I went hiking along the coastline of the Olympic Peninsula this weekend with Padre, Glenda the Destroyer, and Padre's parents. Padre and I had the following conversation after seeing several trees growing vertically out of a single, downed tree. The downed tree was supported on both ends by other logs like a 2x4 on a sawhorse.
Padre: It's kind of pretentious.
Me: What?
Padre: Trees growing out of other trees. Like they're saying, "Look at me, I'm better than the other tree."
Me: Oh.
Padre: The trees just don't know their place.
Me (after a brief pause): I know their place. Their place is keeping me warm with their burning corpses.
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Padre: It's kind of pretentious.
Me: What?
Padre: Trees growing out of other trees. Like they're saying, "Look at me, I'm better than the other tree."
Me: Oh.
Padre: The trees just don't know their place.
Me (after a brief pause): I know their place. Their place is keeping me warm with their burning corpses.
Note from the management: Quotes from the author are the opinion of the author and not necessarily the opinion of It's Kinda Confusing Right Now (IKCRN) or its affiliates. The management of IKCRN would like to apologize in advance for any offense the author may have caused by heartlessly mentioning the barbaric practice of burning tree corpses (commonly called logs by the vulgar and uneducated). The management of IKCRN believes that trees are our noble brethren and should be treated with respect and honor. The author has been issued a severe written reprimand. The offending post has been allowed to remain to allow you, our valued reader, the opportunity to see the offensive material and our firm response to it.
Comments
ha ha ha, thanks Tom! And anytime you or your friend are this way I would love to meet for a beer - though beware Brit beer is significantly stronger than US brews!
On a different note, how could she think you don't understand women? I think you seem VER' insightful!
And finally...more children's song lyrics for you...
I am slowly going crazy!
1,2,3,4,5,6, SWITCH!
Crazy going slowly am I!
6,5,4,3,2,1, SWITCH!
I'm with ya on this one. Burn 'em when you need to.
I wasn't thinking about the global warming thing when I wrote that. Could work though.
F&D,
I'm concerned that you thought I was talking about burning real corpses. That means either I come off as the kind of person who would talk about that sort of thing, or Texas has a corpse burning problem. Neither is good.
Jam,
Anything can be pretentious.
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