Officer, arrest that tree!

Yet another case of blaming flora for human flaws. Superlative Suppository points us to a story on a troublesome tree in Florida.

Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies think they have found a solution for getting rid of drug dealers and prostitutes who congregate under a giant oak tree: chop it down.

The idea is apparently a big hit with the neighbors who are threatening to move unless action is taken, however county officials came out in defense of the hapless oak and have accepted a free trimming offered by Fritz Bros. Tree Service along with sealing the crevices in the tree where contraband can be hidden. Fritz is clearly one of those tree lovers.

"It's an old tree and I think it would be a shame to cut it down without pursuing other options, increasing patrols, putting a fence around it, pruning it," Fritz said. "It's like we're cutting off our arm because our hand is offending us."

The neighbors are not satisfied with the solution but as Sister Geoff so succinctly puts it, "Yes, people would be model citizens who urinated only in approved places, do not use illegal substances or exchange money for sex if we just cut down that damned devil tree! Cut it down and all will be well!"

Yeah, right.