EXPLODED WHALE

PRETTY PRETTY

 TREE HUGGER
GETS SPLINTERS

  A woman from Eden, who was a tree hugger, purchased a piece of timberland in the hills behind Eden.
  There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract.
  She wanted a good view of the natural slendour of her land so she started to climb the big tree.
  As she neared the top she encounted a tawny frogmough owl that attacked her.
  In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree to the ground and got many splinters in her crotch.
  In considerable pain, she hurried to the nearest doctor.
  She told him she was an environmentalist and how she came to get all the splinters.
  The doctor listened to her story with great patience and then told her to go into the examining room and he would see if he could help her.
  She sat and waited three hours before the doctor reappeard.
  The angry woman demmanded: "What took you so long?"
  He smiled and then told her: "Well, I had to get permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forestry Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Rural Fire Service and Conservation and Land Management before I could remove old growth timber from a recreational area. I'm sorry, but they turned me down!"

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