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LisaL

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24. They shouldn't have planted those trees to begin with.

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:51 AM

Oct 2015

It's an exotic specie not endogenous to the area. Who came up with the brilliant idea to plant trees the produce giant pine cones in the area where people like to walk?

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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