Hobbits, Begone. Here Come the Gnomes.: "Liam is not Ms. Lawrence's boyfriend; he's a three-inch-tall plastic gnome, which she plans to send to friends all over the world... 'I don't get the time to travel,' said Ms. Lawrence, 25, a mortgage processor in Farmington Hills, Mich. 'It's a lot cheaper for him to go see the world than me. It's such a funny, clever thing. You almost get to live through your gnome.'"
