Trees comiting suicide!

“They kill them selves when ever the world turns a cold shoulder to them.”

“Ice

Have you been drinking something other than Tea? ;->”

“Was that supposed to 'committing'?”

“yeah”

“Was that supposed to be "Was that supposed to be 'committing'?"”

“lol @ ped
I don't get it”

“be”

“I think Tea is illegally reprinting jokes from his "Boys Life" mag.”

“That mag is still out????

8o”

“Get off the computer and do your spelling homework.”

“BILLY WAS A MOUNTAIN
ETHEL WAS A TREE
GROWING OFF OF HIS SHOULDER
(HEY, HEY, HEY!)”

“Anybody ever read Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree" when they were a kid?”

“Thats good limply.

8)”

“Tea, did you turn into an acid-dropping hippie tree-hugger or something? I do not understand what you are trying to say!?”

“Anybody try reading The Giving Tree to their kids at bedtime. I was never able to get through it.”

“What's The Giving Tree about and will it solve the mystery of Tea's post?”

“Nothing will solve Tea's cryptic post. The Giving Tree is about a boy growing up, starting as a young lad with his favorite young tree. The tree grows with him into old age. The tree asks for nothing... and gives all. Another great bedtime read guarenteed to choke up the most hardened (probably even BacPac) is Love You Forever by Robert Mensch. Get copies of both for Newer girl or check them out from the library.”

“The "Giving Tree" is nice but never choked me up. On the other hand, I can't make it through "Love You Forever" without turning to a blubbering mess. My four-year-old refers to it as the 'book that makes Daddy cry'.

"I'll love you forever, I'll love you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." *sob*”

“Oh, for crying out loud!”

“Limpy I haven't heard that in YEARS! Who did that routine, I can't remember.

Do I do remember..
Studebaker hawk stepped into the telephone booth, and he shut the f**kin door!”

“jeeeez, man. That's a pretty good George McGovern impression, <G>, but... Back to the Zappa lyric! I came THIS CLOSE to posting that one. Tree? Shoulder? 'Billy The Mountain'! It's automatic, eh, guys?

Hack up a boulder, why doncha?
Hack! Hack!

It makes a Great bedtime story... like most of Frank's stuff: "Tonight, Kiddies, I'll read you the heartwarming story of the Zomby Woof..."”

“That was Zappa?
Honesty, I've been wondering about that for a long time.

Thanks.”

“Yep! Billy the Mountain: a cautionary tale concerning the price of Fame (and various other sub-themes, <G>).


Whatever became of the Screaming Trees?”

“Thanks Tilt, I needed that.”

“I like Shel Silberstein, but I had mixed feelings about his book "the Giving Tree" bothered me. The level of self sacrifice by this tree was just too extreme... as was the selfishness of that kid.

Ayn Rand would have puked reading that book. Some feminists might puke too (the tree is female and gives to the male).”

“Ooooh! You've just given me some great commentary to add when I read that book to my girls, Ped. lol”

“That was supposed to be "It bothered me that the level of self sacrifice by this tree was just too extreme."”

“I already have Love You Forever for Newergirl. It's ridiculous trying to read the thing, I just end up bawling.”