# The woman tree

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 13, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977 "2008-12-13T03:05:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/1 "2008-12-13T03:05:35Z")

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[The woman tree](http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coolphoto1qt6.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/2 "2008-12-13T03:10:48Z")

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Ha! That is how I always pictured a [dryad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryad)…

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**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/3 "2008-12-13T03:35:53Z")

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That Birch!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/4 "2008-12-13T03:50:22Z")

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That’s one fine piece of ash.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/5 "2008-12-13T04:03:22Z")

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It’s Twiggy!

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/6 "2008-12-13T04:29:17Z")

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HUGE photoshop bullshit.

I’m just sayin.

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/7 "2008-12-13T05:10:20Z")

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> [@chacoguy420](#):
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> HUGE photoshop bullshit.
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> I’m just sayin.

Obviously. Still, gives one something of a woody doesn’t she ?

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/8 "2008-12-13T05:25:35Z")

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I dunno…she looks board.

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**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/9 "2008-12-13T05:34:58Z")

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I get sycamore I look at it.

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**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/10 "2008-12-13T08:06:44Z")

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> [@horsetech](#):
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> I get sycamore I look at it.

Yes, but take the picture away and you’ll pine for it.

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/11 "2008-12-13T09:01:40Z")

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> [@Kalhoun](#):
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> I dunno…she looks board.

Now that you mention it, she looks in fact very much like a witch.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/12 "2008-12-13T15:26:31Z")

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> [@chacoguy420](#):
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> HUGE photoshop bullshit.

I’ve seen this pic before. I think it’s body painting, not photoshop.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/13 "2008-12-13T16:35:52Z")

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Nice knobs.

To me, it looks like a 3D model of a woman, textured with the original shot of the tree, rendered with matched lighting, then composited back into the shot using PhotoShop.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/14 "2008-12-13T16:57:23Z")

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Holy cow, it’s [Dryope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryope)!

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/15 "2008-12-13T18:22:21Z")

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What a fake.

You can tell she had her branchs done. And she’s obviously not a natural birch.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/16 "2008-12-13T18:43:20Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> Now that you mention it, she looks in fact very much like a witch.

Witch hazel?

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/17 "2008-12-13T18:47:14Z")

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Hmm. Word to the wise. Do not google, ‘‘the woman tree.’’ ☹

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/18 "2008-12-13T18:50:03Z")

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I guess she spruced up for the holidays.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/19 "2008-12-13T18:53:25Z")

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and the boy was happy.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-tree/476977/20 "2008-12-13T19:13:49Z")

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Perhaps an Entwife?

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