The Anecdote Bin

OVER in New Zealand, Eddie M. reports, via a news clipping, that a workman was cutting down a tree when suddenly the chain saw rasped and the man was showered with a spray of ale and brandy. Turned out that someone had cached seven bottles in the deep crotch of the tree and the wood had grown completely over the jugs during a twenty-year period. Perhaps the newspaper headline is the best part of this story: Chain Saw Breaks Tree's Spirit.