http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50982 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 05:25:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50982#post-147019 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:18:58 +0000 Boutros 147019@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have the luxury of an editor who vastly improves my subs. I hope I don't get a bill. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50982#post-146937 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:47:12 +0000 dvo4fun 146937@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yep - nice work Boutros. Like the low humming addition </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50982#post-146911 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:46:36 +0000 Boutros 146911@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Another bash at this:</p> <p>A tree that looks exactly like a wind turbine could silence countryside nimbies. The new species, which was discovered by accident, growing in the back yard of a genetic engineering agency, has three pale cream branches capable of rotating at 32rpm in a 10-knot breeze at a height of 146 metres.</p> <p>Forests of Windfarmicus Grandis 3Megawattus could quickly supplement or even replace the traditional drab green woodland which countryside critics say has been around for centuries and is due for some modernisation.</p> <p>"It's about time the countryside was dragged kicking and screaming, or at least giving out a low humming sound, into the 21st century," commented a sales adviser at edf Energy's new garden centre next to Lake Windermere. "And if you pay by direct debit and get your mulch from us as well, the first 20 saplings you buy are at a special tariff." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50982#post-146791 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:36:42 +0000 pinxit 146791@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>After news of the latest arboreal disease they could even replace the awful Ash hole.</p> <p>* cough * </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=50982#post-146735 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:55:45 +0000 Boutros 146735@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A tree that looks remarkably like a wind turbine could be the answer to objections from country dwellers who disapprove of the unnatural appearance of windfarms. The new species, which was discovered quite by accident, growing in the back yard of a genetic engineering agency, could reach a height of 146 metres and develop three pale cream branches capable of rotating at 32rpm in a 10-knot breeze.</p> <p>The hope is that forests of these trees, which have given the Latin name Windfarmicus Grandis Tribranchis Foolnobodicus, will quickly supplement or even replace the traditional drab green woodlands. </p> <p>The late Jimmy Savile is not involved in this sub. </p>