, we walked away with it.

Prepare for Karma
Well, we were about a block from the store when I shifted the gnome from "carrying it like a baby" to holding it from the base... the base broke. It hit the ground.

All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

The Gnome was no more. Shattered worse than anything I had ever seen, even worse than my dreams of being an Oompa Loompa .

Who could kill a happy gnome riding a pig? The house? Possibly...