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ehrnst

(32,640 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:52 AM Oct 2012

And lo the oak trees shall bring forth acorns abundantly... [View all]

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which shall drop and come into thy foyer, and into thy car, and upon thy roof at night, and into the driveways of thy neighbors, and upon the heads thy people, and onto the hoods of thy hatchback, and into thy sandals.
And lo the beast of thy house shall try to consume them, and in venting of its mouth upon your carpets shalt thou see them whole, and the beast of the house shall believe there is an intruder upon thy door and make a noise unto the heavens in the dead of night.

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And lo the oak trees shall bring forth acorns abundantly... [View all] ehrnst Oct 2012 OP

I want to steal your avatar Lisa D Oct 2012 #1

Go ahead - I did. (nt) ehrnst Oct 2012 #2

That's about the whole story. Ours is right out front (and taller than the house now). HopeHoops Oct 2012 #3

Apparently it's a "Mast year" for oaks - at least on the East Coast ehrnst Oct 2012 #4

Yes - the oak limb overhanging our driveway has clumps of acorns csziggy Oct 2012 #6

And lo the dampth leaves of the noble oaks shall gildth the byways and bringth great joy sarge43 Oct 2012 #5

LOL! That's priceless! Wait Wut Oct 2012 #7

Acorns will drive you nuts. nt Remmah2 Oct 2012 #8

Now Acorn recipies are making the rounds in the neighborhood ehrnst Oct 2012 #9

As the Maples scream oppression... Dr. Strange Oct 2012 #10

And the trees are all kept equal, by hatchet, axe and saw. Bigleaf Oct 2012 #14

I can't park my car in the driveway at the front of the house JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #11

You might not have quite as many squirrels as we do here. surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #12

And that usually means a bad winter. bigwillq Oct 2012 #13

We put the garbage can by the curb, and it started moving downhill, rolling on the acorns. (nt) ehrnst Oct 2012 #15

The trees that are around my house have those lttle acorns. RebelOne Oct 2012 #16

And the old elm tree pintobean Oct 2012 #17

At least it's not coconuts. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #18