# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/21 "2016-03-09T20:06:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Honest, Officer, I’ve been trying to go around this tree from _hours_, but it keeps getting in front of me!” LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/22 "2016-03-09T21:19:54Z")
That’s the most creative hood ornament EVER! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/23 "2016-03-09T21:22:27Z")
Poor ol’ Groot was only looking for a ride home from the bar. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/24 "2016-03-10T06:02:37Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I think I saw this movie. Bois n the Hood. Nice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/25 "2016-03-10T06:04:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > :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? Are you saying you’re stumped? ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/26 "2016-03-10T15:45:59Z")
Good idea for the summer… Car always under a shade tree! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/27 "2016-03-10T23:22:01Z")
This is a brilliant advertisement for Lincoln. Er… Logs. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/28 "2016-03-11T02:53:48Z")
What makes me laugh is the song playing on the radio in the background - Elton John’s _I’m Still Standing_. Such irony. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/29 "2016-03-11T05:57:57Z")
She was logged into jail for that. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/30 "2016-03-11T14:17:20Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > What makes me laugh is the song playing on the radio in the background - Elton John’s _I’m Still Standing_. Such irony. Something by **Burl** Ives would also work. Or “Wrap Your Mid-Sized Sedan 'Round The Old Oak Tree”. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/31 "2016-03-11T23:12:47Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Something by **Burl** Ives would also work. Or “Wrap Your Mid-Sized Sedan 'Round The Old Oak Tree”. That or… “Whiskey bottle, brand new car… Oak tree, you’re in my way…” ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316/32 "2016-03-12T02:01:42Z")
> [@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?” > [@abc7 article](#): > > After stopping the driver near Irving Park Road… Sheesh, what’s the problem? Don’t parks have trees in them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-lose-a-large-tree-from-their-yard-the-police-have-it/748316.md?page=1)