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First They Came For The Aging Trees
You’re all familiar with gingko trees, no doubt. All over the place in Philly, smelly, but nothing all that awful. Right? Apparently not. In Easton, Pa. — home of Lafayette College and its more prestigious counterpart, the Crayola crayon factory — they’re knocking down all the gingko trees and replacing them with “[s]weeter-smelling trees,” reports NBC 10. Naturally, this tree replacement program is bathed in the language of battle: “Easton is waging war on all aging trees in the city and the female gingkos are first on their line to go.” Anyway, apparently Easton can’t deal with a the smell of a few aging female ginkgo trees. Wimps! Foul-Smelling, Falling Fruit Have Tree-Lined Streets Stinking [NBC 10] |
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for a second, I though it said “foul smelling, farting fruit”
They did the same thing in Chestnut Hill years ago, but replaced the female trees with male ones, which don’t (obviously) bear fruit. It’s a shame their taking ginkgos out entirely–they’re awesome for absorbing air pollution. What’s a little dog-vomit smell next to breathing clean air? Priorities, people.
They did the same thing in Chestnut Hill years ago, but replaced the female trees with male ones, which don’t (obviously) bear fruit. It’s a shame they’re taking ginkgos out entirely–they’re awesome for absorbing air pollution. What’s a little dog-vomit smell next to breathing clean air? Priorities, people.