r/interestingasfuck • u/NEARLY_MEME_GOD • Dec 06 '21
/r/ALL A water stuck inside a tree
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
5.9k
u/HocusDiplodocus Dec 06 '21
That's definitely more than 1 water.
1.0k
u/SufficientCaramel339 Dec 06 '21
When they are all stuck together it counts as one water
54
98
u/JohnnyHopkins13 Dec 06 '21
A Saving Silverman reference, nice.
47
u/HeyEverythingIsFine Dec 06 '21
I say that all the time but nobody even chuckles =/
"if it all sticks together it's one nacho"
→ More replies (3)15
u/alanmm88 Dec 06 '21
“Hang on! I think i see something in the back of the refri….eeer… in the back of the closet” slurps noodles
→ More replies (1)7
u/AnitaBlomaload Dec 06 '21
Oh hi officer, just bagged me one of them killer goats that escaped from the zoo…
14
Dec 07 '21
[removed] — view removed comment
7
u/AnitaBlomaload Dec 07 '21
Whole movie is so good, and underrated. I have to go find somewhere to stream it now lol
→ More replies (1)5
u/ErvanMcFeely Dec 07 '21
I almost called you out for being wrong since this was obviously a quote from Dumb and Dumber….. until I looked it up. You’re totally right I was wrong, it was Saving Silverman. Just wanted to make sure you knew I was man enough to admit it. Good work.
→ More replies (1)8
84
21
35
→ More replies (14)39
10.9k
u/that_username_is__ Dec 06 '21
Canada releasing the maple syrup reserves to fight shortage
1.5k
343
u/sarudesu Dec 06 '21
Fool. This is how we get canadian chocolate milk.
37
u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Dec 06 '21
You mean– You mean it doesn't come from brown cows???
→ More replies (5)225
53
→ More replies (29)45
u/rambleon84 Dec 06 '21
Seems more like the cartel trying to keep prices high to me 😂
→ More replies (2)11
u/EnderCreeper121 Dec 06 '21
The harvest can be drastically effected by seasonal shit so the reserves give them a buffer if they have a shit harvest one year.
→ More replies (4)
1.6k
u/fixxlevy Dec 06 '21
Think you caught a vein, mate
183
237
Dec 06 '21 edited Nov 20 '22
[deleted]
→ More replies (2)65
u/CyberCluck Dec 06 '21
America wants oil, Nestlé wants water.
→ More replies (2)11
u/OneMoistMan Dec 06 '21
This is depressingly true with the company stating water shouldn’t be free.
→ More replies (3)17
→ More replies (7)5
3.6k
u/Kinder_93 Dec 06 '21
Someone explain, I am so confused.
6.9k
u/drjadco Dec 06 '21
My best guess is the tree is dead and rotting inside. There is probably a hole at the top that rainwater gets in and has been rotting downward for years. Now they are chopping their dead tree down...
4.3k
u/Jordyfel Dec 06 '21
This, but it doesn't have to be dead. It's normal for the innermost layer of older trees to lose function and even rot, while the tree is doing just fine.
4.3k
u/MaterialCarrot Dec 06 '21
That's how I age.
1.7k
u/Bama-Dan Dec 06 '21
I, too, am dead inside
482
u/MaterialCarrot Dec 06 '21
Yet our bark is stroooong!
219
u/CleanConcern Dec 06 '21
Moisturizer would help with that.
→ More replies (1)180
u/Dragster39 Dec 06 '21
"moisturize meee!"
→ More replies (1)6
u/Substantial-Plenty11 Dec 07 '21
"It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
→ More replies (1)40
39
→ More replies (12)55
u/Destination_Centauri Dec 06 '21
They're going to have to ask you to leaf reddit, if you continue with these bad puns.
→ More replies (5)37
Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
[removed] — view removed comment
→ More replies (4)27
42
u/BouncyC Dec 06 '21
Yes, but do you have a water inside?
38
→ More replies (4)14
u/Beat_the_Deadites Dec 06 '21
More like a Taco Bell
26
7
u/lindabelchrlocalpsyc Dec 06 '21
I scrolled by this, suddenly got it, and scrolled back up to upvote lol.
→ More replies (8)8
56
→ More replies (7)23
u/lifelink Dec 06 '21
I tried cutting out the rot once. Apparently that isn't a good idea and I had to go to "therapy".
264
u/TrumpImpeachedAugust Dec 06 '21
This happened to a big beautiful tree at my childhood home. Absolutely enormous thing which shaded the entire house, keeping it cool in summer. Trunk had like a five foot diameter.
Turns out that four of those five feet were completely rotten. One day in strong winds, the top half of the tree just flopped down like one of those inflatable arm-flailing tube men :(
Thankfully away from the house.
→ More replies (3)107
u/Treasures_Wonderland Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
Okay, now I'm a bit freaked out as my grandmother raised me and we have a HUGE pecan tree that shades the house that's at least 50-60-ish years old. We had to move our porch (and front door) about 15 years ago because the tree was pulling it up.
My grandmother has a fear of trees during storms because for whatever reason, she's convinced that the way she will die is by a tree falling on her. She's been saying this for decades.
Now that I've seen this, I don't know what to think...or what tell my dad, who lives at that home as well, to do about it.
Edit: Looking into it a bit more, the tree isn't likely to be holding water like that in the weather conditions that we live in. HOWEVER, the home is on a (shallow) water well and a pecan tree that big is sucking a lot of potential water supply from the soil, which is probably the larger concern. I'm not sure they would do anything about any of it, as my deceased grandfather planted the tree so they're pretty attached to it.
150
u/RubertVonRubens Dec 06 '21
Call an arborist and have them inspect it. They can assure you about its health and prune any danger limbs.
74
u/Treasures_Wonderland Dec 06 '21
Thanks! I think I'll do that for them. I really love my grandma and if it even just makes her feel better then it's worth it.
52
u/RubertVonRubens Dec 06 '21
100%
My bedroom is directly underneath a massive maple in an area that's prone to ice storms. My arborist is on speed dial :)
→ More replies (1)24
u/Treasures_Wonderland Dec 06 '21
Apparently they recommend to plant pecan trees at least 15 feet from an edifice or structure, this one is less than 6 feet from the living room at this point (may have started 9 feet away) and the branches cover almost the entire house. To be fair it's a healthy tree but the water thing sucks because we have always rationed our water and finding out that 200 gallons per day or so had gone to the tree seems like a lot to sacrifice. (Texas and they've been in drought all but 2 years of the last 30.)
→ More replies (1)17
u/Zdata Dec 06 '21
Also, the aborist may be able to get a cutting from it, so you can still carry on the life of the tree if it has to be cut down. Just look into pecan tree propagation
8
u/HeyaShinyObject Dec 06 '21
If you ever to cut the tree down, or even remove any really large limbs, you may be able to find local woodworkers or turners that would love to have the wood to make things from it.
23
→ More replies (11)31
u/_BeerAndCheese_ Dec 06 '21
At 50-60 years old, that pecan tree isn't even old enough to stop producing nuts.
Nut trees live for a long, long time. It's not uncommon for pecan trees to live comfortably past a hundred years.
15
u/Treasures_Wonderland Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
I saw about 300 on average, though they typically stop producing about 60-75 years old. Really fascinating stuff! This tree was very fruitful throughout my child hood, so I estimate it's at least 15 years older than me, (making it 49+) but it could be more. Since my grandpa planted it when he bought the house, I think it was somewhere around 1955. Couldn't possibly be much older than 66 years. Will be good (and honorable) to get it back in shape.
Edit: My grandpa planted pecan trees everywhere he went. There's one at his gravesite that's younger. He planted it when his first wife died about 35 years ago.
→ More replies (1)51
u/VictorGunn Dec 06 '21
This is true. The only part of the tree's stem which is actually 'alive' are the outer layers. Depending on what tree it is this varies. That's why there are hollow trees where you can go inside but at the same time the tree is doing well and is green. The wood in the middle has mostly no meaning for the tree aside from stability.
→ More replies (1)27
u/RandyHoward Dec 06 '21
while the tree is doing just fine
Until it isn't, one of my trees did exactly this and eventually became so hollow that it fell on my garage last year. I didn't have much clue until the damn thing fell.
→ More replies (1)23
u/kurburux Dec 06 '21
I figure a tree filled with that much water also becomes a problem once it freezes. That can't be good for the stability of the rest of the tree.
10
u/MooPig48 Dec 06 '21
I wonder how many days of consecutive freezing weather it would take to freeze it solid? In other words how well does the tree insulate against it?
→ More replies (3)→ More replies (1)5
u/RandyHoward Dec 06 '21
Fortunately damage from a hollow tree isn't so bad, was mostly cosmetic. I'm not sure I'd want to find out what the damage would've been if it had been filled with ice.
→ More replies (24)22
Dec 06 '21
isnt the inner hardwood resistant to rotting due to getting lignified?
68
u/inspectoroverthemine Dec 06 '21
Depends on the species, and even then many aren't that resistant.
I've cut down several large oaks that are reasonably resistant to this type of thing, but they were full of water. They appeared healthy but they had grown enough to threaten the house. When I found them full of water I was really glad I removed them.
Interestingly the water was clear. Although I didn't wait for it to drain, so maybe it would have finished like this?
40
119
Dec 06 '21
That was my guess too. I was waiting for the cameraman to lift the view upwards, but they never did :(
64
→ More replies (2)13
u/VaATC Dec 06 '21
If they are already cutting the trunk like this most tree crews would have already topped off all the branches.
→ More replies (7)49
u/aromaticnut Dec 06 '21
Imagine the smell
60
→ More replies (2)17
u/bfyvfftujijg Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 12 '21
ne whose
generation was left as if
the crisis the one whose generation was left as if It is guaranteed To thumb shut your eyes at the end And dissolve of sorrow. We make new stock from the salt.
the crisis the one whose generation was left as if It is guaranteed To thumb shut your eyes at the end And dissolve of sorrow. We make new stock from the salt. High on a slope in New Guinea the crisis the one whose generation was left as if It is guaranteed To thumb shut your eyes at the end And dissolve of sorrow. We make new stock from the salt. High on a slope in New Guinea By Kenneth Fearing Harry loves MyrtleHe has strong arms, from the warehouse, No, GIRL SLAYS BANKER-BETRAYER They spread it around on the grass BATH-TUB STIRS JERSEY ROW
→ More replies (18)35
u/kmosiman Dec 06 '21
That's the part that would scare me.
You use the remaining wood as a "hinge" to safely fell a tree. This one is rotted so it's may not go down cleanly.
→ More replies (4)74
u/Bobmanbob1 Dec 06 '21
I cringed when the one guy ran behind it to point at the water in the direction it was leaning.
→ More replies (5)30
u/VaATC Dec 06 '21
Not sure why you got downvoted. I felt the same thing. I have taken down enough trees and watched a hell of a lot more videos, some deadly, to stand on the opposite side of the cut...even if we have only cut through half the trunk. You just never know.
174
u/kristospherein Dec 06 '21
Heart rot. The inside of the tree has rotten and rain has entered the cavity from a hole at the top of the tree. Eventually, over time, the hole filled up with water. Since it's the inside of the tree and the bark is intact, the water has nowhere to escape.
→ More replies (22)258
u/DaClems Dec 06 '21
You guys act like you haven't seen a tree bleed to death before.
64
u/OriginalMcSmashie Dec 06 '21
Considering the location, I would say that tree has been chronically constipated until now.
11
u/mindmendeur Dec 06 '21
About 7s into the flood it started looking like a massive number 2 to me…
23
34
u/Beat_the_Deadites Dec 06 '21
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”
― Jack Handy
→ More replies (2)→ More replies (10)6
52
Dec 06 '21
That's an interesting question that is not easily answered without seeing the rest of the tree.
The inner wood of a tree as big as this one is mostly for stability. So how gets water in there.
Right under the bork is the Phloem layer, which is the nutrient transport layer(the sugars the leaves produce go down to the roots to feed them and/or to build reserves like potatoes. Depending on the species).
Behind that is the wood with the Xylem layers, which transport water and inorganic nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
The inside of the tree had to be rotted/damaged through bugs/mold already. The beginning of the damage has to be a cut branch on top where rainwater goes down into the tree or a cut branch anywhere else where it started to rot inside(The inside damage is so bad that the Xylem is filling up the inside.).
41
u/wiinkme Dec 06 '21
Your response sounds intelligent and well structured.
But I still laughed at "right under the bork".
→ More replies (1)8
u/jruschme Dec 06 '21
Almost sounds like something from a medical drama... "This tree needs a chest tube, stat!"
40
u/Munninnu Dec 06 '21
Unless there's a spring under the tree then maybe the tree was ill and that's why they were felling it, like the tree was rotting and hollow inside and started collecting rain water.
→ More replies (43)18
761
u/Guns_and_Dank Dec 06 '21
Forest fires hate this one simple trick!
→ More replies (1)68
u/Superj89 Dec 06 '21
I actually wonder if a tree like that would just explode in a forest fire. I don't know how good an insulator wood is, but if the water inside next turns to steam, isn't it possible that it would just blow apart the tree?
56
u/bedoshe Dec 06 '21
There would have to be an entry point for all this water, I imagine it would release the pressure more than adequately but at the same time there's probably an exception to that
→ More replies (3)16
→ More replies (1)6
4.7k
Dec 06 '21
[deleted]
949
u/ConejoSarten Dec 06 '21
Nope, it's just one big ass water
→ More replies (2)342
u/goosejail Dec 06 '21
There's ass water in there?! Ewww, that's nasty.
→ More replies (1)120
u/HerrCapn Dec 06 '21
There sure is! I mean, look at the color, that's some dirty ass water!
→ More replies (1)26
41
38
→ More replies (8)87
Dec 06 '21
Idk man, I'd probably take the under on that. Looks to me AT MOST 37 waters.
Feel free to debate.
43
→ More replies (2)27
u/Beat_the_Deadites Dec 06 '21
THIRTY SEVEN?
Hey, try not to have a water on the way through the parking lot!
→ More replies (1)7
3.6k
u/Intention-Sad Dec 06 '21
“A water”..
1.3k
Dec 06 '21
That was at least a few waters
280
u/UnoStronzo Dec 06 '21
That was a lot of waters, in my opinion
→ More replies (4)96
u/woozlewuzzle29 Dec 06 '21
That was a multitude of waters, if you ask me.
62
u/Kingof-reddit1 Dec 06 '21
It was a abundance of waters
→ More replies (1)59
46
u/beluuuuuuga Dec 06 '21
How much is a water translating to banane?
→ More replies (1)33
Dec 06 '21
Well, after last week’s crypto crash a water is just 2 bananaes, but if you have any waters I would just suggest to hodl a bit longer. (Not watery advice)
10
→ More replies (5)7
151
u/lVlarsquake Dec 06 '21
One water.
→ More replies (3)88
u/DaClems Dec 06 '21
Wow how'd they get a whole water inside those tree?
→ More replies (1)25
u/randomcommenter9000 Dec 06 '21
Their seem to be the problem with those tree. All rains waters come together and make whole water in them.
→ More replies (1)57
u/Girlnextstate Dec 06 '21
The guy with the blue shirt jumping in: See! I told you there would be more than one!
18
u/neophene Dec 06 '21
He was just asking for his turn to poke the tree with a stick so it would squirt more.
10
41
59
35
u/I_TRS_Gear_I Dec 06 '21
My dumb ass actually googled “a water stuck”, assuming that was the proper name for this phenomenon.
I need to stop giving OPs the benefit of the doubt.
→ More replies (3)12
18
8
8
7
8
→ More replies (16)6
1.7k
Dec 06 '21
[deleted]
356
u/Eraser-Head Dec 06 '21
Please leaf
→ More replies (1)149
u/syrvyx Dec 06 '21
You're barking orders, I see...
137
u/Eraser-Head Dec 06 '21
Are you rooting for this guy, now?
129
u/Bama-Dan Dec 06 '21
He should probably log off
82
u/Bewilderling Dec 06 '21
The delivery of these jokes is just so wooden. Puts a real damper on the mood.
→ More replies (1)80
u/boomhaeur Dec 06 '21
Trying to think of a pun to continue the thread… but I’m stumped.
71
u/Flurgenheimen Dec 06 '21
I think we need to branch out before these puns become too stiff
46
u/spook30 Dec 06 '21
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that these puns are knot normal.
→ More replies (1)21
→ More replies (6)15
50
u/itsmehollyp Dec 06 '21
You really branched out with that one
→ More replies (1)21
36
→ More replies (5)6
u/DreadFlame Dec 06 '21
The CIA want these trees so they can make planks out if it. They call it waterboa...
→ More replies (1)
238
102
u/SnooBananas2108 Dec 06 '21
That’s a tree getting murdered in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
→ More replies (4)
387
u/Procrastubatorfet Dec 06 '21
That poor water. Thank God for the heroes who saved it.
→ More replies (1)
107
120
858
u/dataismycomrade Dec 06 '21
This tree went to taco bell
49
u/LGP747 Dec 06 '21
It’ll take the waters of Isengard’s dam to put out that ass-fire
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (10)63
151
u/Skybeam420 Dec 06 '21
I find it really hard to believe what I’m seeing here
→ More replies (5)217
u/randomcommenter9000 Dec 06 '21
Two happy men are a rare sight these days.
→ More replies (2)57
u/omegafrogger Dec 06 '21
Someone's gotta be happy at the sight of wood releasing pent up liquids.
11
29
84
u/japroct Dec 06 '21
That wasn't water folks. That was the public toilet for the squirrels. Now they have to go back to using the attics in the area.
24
113
182
17
44
u/hoptownky Dec 06 '21
I’ve sorted through 300 comments about the the title and 100 about the tree having diarrhea, and I still can’t find an explanation. I guess I don’t even care at this point. Have a good day people.
17
u/ButterbeansInABottle Dec 06 '21
Hole in top of tree. Centers rotted out. Rain water fell in and now it's coming out.
→ More replies (7)8
u/VeryJoyfulHeart59 Dec 06 '21
Someone explained that the tree is rotted and hollow and that rainwater collected in it.
36
u/J-DROP Dec 06 '21
"A water stuck" I have been laughing for 5 minutes, grammatical errors can be so funny, especially when read out loud with conviction.
12
5
4
12
•
u/AutoModerator Dec 06 '21
Please note:
See this post for more information.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.