I Say, Set The Tree On Fire...

In Nashville, fifty-two tree-climbers from several countries scrambled up trees at the International Tree Climbing Competition this week...now, how come this wasn't on ESPN 2?

Now, I certainly don't intend to discredit the intricacies and dept skills I'm sure it requires these so-called athletes to climb a tree, but is an "international" competition really worthy of the cause? I mean, here we are, a civilized, free-thinking society and there are still upright-people-on-2-legs flying around the globe to climb a fucking tree like a spider monkey - that's the progress we've made.

Sure, when you were a kid, you probably liked to climb the occasional tree. It was challenge. Usually not to get caught. But then, so was taking a crap in the woods, but you don't see no "International Taking A Dump In the Bushes Competition", do ya?

Oh well, I suppose it's not too surprising. We've done worse than tree-climbing competitions, that's for sure. And we are a bored group of bio-units. After all, we are all part of the same bored society that invented tongue and lip piercings, Hackey-sack, The Simple Life and Adam Sandler movies.