# Anyone here lose a large tree from their yard? The police have it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316 "2016-03-08T19:32:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/1 "2016-03-08T19:32:11Z")
:eek: 😃 I’ve seen it all now. How that car kept running is beyond me. The photo of the car is incredible. How drunk do you have to be to continue driving like nothing happened? > **[Roselle cops stop alleged DUI driver with 15-foot tree wedged in grille](https://abc7chicago.com/roselle-tree-crash-driving-with-police-department/1234849/)** > > Police in the northwest suburbs stopped a woman they say was driving down the road with a 15-foot tree wedged into the grille of her car. > [@](#): > > Police in the northwest suburbs stopped a woman they say was driving down the road with a 15-foot tree wedged into the grille of her car. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/2 "2016-03-08T20:08:19Z")
“Ma’am, did you know you have a tree on the hood of your car?” “Well, officer, this IS Elm St., isn’t it?” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/3 "2016-03-08T20:22:40Z")
This was a traffic stop in January. The poor woman was probably just trying to get her damn Christmas tree to the dump. You can see that it has no needles left. There’s no reason to get all up in her grill. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/4 "2016-03-08T21:45:40Z")
The things that people will do to get wood! ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/5 "2016-03-08T21:47:56Z")
Your honor! I promise I’ll turn over a new leaf! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/6 "2016-03-08T23:03:19Z")
You had something stuck to your grill. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/7 "2016-03-08T23:46:35Z")
If it had been a taxi, we’d be talking about cabinetry! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/8 "2016-03-09T00:28:57Z")
I’m a little underwhelmed by the size of this “large” tree. ---
**Author:** ![pidgeon92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/9 "2016-03-09T03:20:56Z")
I remember reading about this long ago: > **[Man Stuck in Windshield Left to Die](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-08-mn-31784-story.html)** > > Law: A nurse's aide is accused of hitting the homeless victim with her car and letting him bleed to death in her garage. A tree in the engine doesn’t surprise me at all. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/10 "2016-03-09T14:04:57Z")
“Honest, Officer, I’ve been trying to go around this tree from _hours_, but it keeps getting in front of me!” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/11 "2016-03-09T14:16:24Z")
These tree puns are good, but now we need to branch out… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/12 "2016-03-09T14:33:47Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > “Ma’am, did you know you have a tree on the hood of your car?” > “Well, officer, this IS Elm St., isn’t it?” She actually lives on Spruce Court. Har! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/13 "2016-03-09T14:40:07Z")
More in the realm of “can’t hold yer drink, lady?”: [http://www.statesman.com/news/news/national/woman-charged-dui-after-smashing-waffle-house-she-/nqf86/](http://www.statesman.com/news/news/national/woman-charged-dui-after-smashing-waffle-house-she-/nqf86/) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/14 "2016-03-09T17:28:01Z")
I think I saw this movie. Bois n the Hood. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/15 "2016-03-09T18:13:26Z")
Her car has two trunks now. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/16 "2016-03-09T18:23:39Z")
Looks like we’ve got ourselves [remove sunglasses] a knotty situation here. [Music up.] ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/17 "2016-03-09T19:23:15Z")
“It’s not my fault officer. I blew my horn, the thing wouldn’t get out of the way” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/18 "2016-03-09T19:52:08Z")
This would make for a much better ad than those idiotic “thieves are using our stupid car for their getaway” ones currently airing. Keeps going and going with a tree implanted in the front is much more impressive than eluding the present day keystone cops. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/19 "2016-03-09T19:56:10Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > “Ma’am, did you know you have a tree on the hood of your car?” > “Well, officer, this IS Elm St., isn’t it?” What a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/20 "2016-03-09T19:57:18Z")
The officers knew she was drunk by the way she was larching around. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316.md?page=2)