Thu
Aug 30 2007
08:13 am
By: Bbeanster
This is pretty good. Watch the video, too.
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In the meantime, the site is
In the meantime, the site is drawing odd looks from University of Tennessee fans, who are arriving in Berkeley for Saturday's sold-out game.
"I've never seen anything like it, at all," said University of Tennessee fan Trip Jones.
Yeah, too bad people around UTK aren't trying to preserve trees.
Geez Betty, if you'd a
Geez Betty, if you'd a posted this earlier, some of our hillbilly fans could have taken a few coon dogs out there, including one good tree-climbin' dog, and run them boys clean out of them trees. No wonder Jed Clampett never fit in California.
Pecans, walnuts and other tree nuts. Are the trees a rare variety, particularly old or special for some other reason? Or is it just they don't want these trees cut down, period?
Any idea why they wear masks like Jesse James or radical Islamics?
Maybe Rikki can discern the
Maybe Rikki can discern the type of tree that's being climbed here. It sort of looks like a eucalyptus grove to me -- those are pretty common in those parts.
Oak trees
grove of oak trees
LOL! Shows what I know.
LOL!
Shows what I know.
Good luck to the oaks. Not so much to the Bears.