# Why I stopped climbing trees

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 5, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790 "2007-01-05T06:25:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/1 "2007-01-05T06:25:36Z")

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…All the damn [goats](http://blog.moment.ee/2007/01/viljad-on-valminud-tree-goats.html).

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/2 "2007-01-05T14:44:31Z")

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Bwa-ha-ha! Great photos!

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/3 "2007-01-05T14:46:12Z")

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There are tree goats, and there are fainting goats, but there are no fainting tree goats.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/4 "2007-01-05T14:47:11Z")

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I just e-mailed it to a couple of my friends. Cute!

And **Mangetout** , there are fainting tree goats - only they only manage to climb the tree i}ionce\*, if you catch my drift.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/5 "2007-01-05T14:51:38Z")

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There are old goats, fainting goats and tree goats, there are also old fainting goats and old tree goats, but there are no old fainting tree goats.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/6 "2007-01-05T15:03:56Z")

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I want to kid around and make some baaad puns but nothings coming to me.

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/7 "2007-01-05T15:05:54Z")

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I want one!

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-stopped-climbing-trees/386790/8 "2007-01-05T15:06:12Z")

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Why I quit climbing power poles: [too many moose](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/poormoose.asp)