wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I had never heard of it. Its fucking outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 What they've done like, not that I have never heard of it 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, Anorthernsoul said: Is it just called "Gap" now then? I googled it and someone has already changed the name on Google places to Sycamore Stump. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 It'll definitely affect tourism to the area. There's always yanks there wanting to see it cos it was in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 There's police tape there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50776 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: There's police tape there Littering too, cunts 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4949 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 16 minutes ago, Anorthernsoul said: Is it just called "Gap" now then? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27805 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, Gemmill said: I googled it and someone has already changed the name on Google places to Sycamore Stump. I don't know weather to laugh, cry, or GO FUCKING POSTAL. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Its disgraceful. But some of the reaction seems a little OTT. I wonder how many kicking off at a tree like cut down, couldn't give a flying fuck about a bunch of trees on green belt being cut down for some CUNT of a housebuilder to make millions. NIBYISM at its finest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27805 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Its disgraceful. But some of the reaction seems a little OTT. I wonder how many kicking off at a tree like cut down, couldn't give a flying fuck about a bunch of trees on green belt being cut down for some CUNT of a housebuilder to make millions. NIBYISM at its finest But at least there is a reason for those trees to get cut down, whether you call it CUNTS MAKING PROFITS or the provision of housing for our growing population of soon to be singletons like Gemmill and PL.. This is just seemingly senseless. Also unlike 99.999999% of trees, it was massively iconic, symbolic. Not to mention the scattering place of countless ashes etc. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Renton said: But at least there is a reason for those trees to get cut down, whether you call it CUNTS MAKING PROFITS or the provision of housing for our growing population of soon to be singletons like Gemmill and PL.. This is just seemingly senseless. Also unlike 99.999999% of trees, it was massively iconic, symbolic. Not to mention the scattering place of countless ashes etc. Like I said I think its disgraceful. The worse thing is. What punishment can be given out if they ever find the cunts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27805 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Like I said I think its disgraceful. The worse thing is. What punishment can be given out if they ever find the cunts? Think there is precedent for jail time and huge fines. Doubt anyone will be caught though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8367 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I can see how from the outside it could be viewed as 'just a tree' but it feels like a middle finger to the rest of the community IMO. It is well known and loved, it's part of the cultural landscape of Northumberland insofar as almost everyone in the surrounding areas have been to see it at some point. It's just crass and self indulgent to do this - done at night by the sounds of it too so clearly whoever did it knew there'd be an outcry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I bet the coppers are there looking at one another like "am I really now assigned to a tree murder case?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 22515 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Sycamore Gap: Boy,16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: Sycamore Gap: Boy,16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 DAFUQ? Surely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27805 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, Renton said: Doubt anyone will be caught though. I apologise for this incredibly rare incidence of me being wrong. Now, where was I. Oh yes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63312 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 He's the Billy Elliot of lumberjacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39291 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 The silly cunt probably put the whole thing on Tik Tok. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27805 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 In other news, WHAT THE FUCK HAS @Gemmill DONE TO THE GENERAL RANDOM CONVERSATION thread? He's spammed it to death, hasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50776 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, ewerk said: The silly cunt probably put the whole thing on Tik Tok. I’m not a gambler at all, but I’d put my house, kids, and my Susan Boyle sex tape on this being the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42161 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, ewerk said: The silly cunt probably put the whole thing on Tik Tok. I was about to say. As soon as I saw they’d arrested a 16 year old I thought they’d been caught after posting a video of it somewhere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12389 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 A fuck load of middle-aged 'we had way more respect than the youth of today' comments are filling my head but, principally: 1. How the fuck is a 16yo getting his hands on a chainsaw 2. How is he getting himself to what is essentially a remote spot in unsociable hours 3. Where the fuck are his parents?! I get the point Wykiki is making, but it was more than just a tree. It was a tourist symbol of the North East, thanks in no small part to a film in the 1990s. MF called it right, the freedom of the area will be lost and whatever (if anything) takes its place it'll never be the same. It'd be like someone going to American and cutting down the General Sherman or one of the survivor trees for 9/11 or Oklahoma City. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50776 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I bet Michael Gambon is fucking livid that him dying has been hijacked in the news by a tree… … well, he would be if he wasn’t dead. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28572 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 48 minutes ago, Craig said: A fuck load of middle-aged 'we had way more respect than the youth of today' comments are filling my head but, principally: 1. How the fuck is a 16yo getting his hands on a chainsaw 2. How is he getting himself to what is essentially a remote spot in unsociable hours 3. Where the fuck are his parents?! I get the point Wykiki is making, but it was more than just a tree. It was a tourist symbol of the North East, thanks in no small part to a film in the 1990s. MF called it right, the freedom of the area will be lost and whatever (if anything) takes its place it'll never be the same. It'd be like someone going to American and cutting down the General Sherman or one of the survivor trees for 9/11 or Oklahoma City. He's got to be covering for someone. Got to be. Yeh it's definitely a symbol and like rents has said it's a special place for local (and non locals) people. In a way I'm happy people give this much shit about a place like that. We need to respect what we have more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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