Comments on: Church in a tree http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: PurpleWyrm http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1189636 PurpleWyrm Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1189636 No probs! Always happy to help out with excessive grammatical pedantry :) No probs! Always happy to help out with excessive grammatical pedantry :)

]]> By: Garden Design http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1189400 Garden Design Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1189400 Thanks for the sharp eye (and pointing out the funny alternate meaning!). It's fixed now. Perhaps I should go serve some editing penance in the tree. :) Thanks for the sharp eye (and pointing out the funny alternate meaning!). It’s fixed now. Perhaps I should go serve some editing penance in the tree. :)

]]> By: Garden Design http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1189398 Garden Design Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1189398 PurpleWyrm, thanks so much! It's fixed now—it's funny how these misspellings have funny secondary meanings.  Thanks for your sharp eye! ROSSINDETROIT ,we actually wrote about that as well! We linked to it at the end of the blog post actually. (http://www.gardendesign.com/ideas/botanic-superlatives-largest-baobab-tree-pub) The same writer had a funny line about "What happens in the baobab, stays in the baobab!" PurpleWyrm, thanks so much! It’s fixed now—it’s funny how these misspellings have funny secondary meanings.  Thanks for your sharp eye!

ROSSINDETROIT ,we actually wrote about that as well! We linked to it at the end of the blog post actually. (http://www.gardendesign.com/ideas/botanic-superlatives-largest-baobab-tree-pub) The same writer had a funny line about “What happens in the baobab, stays in the baobab!”

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188961 ROSSINDETROIT Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188961 It's not the only one.  There are a number of large trees in Europe that have chapels in them.  Recently while surfing Wikipedia for articles on interesting trees I came across a colossal 6,000 year old baobab in South Africa that has a pub inside.  Because of course it does. http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/ It’s not the only one.  There are a number of large trees in Europe that have chapels in them.  Recently while surfing Wikipedia for articles on interesting trees I came across a colossal 6,000 year old baobab in South Africa that has a pub inside.  Because of course it does.

http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188881 robuluz Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188881 It looks like a thingy! It looks like a thingy!

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188811 Gulliver Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188811 "Glory be to the Father, the Son and the..." <i><b>TIMBER!</i></b> "...Holy Shit!!!" “Glory be to the Father, the Son and the…”

TIMBER!

“…Holy Shit!!!”

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188752 Halloween Jack Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188752 <a href="http://allouvillebellefosse.free.fr/?page_id=8" rel="nofollow">This page</a> (in French) shows the tree with leaves, as well as a couple of small shots of the interior. (I would love more detail on this, including whether or not enough people could stand within the tree to make a "congregation." This page (in French) shows the tree with leaves, as well as a couple of small shots of the interior. (I would love more detail on this, including whether or not enough people could stand within the tree to make a “congregation.”

]]> By: PurpleWyrm http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188736 PurpleWyrm Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188736 Hate to be a pedant (aw shucks, who am I kidding?) but I suspect the pious locals built a small <em>altar</em> space, rather than an 'alter' space. Unless you mean they built something strange and alternative - which I suppose they kinda sorta did. Hate to be a pedant (aw shucks, who am I kidding?) but I suspect the pious locals built a small altar space, rather than an ‘alter’ space.

Unless you mean they built something strange and alternative – which I suppose they kinda sorta did.

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188631 Cameron Postelwait Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188631 thin line between what you're talking about and Christianity in my book. thin line between what you’re talking about and Christianity in my book.

]]> By: xwizbt http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188626 xwizbt Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188626 Sounds like an excellent location for some sort of pagan celebration, actually. I'd join in the rites of spring... Sounds like an excellent location for some sort of pagan celebration, actually. I’d join in the rites of spring…

]]> By: Spitty Sumo http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188616 Spitty Sumo Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188616 i wanna live in it.  :3 i wanna live in it.  :3

]]> By: John Hudgens http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188585 John Hudgens Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188585 Reminds me of the treehouse I visited last year - BoingBoing ran a story on it: http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/god-tells-guy-to-bui.html Reminds me of the treehouse I visited last year – BoingBoing ran a story on it: http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/god-tells-guy-to-bui.html

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188582 Brainspore Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188582 Security provided by Swiss Guard Family Robinson. Security provided by Swiss Guard Family Robinson.

]]> By: Garden Design http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188579 Garden Design Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188579 Le_Woodman  Yikes! Thanks so much for catching the typo. Actually, it's 1696—thanks for catching the typo. It would be hilarious if it had been 1969, but nope, many centuries before! Le_Woodman  Yikes! Thanks so much for catching the typo. Actually, it’s 1696—thanks for catching the typo. It would be hilarious if it had been 1969, but nope, many centuries before!

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188574 bcsizemo Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188574 Is the tree still alive?  Looking at the trees in the background it seems like spring time or so, and yet this tree has no signs of visible foliage.  If it doesn't produce leaves then I'd say it is dead, which means it is probably the oldest still standing tree in the country, but not necessarily the oldest living tree. Is the tree still alive?  Looking at the trees in the background it seems like spring time or so, and yet this tree has no signs of visible foliage.  If it doesn’t produce leaves then I’d say it is dead, which means it is probably the oldest still standing tree in the country, but not necessarily the oldest living tree.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188565 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188565 Am I the only one who started humming <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZLIQodHaFk" rel="nofollow">Church in a Tree</a>? Am I the only one who started humming Church in a Tree?

]]> By: technobach http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188563 technobach Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188563 Someone needs to build a church around the tree.  "And thus God put a church in a tree in a church, and saw that it was good." Someone needs to build a church around the tree. 

“And thus God put a church in a tree in a church, and saw that it was good.”

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188561 nosehat Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188561 So let me get this straight:   This weird, old, phallic looking church was built thrusting up into this overgrown bush to help worshipers assume that someone was a virgin. Sure, that makes sense. So let me get this straight:   This weird, old, phallic looking church was built thrusting up into this overgrown bush to help worshipers assume that someone was a virgin.

Sure, that makes sense.

]]> By: Jack Holmes http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188556 Jack Holmes Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188556 Enough is ENOUGH! I have had it with these motherfucking churches in this motherfucking tree! Enough is ENOUGH! I have had it with these motherfucking churches in this motherfucking tree!

]]> By: Le_Woodman http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188554 Le_Woodman Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188554 Haha, the chapels were built in 1696, not 1969 ! Haha, the chapels were built in 1696, not 1969 !

]]> By: townandgownie http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188549 townandgownie Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/15/church-in-a-tree.html#comment-1188549 I hope the folks going in there pray to the Kebler elves so they'll drop some nice cookies on them. Otherwise they're wasting their time. I hope the folks going in there pray to the Kebler elves so they’ll drop some nice cookies on them. Otherwise they’re wasting their time.

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