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Original poster

AIBU to think trees are NOT made OF wood?

44 replies

whatwillbewillbe03 · 27/12/2018 20:42

Please settle this argument!

OP posts:
TheQueef · 27/12/2018 20:43

No they ARE wood not made from. In fact trees make wood.

StandardLampski · 27/12/2018 20:43

They are made FROM wood? Smile
Or are they just ... wood?

Beamur · 27/12/2018 20:44

Wood comes from trees.

XmasPostmanBos · 27/12/2018 20:45

Yes in the same way pigs are made from pork.

FascinatingCarrot · 27/12/2018 20:45

Whats the alternative..?
Lets discuss Grin

JellyBears · 27/12/2018 20:45

Lol why do you think a group of trees is called the “woods”

Sparklesocks · 27/12/2018 20:46

There is wood involved..

thugmansion · 27/12/2018 20:48

@sparklesocks.......just choked on my Smarties Grin

Sparklesocks · 27/12/2018 20:49

thugmansion Wink

DecemberFrost · 27/12/2018 20:49

LOL, you're right OP, they're made of steel.

Seriously though, you are a bit right. Whilst wood comes from trees.... trees are not 100% made from wood.

Just google 'what are trees made of?' Or 'Are trees made of wood?'

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 27/12/2018 20:52

I’m with you OP. I wouldn’t say they are made from wood.

Original poster
whatwillbewillbe03 · 27/12/2018 20:53

Not made FROM made OF!

I'm saying carbon Dioxide etc...

OP posts:
AGHHHH · 27/12/2018 20:53

Made of is right isn't it?

Like, made up of... Comprised of... Etc

A tree is wood. It isn't made FROM wood is it? That sounds like it was built.

I've confused myself.

More importantly, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck. If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

AGHHHH · 27/12/2018 20:54

Ah I get it, not JUST wood

WOOD

TarragonSauce · 27/12/2018 20:56

Are we talking about the leafy kind of wood?
Or is it a euphemism that really belongs in a different topic?

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 27/12/2018 20:56

I don’t think made of is right either.

brizzledrizzle · 27/12/2018 20:56

My brain hurts!

AGHHHH · 27/12/2018 20:57

Ah it's because it's not just wood. Wood comes from trees, but trees consist of bark, leaves, branches etc. Trees simply include wood. 😂

Christ

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 27/12/2018 20:58

As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, AGHHHH

Augusta2012 · 27/12/2018 20:59

I'm saying carbon Dioxide etc...

You must be a barrel of laughs putting up an Ikea flatpack if you insist on starting at atomic composition.

XmasPostmanBos · 27/12/2018 21:01

My Christmas tree is made of plastic but it identifies as a tree.

Hazardswan · 27/12/2018 21:02

Wood comes from trees?

Can't see the wood for the trees?

Why does this feel complicated?

Sparklesocks · 27/12/2018 21:04

With that logic you could say we are not made of skin, muscle, bone, tissue etc because we are made of hydrogen, carbon, oxygen etc.

starzig · 27/12/2018 21:04

Trees are composed of many things. One consituent of which has the name 'wood'.

NettleTea · 27/12/2018 21:07

www.coolsciencefacts.com/2007/trees.html

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