Eureka!

There are times in life where everyone has a "eureka" moment. OK, well my moment wasn't ambitious or complex, rather, it was completely out of the blue and pretty darn good if you ask me (it also wasn't a eureka moment either, I guess I think it sounds spiffy). Excuse the old lady vocabulary but it amuses me. I really want to know the history of gnomes. Where did they come from, are they an actual mythical creature? Why are plastic gnomes so popular? What is so appealing about them? To me, gnomes are these completely vague and and so mysterious. What is their deal? Seriously.