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By JeanValette   Comments: 43942, member since Sat Mar 15, 2003On Sat Mar 20, 2010 01:30 AM
Eiffel Tower tree exorcist caught
March 03, 2010
AN EXORCIST who hammered nails into 100 trees near the Eiffel Tower and painted them "to rid them of evil spirits" has been arrested and questioned by police.
Gardeners looking after the Champ de Mars at the foot of the Paris landmark had spotted a number of vandalised trees over a three-week period and could not work out what was happening.
They asked security guards to keep an overnight watch. The patrol spotted a 38-year-old man at about 4.30 in the morning performing his daily ritual.
Questioned by police, he said he had "protected" about 100 trees on the Champ de Mars from demon forces.
According to Le Parisien, the man had been questioned after the practice before and was briefly admitted to a psychiatric hospital. However he picked up the work again when he was discharged last month.
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By Surrender_Monkey Comments: 6102, member since Mon Apr 26, 2004On Sat Mar 20, 2010 01:40 AM
Interesting. Give the man a nail gun and ask he to ward off evil muzzies. |
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By JeanValette Comments: 43942, member since Sat Mar 15, 2003On Sat Mar 27, 2010 03:14 AM
Surrender_Monkey wrote:
Interesting. Give the man a nail gun and ask he to ward off evil muzzies.
A jackhammer would be equally interesting. |
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By malbarre Comments: 21000, member since Wed Aug 24, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 03:32 AM
Interesting story. Look at this kind of news in the world. There are Chosen Ones who try to save the world, but I think this is too late....
Repent, my brothers! Repent! |
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By Fredmasse Comments: 36492, member since Wed Jan 12, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 03:37 AM
The guy was "nailed" : "He-failed" the tower! |
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By Cazeilles Comments: 11711, member since Wed Apr 09, 2003On Sat Mar 27, 2010 04:07 AM
Some people just do the same but with piece of paper on a wall.
Or by throwing stones.
Freaky, isn't it ?  |
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By Fredmasse Comments: 36492, member since Wed Jan 12, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 04:35 AM
The lame attention wall! |
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By JeanValette Comments: 43942, member since Sat Mar 15, 2003On Sat Mar 27, 2010 04:43 AM
 Fredmasse wrote:
The lame attention wall!
The Time Out Corner for FredMasse. |
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By Riasah Comments: 9456, member since Sat Mar 29, 2003On Sat Mar 27, 2010 04:46 AM
Fredmasse used to be so amusing, telling wonderful poems and amazing us with prose. Whatever happened to that guy? |
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By Fredmasse Comments: 36492, member since Wed Jan 12, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 04:50 AM
Riasah wrote:
Fredmasse used to be so amusing, telling wonderful poems and amazing us with prose. Whatever happened to that guy?
The evil Gollum did not kill the smeagol in me. Don't worry honey. |
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By unclebernie Comments: 4318, member since Mon Feb 28, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 06:56 AM
i wonder what type of nails he was using...copper nails will kill them trees. |
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By Fredmasse Comments: 36492, member since Wed Jan 12, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 06:59 AM
unclebernie wrote:
i wonder what type of nails he was using...copper nails will kill them trees.
Copper nique! |
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By malbarre Comments: 21000, member since Wed Aug 24, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 07:04 AM
Riasah wrote:
Fredmasse used to be so amusing, telling wonderful poems and amazing us with prose. Whatever happened to that guy? Smoke, drinks, sex... |
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By Fredmasse Comments: 36492, member since Wed Jan 12, 2005On Sat Mar 27, 2010 07:08 AM
malbarre wrote:
Riasah wrote:
Fredmasse used to be so amusing, telling wonderful poems and amazing us with prose. Whatever happened to that guy? Smoke, drinks, sex...
Riasah souhaite que je m'épanche dans l'amour de son discours. |
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By Riasah Comments: 9456, member since Sat Mar 29, 2003On Sat Mar 27, 2010 07:16 AM
Fredmasse wrote:
Riasah souhaite que je m'épanche dans l'amour de son discours.
Words are free.  |
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By JeanValette Comments: 43942, member since Sat Mar 15, 2003On Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:21 AM
 malbarre wrote:
Riasah wrote:
Fredmasse used to be so amusing, telling wonderful poems and amazing us with prose. Whatever happened to that guy? Smoke, drinks, sex... |
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By JeanValette Comments: 43942, member since Sat Mar 15, 2003On Tue May 18, 2010 05:58 PM
unclebernie wrote:
i wonder what type of nails he was using...copper nails will kill them trees.
Treenail
A treenail, also known as a trenail or trunnel, is a wood peg or dowel used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frame construction and wooden shipbuilding. It is an ancient technology. Covered bridges in the U.S. often use treenails as fasteners. Many such bridges are still in use. Locust is a favorite wood when making trunnels in shipbuilding due to its strength and rot resistance.
A method of making such a fastener was to cut a parallel peg of a softer wood, and then expand its outer end with a wedge of much harder wood driven into it.
Ancient shipbuilding used treenails to bind the boat together. They had the advantage of not giving rise to "nail-sickness" which is a term for decay accelerated and concentrated around metal fasteners. Increased water content also causes wood to expand, so that treenails gripped the planks tighter as they absorbed water
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