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Rex

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Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 12:04 AM

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Man hit by 16-pound pine cone in S.F. park files $5 million suit [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 OP

in a small way i get his point but...nt JanMichael Oct 2015 #1

picture of him at the link. He's got a big dent in his head! Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #2

This reminded me of a federal lawsuit LiberalElite Oct 2015 #4

not denied but if i saw giant pods under a tree i would not sit under it. they fell from somewhere? JanMichael Oct 2015 #6

I wondered if the cones were accumulating under the trees, or if the landscape crew petronius Oct 2015 #7

probably the kind of thing people haul away as souveniers! I know I'd take one home. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #10

that us plausible. people may have scooped them up. nt. JanMichael Oct 2015 #11

A lot of people wouldn't look that carefully to see what the tree contained, pnwmom Oct 2015 #13

Surprised that didn't kill him. joshcryer Oct 2015 #23

those are huge, poor guy irisblue Oct 2015 #3

Seems like a dumb lawsuit Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #5

Apparently the forest service realizes the threat pipoman Oct 2015 #8

I disagree. The park had an obligation to warn people of non-obvious dangers. pnwmom Oct 2015 #14

Totally a legit lawsuit. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #21

They shouldn't have planted those trees to begin with. LisaL Oct 2015 #24

Crazy tree. No tree needs seeds that big. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #25

The trees may have evolved a developed a defense against lumber jacks. CentralMass Oct 2015 #26

I have pines all around my house NV Whino Oct 2015 #9

That is one mutant pinecone! Initech Oct 2015 #12

Sir Isaac Newton called and said, "Walk it off and invent some physics or something!" Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #15

Damn, he was hardcore! pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #16

Wow, might need one of these jfern Oct 2015 #17

Maybe he should sue the Blue Angels Warpy Oct 2015 #18

At first I was ready to say this guy is full of shit. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #19

And did you see the dent in his head? Seriously. nilram Oct 2015 #29

. Rex Oct 2015 #20

Courtesy of Australia, where even the pine trees can kill you Eureka Oct 2015 #22

In a lot of tropical countries there are warning signs about coconuts falling from trees all over frizzled Oct 2015 #27

Yep jberryhill Oct 2015 #34

Really? deathrind Oct 2015 #28

go to Miami during a cold spell and it would be iguanas and coconuts. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #30

I was almost been taken out by coconuts twice when I lived in south Florida. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2015 #31

Leaping lizards! jberryhill Oct 2015 #35

The only way to stop a bad tree with a pine cone... Orrex Oct 2015 #32

Imagine being on that jury! DU would look like kindergarten. nt edgineered Oct 2015 #33