Posted on 06/26/2009 10:24:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The towering tree is believed to have been Adolf Hitler's gift to the occupied town of Jaslo — planted to the sound of a Nazi band during World War II.
Town authorities now want it cut down and burned to make way for a new roundabout. But some residents have become attached to the 40-foot (12-meter) oak and are lobbying to save it.
"The tree has not hurt anyone and is not guilty of anything," protest organizer Kazimierz Polak said, adding that his group was appealing to local and regional authorities to preserve the tree. "It is growing healthy and tall. Let it grow."
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Then why don't you climb up to near the top of it and stay for a few weeks so we can have lots of threads making fun of you? ... Also, what in the hell is a "roundabout"?
Having said that about the prospective tree hugger, despite being associated with a terrible tyrant, the tree does have historical value.
A “roundabout” is a traffic circle and not to be confused
with any songs from “YES”.
JJ61
Why don't they just say it's a tree fetus in its 120th trimester and have it aborted? The protests will evaporate.
Roundabouts are designed to keep traffic moving through intersections at all times, but you can imagine how brilliant this is when there's an accident, or a blockage, or just plain heavy traffic.
They work ok in Europe, b/c people are used to them.
I live in Houston, and we have 1 roundabout (that I know of) and I avoid it at all costs b/c people who arent used to them don't use them right and make some really dumb lane changes.
That looks like a traffic nightmare! Probably the only person that could drive well in a traffic pattern like that would be a drunk driver. lol
They’d be smarter to market it as ‘Hitler’s Tree’ and attract tourists.
A new History Channel documentary - Hitler’s Trees!
that heart carved in the bark, surrounding the words “Adolf + Eva”, was just too much for the town authorities.
that heart carved in the bark, surrounding the words “Adolf + Stalin”, was just too much for the town authorities.
:’) Better.
LOL, no kidding. It should be the Hitler Channel.
They should cut it down, season the wood, and use it to make a gigantic open air kosher meal.
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