Posted on 07/11/2005 2:17:27 PM PDT by MadIvan
A German man has been arrested after a marriage guidance counsellor advised him to run around naked shouting at trees.
Dieter Braun, 43, from Recklinghausen said the stress release technique had worked perfectly until he was arrested.
He told police that venting his anger on the trees had stopped him shouting at his wife.
"If I didn't go to the woods and scream at the trees then my marriage would probably be over," he said.
He added taking his clothes off at the same time made him feel more relaxed.
"For me it's a type of relaxation therapy. Feeling the breeze on my naked skin really calms me down."
But local police said other visitors to the forest did not find his behaviour relaxing and have now charged him with causing a public nuisance.
Wow, you went out on a limb there.
Must be a liberal!
And his neighbors said:
"Wood you look at that!"
"Must be a liberal!"
Yep, prolly. Hope he hugged the tree after shouting at it.
Ah 'cmon! Naked Germans have been yelling at trees for centuries. I think Caesar even remarked on this. ;-)
It may be why the Romans let the Germans keep the place. :)
Regards, Ivan
I talk to the trees
But they don't listen to me
I talk to the stars
But they never hear me
The breeze hasn't time
To stop, and hear what I say
I talk to them all
In vain
But suddenly, my words
Reach someone elses ear
At someone elses heart
Strings too
I tell you my dreams
And while you're listening to me
I suddenly see them
Come true
I can see us some April night
Looking out across a rollin' farm
Having supper in the candlelight
Walking later, arm in arm
Then I'll tell you
How I pass the day
Thinking mainly how
The night would be
Then I'll try to find
The words to say
All the things you
Mean to me
I tell you my dreams
And while you're
Listening to me
I suddenly see them
Come true
Everyone knows that when you're naked in public, you don't shout -- it only attracts attention.
At least he wasn't shouting NI at an old woman.
"See this is the type of advice I'd give if i were a guidance counselor / therapist. I'd just make up wacky zany stuff and see who did it."
And then write a self-help book for the masses, couldn't be any worse than most of the self-help garbage out there making the authors millions.
Maybe he was barking up the wrong one
Wow. I was humming a different song from Paint Your Wagon earlier today, and now you post this.
Spooky.
If you want a joke though...there was a man who was complaining about how hot it was outside. He asked his wife "Wonder what the neighbors would think if I mowed the yard naked?" His wife replied "They'd think I married you for your money!".
Maybe he was shouting because there happened to be an angry squirrel in that particular knothole?
I keep thinking,
"What did the trees ever do to him!?"
Well, the trees had more understanding than my ex ever did!
"Ich bin ein Bare-Lindner"
...just pining away. He needs to branch out.
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