Monday, May 16, 2011

May 16*


EV Grieve reader Scott passes this photo along from Seventh Street between Avenue A and Avenue B today. So card-carry members of the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS) will quickly note that:

A) There is no newspaper for authentication, verification or substantiation.
B) It's a fake tree.

Still. We dutifully Skyped ICTTS spokesperson Gruber MacDougal, currently on a truffle-hunting expedition in Western Australia. An ICTTS tribunal will hold a hearing sometime soon in the future or later.
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7 comments:

  1. Roger_PawMay 16, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Now he's in Western Australia??? Whatever happened to the press conference we were promised!?? Do I need to quote the news from your link here?:

    From May 8:
    http://evgrieve.com/2011/05/may-7-8-ictts-convenes-emergency.html

    "Upon learning of this load of Christmas trees, Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS), immediately left Aman-i-Khás, a lodge located outside Ranthambhore in the Indian state of Rajasthan where he was on holiday with his mother. He is expected to make a statement upon landing at JFK tomorrow night."

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  2. EV GrieveMay 16, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Tell me about it! I went all the way out to JFK for nothing! Something's up.

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  3. onemorefoldedsunsetMay 16, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    He's in Manjimup, I presume, but a little early, surely? The season doesn't begin for another two weeks or so. Has any news of MY tree(s) reached him yet?

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  4. Marty WombacherMay 16, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    I'm sure Scott's intentions are good, but this entry is a little sad! And as far as that son of a bitch Gruber MacDougal goes, why would he be hunting for truffles when everyone knows he EATS SHIT!

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  5. LisaMay 16, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    I heard on the QT that Gruber is bosom buddies with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and is so distraught at the sordid charges his lascivious French pal is facing that he had a nervous breakdown, ensconced himself in a submersible in the Mindanao Deep, and plans to remain incommunicado until further notice.

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  6. AnonymousMay 17, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    This shit ain't fun anymore its tiresome a long time ago.

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  7. Marty WombacherMay 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    @Lisa: Ha ha ha! I hope your sources are correct!

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