Christmas Tree - 1/27/12

Bam! Right there on the Beltline in Eugene is a mother-fucking Chrismas tree as I drive home. I know, it's the end of January, haven't these all been mulched, or recycled in some form or other (this is Eugene after all). Well apparently someone had not yet taken care of theirs yet, and it appears to have fallen out the back of their (no doubt) large, muddy, American-made-pick-up-truck. Obviously a Christmas tree, as it still sported the "X" stand formed by a couple of 1x2's (I can't be called upon to know the dimension of those boards that the salesmen nail to the bottom of trees in order to force them to stand erect, but you know the ones to which I refer...). I was seriously tempted to pull to the shoulder and watch in anticipation as someone drove into this little guy. It appeared so dried-up, I just imagine it shattering into a cloud of pine needles when struck by a vehical at 60 mph. Alas, I drove on a bit disappointed, but happy it wasn't my car that nailed the poor bastard.