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Subject: Wombles
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mab21 21.12.11 - 01:04pm
The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968.(1) Although Wombles supposedly live in every country in the world, the stories are concerned with the life of the inhabitants of the burrow on Wimbledon Common in London, England. * +

mab21 21.12.11 - 01:05pm
The Womble motto is Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish. This green message was a reflection of the growing ecology movement of the 1970s. * +

mab21 21.12.11 - 01:06pm
The storyline Though Wombles live all around the world, the story is based on the group living in Wimbledon Common in London, England. Below a certain age, all Wombles are nameless. Upon coming of age, a Womble chooses his name by looking through Great Uncle Bulgaria's large atlas until they find a name that suits them. Some, like bu*ngo, merely shut their eyes tight and point and hope for the best.(7) They then leave Miss Adelaide's Womblegarten and join in the communal work of the burrow, * +

mab21 21.12.11 - 01:06pm
which is mostly clearing up and recycling human refuse. The life expectancy of a Womble is over 200 years, with some reaching 300, which would make them the longest-lived of all animal species. * +

mab21 21.12.11 - 01:06pm
In the original editions of the books the Wombles are pictured as bear-like and between 4 and 5 feet (about 1.5 metres) in height. Their size and appearance changed with the TV series, where they are portrayed as about knee high with pointy snouts, much like a racc00n's (although racc00ns are not native to Britain). In the book and movie Wombling Free they are described as short, fat, and furry, roughly between three or four feet (about 1 metre) in height. * +

mab21 21.12.11 - 01:07pm
just felt like doing this topic after a bud of mine saw one in the garde haha * +

knucklez 21.12.11 - 01:38pm
Some live under my shed and keep the garden tidy. * +

mab21 21.12.11 - 01:39pm
yea i saw one hidin from me in the dog's house right now *

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