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Settle a stupid argument for me...

38 replies

WickedEmoji · 29/08/2020 23:18

Is a a smurf a gnome?

For classification purposes, the genus would be gnome, the species would be smurf.

Yabu no, smurfs are not gnomes
Yanbu, smurfs are indeed gnomes

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AnneLovesGilbert · 29/08/2020 23:18

YABU.

sycamorecottage · 29/08/2020 23:20

Gnomus smurfii azureus

Sweetmotherofallthatisholyabov · 29/08/2020 23:22

YABU

Quire · 29/08/2020 23:22

Yabu. Gnot gnomes.

WickedEmoji · 29/08/2020 23:27

Hmm. But what about their hats?!?

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MonsteraDeliciosa · 29/08/2020 23:27

I don’t gnow.

DamitJanet · 29/08/2020 23:36

No, a smurf is a smurf not a gnome.

Gingaaarghpussy · 29/08/2020 23:58

a surf is a surf is a smurf. Grin

Gingaaarghpussy · 29/08/2020 23:59

fucking autocorrect *smurf x2 not surf

Cabinfever10 · 30/08/2020 00:17

Yabu
Everyone knows that smurffs are male fairies Smile

Anordinarymum · 30/08/2020 00:29

A smurf is a pixie. A gnome is a small bearded man with a hat. I know smurfs wear hats but they are blue.

I hope this helps

Stompythedinosaur · 30/08/2020 01:05

Cabin then what is smurfette?

I think smurfs are a subset of gnomes with common lineage to the garden gnome.

ShrimpSymphony · 30/08/2020 01:08

YABU

Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 30/08/2020 01:14

Smurfette was made out of clay and magic by the smurfs enemy Gargamel to trick the smurfs, and no I wouldn’t say smurfs are gnomes totally different creatures

Prokupatuscrakedatus · 30/08/2020 07:15

Definitely not gnomes - or only very very very distantly related

WickedEmoji · 30/08/2020 10:42

@Anordinarymum

A smurf is a pixie. A gnome is a small bearded man with a hat. I know smurfs wear hats but they are blue.

I hope this helps

Wait. Pixie? Small bearded man with a hat. Literally Papa Smurf? Blue lives matter!
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Pelleas · 30/08/2020 10:59

They are mutant Wombles.

JamieLeeCurtains · 30/08/2020 11:02

Gnomes are thought to have evolved from Gnomapithecus in the early Paleolithic.

Smurfs evolved from Boy George's blue chin circa 2008.

QuestionMarkNow · 30/08/2020 11:04

YABU.

How dare anyone say they are gnomes?!?!?

PurpleDaisies · 30/08/2020 11:04

YABU.

Smurfs are smurfs.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 30/08/2020 11:11

Pixies are green. I was a sixer in the Pixies. I know.

I am unsure whether smurfs are gnomes. But they are most definitely NOT pixies.

FedUpAtHomeTroels · 30/08/2020 11:17

I think they are gnomes, would that mean.
All Smurfs are gnomes but not all gnomes are smurfs?

WhatamessIgotinto · 30/08/2020 11:18

A Smurf is not a pixie, what is this madness? Smurfs are Smurfs from Smurfland. Or Smurfsville. Or Smurf Vegas or something.

steakhousesally · 30/08/2020 11:21

No, smurfs are not gnomes.

Backtoschoolnotsoonenough · 30/08/2020 11:24

Once Googled my exh and saw a pic of him and his new gf wearing his /hers Smurf outfits. Complete with blue face make up..
He was nearly 40!!
Nearly wet myself.
Never in our near decade had he ever mentioned a fondness for Smurfs!!
Grin