Wandering around, looking for some gnomes reportedly causing trouble in the area, I spotted one of the small fellows in the window dressing of the Orange Blossom Ballroom across from Augie’s piano bar advertising the ICE! exhibit, featuring penguins and polar bears soliciting Coca-Cola products to unsuspecting passers-by.
In the make-believe world of Coca-Cola, ice cold refreshment is a place where penguins and polar bears live together in peaceful coexistence. The cold, harsh reality is that the gnomes are in charge. Things just aren’t as fun as they used to be in the care-free days of yore. It used to be that all of the snow-laden creatures would pander Coca-Cola products to a willing and happy public. “Oh, look how cute and fuzzy we are... wouldn’t an ice cold Coke be good right now?”
Now that there’s a new power at play in the frozen wilderness, both poles have been united under the tiny iron fists of gnome power. Instead of simply sucking down 50 cent sodas from either pole, this frosted frenzy is raising the stakes – Swedish, Arctic, and Antarctic worlds of mythology and reality are joining forces to coerce families into taking more vacations that they can barely afford – and while you’re out and about, make sure to get yourself plenty of Coke™.
It seems that there’s a gnome gang forming on the east side of Emerald Bay. Three have been spotted giving gang signs to passers by near St. George Street. If you’re in this area already, be on the lookout near the shop window of Hagen-Dazs and in the atrium near Emerald Bay elevator A for possible co-conspirators.
