Beatles George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:33 am    Post subject: Beatles George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles

The definition of irony right here

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28417341

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Beatles George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles

A pine tree planted in 2004 in memory of former Beatle George Harrison in a Los Angeles park has died after being infested by beetles.

The sapling was planted in the city's Griffith Park near the observatory.

Harrison, who died in 2001, spent his final days in LA and was a keen gardener.

Council officer Tom LaBonge told the LA Times the memorial had grown to more than 10 feet tall in 2013, but the tree beetle attack had overwhelmed it.

A new tree will be planted at a date yet to be decided.

A small plaque at the base of the tree read: "In memory of a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and a gardener."

It also quotes the guitarist and singer-songwriter himself: "For the forests to be green, each tree must be green."

Last year, a blue plaque was unveiled in London for Harrison and fellow Beatle, John Lennon.

The commemoration was at 94 Baker Street, which was the site of the now dissolved Apple Boutique clothing store.

It was owned in the 1960s by Apple Corps Ltd, a company formed by the band.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:37 am    Post subject:

Who said there would never be a beetles revival?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:51 am    Post subject:

angrypuppy wrote:
Who said there would never be a beetles revival?


Don't make it bad.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:07 am    Post subject:

the ironing!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:13 am    Post subject:

C M B wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
Who said there would never be a beetles revival?


Don't make it bad.


Let it be.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:41 am    Post subject:

I don't know if ironic is the way to express what I'm trying to say. I find it ironic the tree was killed by a beetle amd the group was The Beatles.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:46 am    Post subject:

But the tree was planted on behalf of a Beatle
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:08 pm    Post subject:

A blackbird would have solved this.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:43 pm    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
I don't know if ironic is the way to express what I'm trying to say. I find it ironic the tree was killed by a beetle amd the group was The Beatles.


hum, we got that.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:25 pm    Post subject:

I heard they came in through the bathroom window
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:26 pm    Post subject:

I couldn't help but laugh after reading the title of this thread... it is ironic though
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:47 pm    Post subject:

24 wrote:
jodeke wrote:
I don't know if ironic is the way to express what I'm trying to say. I find it ironic the tree was killed by a beetle amd the group was The Beatles.


hum, we got that.


really nice of jodeke to explain the irony LOL
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:05 am    Post subject:

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jodeke wrote:
I don't know if ironic is the way to express what I'm trying to say. I find it ironic the tree was killed by a beetle amd the group was The Beatles.


hum, we got that.


really nice of jodeke to explain the irony LOL

Not attempting to explain the irony of beetles killing a tree named after a Beatle. I was referring to the word irony itself.

By definition it's a word I think misused often, therefore I wondered if I was using it correctly. LINK
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