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"A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike. This bike has been there for 100 years now. By Todd Bates on Flickr"
What utter bollocks!
Bill
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The bike would still be at ground level if he had.
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The link came up on the gardening newsgroup a few weeks ago. It was suggested there that several of the pictures had been photo-shopped.
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If it's some arty installation a Raleigh Chopper would be more appropriate for getting stuck in a tree.
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There is hardly anything these days published that hasn't been.
Most of the colours are right but exaggerated a bit for effect.
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But he went off to war - so I'd assume a bit bigger than a child?
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Some doubt was expressed as to whether there actually was such a thing as The Corious Tree, the fourth image. See
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Certainly, Google doesn't seem to know of it.
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There were loads of yellow bikes tied to trees near you last summer:-)
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For "hardly anything" read "nothing".
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It isn't quite a Googlewhack but not far off. I suspect it is a stainless steel sculpture somewhere but it might be a digital one.
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It were reight good anorll.
Bill