On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:05:20 -0500, in
, Roy Smith
wrote:
I don't get it. Everybody here rants about the media when they jump to
conclusions and print stupid **** in the papers. Aren't we doing the
same thing here? Everybody's looking at a picture of an airplane in a
tree and assuming it's the airplane's fault. Hasn't it occurred to
anybody that this might have been one of those FAA-standard 50 foot
trees that leap up out of nowhere to catch unsuspecting airplanes (kind
of like Charlie Brown's kite-eating tree)?

The tree doesn't look to be 50 ft tall, but you definitely do have a
point... As a snow skier, I am well aquainted with the fact that there are
certain trees who take a perverse pleasure in jumping out in front of you
and attacking you... Hell, if you don't believe me, just ask Sonny Bono or
Michael Kennedy... Oh, wait a minute... You *can't* ask them since they
were stalked and eventually murdered by a tree... Of course, some
witnesses swear that there was a second tree at the snow-covered knoll
when Michael Kennedy was murdered

Of course, it wasn't truly Michael Kennedy's fault since he was given
skiing lessons by the same person who gave Teddy driving lessons...

--
"Plant a tree, kill a Kennedy..."