Me and the missus were watching the History Channel this evening and it was quite informative. How so? Well, you know the giant Christmas tree that is erected next to the skating rink at the Rockefeller Center in New York? Yes, that one. Well, in order to erect a jumbo-sized tree for the holidays their head of gardening hops in a helicopter and scours the land for something suitable. When he finds a potential candidate he marks the location on a map and then visits the owner of said suitable tree. Then he asks the owners if the Rockefeller Center could have it. And they pay the owners ... nothing. Which is odd because there is great expense driving a 90 foot tall tree from the sticks to NYC so I imagine the Rock ain't stretched for a dime or two. Bizarre!
I know what I would say if some dude showed up on the doorstep wanting my mega tree and was offering nothing for it. That's right -- I'd be asking for some tickets to SNL, baby! Actually I'd probably tell him to fuck off. Nicely, of course.
