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to be aghast at this old woman I saw

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Fibilou · 20/05/2010 13:27

putting her cigarette out (really grinding it) on the trunk of a tree in the town centre.

I wanted to say something but am not really the confrontational type. Now I wish I had

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Tidey · 20/05/2010 14:24

That poem is beautiful. It has everything - a tree, some tragedy... It's fair made my day, I tell you.

CrankyTwanky · 20/05/2010 14:29

she's (hazel) nuts i tells ya!

(sorry!)

OldMacEIEIO · 20/05/2010 14:31

Just saw this on twitter

'I was out in town this morning, couple of cans of stella and a bottle of wine. y'know. Smoking a bensons when this haughty caaa comes up and stares at me like. So I stubs me fag aart in her grid, you know, reallly grinds it in.
But I was so ratted I got this tree instead.

gutted. knowwarrameanlike.'

Tidey · 20/05/2010 14:32

That's more than 140 characters, so I'm not sure I believe you

pedrothellama · 20/05/2010 14:33

Maybe she saw it on Twigger - the alternative site for arborists.

OldMacEIEIO · 20/05/2010 14:33

That's more than 140 characters, so I'm not sure I believe you

gah - busted

EndangeredSpecies · 20/05/2010 14:36

Yes but what you don't know OP is that after you walked off in disgust she whipped out her penknife and carved a big heart with Gladys Luvs Wilf under the burn mark. Appalling.

MadamDeathstare · 20/05/2010 14:40

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FranSanDisco · 20/05/2010 14:43

I would like to confess to killing all my .... weeds today. I am sorreee . This is a great thread

InjuredTree · 20/05/2010 14:43

You're a bunch of heartless cows. I'm scarred for life now. And only Fibilou cares.

MadamDeathstare · 20/05/2010 14:44

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InjuredTree · 20/05/2010 14:45

How wood yew like it? Put yourself in my roots for just one second. I'm left here pining for the days before my bark was burnt.

MadamDeathstare · 20/05/2010 14:45

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OldMacEIEIO · 20/05/2010 14:46

Injured tree

  • remember my foundations ? we're not laughing now are we, injured tree
ASecretLemonadeDrinker · 20/05/2010 14:47

Trees and plants can feel pain actually. [In The Know]

FranSanDisco · 20/05/2010 14:48

I killing them with love

InjuredTree · 20/05/2010 14:49

Never was in the first place.

Oh god. A dog's just done the unthinkable. My day just gets better and better.

CliffBarnsby · 20/05/2010 14:53

Haven't you seen The Happening? That'll teah you...

SpiritualKnot · 20/05/2010 14:53

I always feel sorry for those little Bonsai trees, forced to remain small and cute all their lives like chinese bound feet.

They are forced to remain small by having their roots pruned and being confined to small pots.

Poor little things!

pedrothellama · 20/05/2010 14:54

Has anyone else been aghasted at something today? Or even slightly miffed?

MadamDeathstare · 20/05/2010 14:54

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SpiritualKnot · 20/05/2010 14:54

(I really do feel sorry for them by the way)

SpiritualKnot · 20/05/2010 14:55

I haven't seen the film Dead wood but will look it up

onebatmother · 20/05/2010 14:57

Warning: disturbing

tethersend · 20/05/2010 14:57

The horror, the horror