Square one: Enjoyed the lunch? Now we go outside. Square two: My assistant will give you a tree and a spade, so you can plant it. Square three: Uhh, the tree, not the spade. The volunteer: Oh, sorry.
Hahaha! Good one. Rule #1 - be careful of your wording. Rule #2 - never assume that people know what you mean if rule #1 is broken?
You are right, Pac. Chuckle. But all joking aside, I like these programmes that have volunteers go out and plant oodles of trees in selected areas. It is a noble thing to do, but I can imagine that it would be fun too.
This is very funny You might like this Sjoerd: We have a tree nursary in our tiny remote community. Last year they dontated trees to the closest elementary school ( maybe 70 kids), organized a field trip with the teacher, and the kids all planted seedlings and had a picnic lunch. They had such fun, especially the smallest littles. A cleared field will now be a forest again. The kids all took a little seedling home to plant as well. They've put it out to the school community to find a suitable planting project for next year. They have a wait list now They are moving to growing more deciduos trees now ( aspen, poplar, cottonwood) for forest fire prevention, rather than primarily lumber driven conifers.
Glad you liked that simple cartoon, Mel. What great planting news there. That does sound like fun…and it us admirable work.
They have "Friends of trees" here. They plant hundreds of trees every year. I wanted to join, but they already have more volunteers than they know how to use. I think that's a good thing. Yes, we need to be careful and specific with out language!
