Ents Rule

I want to make this perfectly clear before I begin this post: I love trees. I love the gigantic maple tree in our back yard, and the ample shade it provides in the summer. I think we have an awesome backyard, to be honest, but it would be a godforsaken patch of dirt and sun, if 80% of it wasn't shaded by the maple tree. So I also love the tree's leaves.

I read and saw The Two Towers, so I know it's a bad idea to piss off the Ents by hatin' on their brethren the maple tree. I'm not about to suggest we tear our maple tree down to clear space for some ogre-making factory like that evil wizard tried to do.

But I will say this, I do hate 50923784023 dead maple leaves in our backyard. We have a tiny city lot and I still managed to get 23 bags full of leaves from the backyard alone.

My childhood home was on a lot twice the size of where I live now, and on a corner. So there was a side yard to rake as well, and at least seven pecan and mesquite trees in our yard. I don't think we ever eclipsed 30 bags of leaves raking all three yards. And I got 23 bags from one freaking tree.

I never thought I could dislike a sports team, based on its logo. And I never thought I'd have any opinion about any hockey team, ever, because I don't get hockey and don't really want to. But now, after two falls of raking, I really don't have a lot of good things to say about Toronto's hockey team, the Maple Leafs. And shouldn't they be the Maple Leaves?

So to summarize:




Treebeard and the Ents: GOOD

Toronto Maple Leafs: BAD




I'd rather offend this hockey fan (or even the ones with slightly more testosterone) than Treebeard. Hell I'd rather offend the entire hockey team than one Ent.