HenryVIII (anonymous) says...

Humor, eh? I guess stealing is funny... I'm sure the owner doesn't think so, though.

Also:
..why NOT return it...
'enry

December 14, 2010 at 9:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Chevy_Guy (anonymous) says...

ಠ_ಠ

December 14, 2010 at 10:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

royt (anonymous) says...

whats humorous about stealing several hundred dollars of walnut. the most valuable tree we have in Kansas.

December 14, 2010 at 10:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

b3bill (anonymous) says...

Shame on you Chris Walker, Editor of The Gazette and descendant of William Allen White, for making humor out of theft. The Gazette has now sunk to a new low.

December 14, 2010 at 11:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

tzkmom (anonymous) says...

Truthfully, that would be like making humor out of someone stealing several hundred dollars from you. I don't think that you would find that funny, Mr. Walker. Especially at Christmas time.

December 14, 2010 at 11:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Chevy_Guy (anonymous) says...

royt,

I wish I would have known that. I let a guy cut down my walnut tree last year and all he wanted was the wood. They are a pain to pick up after, they stink, and they stain everything.

By the way does anyone know how to get walnut stains out of rubber mats and fiberglass? I've tried everything including muratic acid and my poor boat is still stained from that stupid walnut tree.

December 14, 2010 at 11:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bnance (anonymous) says...

The act of stealing isn't funny. But how do you steal a walnut tree? Do you just dig it up and cart it off? The humor is in the item that was stolen, not the act itself.

Brandy

December 14, 2010 at 11:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

tzkmom (anonymous) says...

Yes, Chevy_Guy, you can sometimes get good money out of a walnut. The lumber industry only wants them tall enough and straight enough. Those are usually by creeks and water access. But if it is native walnut, wood workers like to buy that wood. I have a gun cabinet out of native walnut, it has a beautiful purple hue in the wood. Unsure how to help you with the stains, usually need to wear off of things.

December 14, 2010 at 11:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

tzkmom (anonymous) says...

It wouldn't be the item stolen to be funny. Would it be funny to have your trees cut down, dug up or carted off? Besides these we probably prepped to be picked up to be sold.

December 14, 2010 at 11:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

"The act of stealing isn't funny. But how do you ste/\al a walnut tree? Do you just dig it up and cart it off? The humor is in the item that was stolen, not the act itself.

Brandy'

Really? Ever heard of a chainsaw and pickup? I don't take long to chunk up a tree and toss it in the bed, especially if there are 2-3 people. City folk.......

December 14, 2010 at 12:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

HO HO HO EVERYBODY !

December 14, 2010 at 12:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Ubet (anonymous) says...

?

December 14, 2010 at 1:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

cypress (anonymous) says...

Where does this city reporter live? I may know someone that wants some landscape trees, shrubs, gravel or ornaments and I'll send them over since it is funny to take some else's items.
The stupidity abounds and lives strong in Lyon County Kansas!

December 14, 2010 at 1:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

tzkmom,

The common walnut and the black walnut and its allies, are important for their attractive timber, which is hard, dense, tight-grained and polishes to a very smooth finish. The color ranges from creamy white in the sapwood to a dark chocolate color in the heartwood. When kiln-dried, walnut wood tends toward a dull brown color, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Because of its color, hardness and grain it is a prized furniture and carving wood.

December 14, 2010 at 1:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

???

I agree Steve....HO HO HO

There seems to be plenty of grouch and Grinch going around this Christmas Season.

So she saw more humor than deserved in a police blotter entry. She has now been properly put in her place.....

Brandy.....Merry Chritmas to you and yours and all the Gazette staff.

December 14, 2010 at 1:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

Maybe the headline should have read;

TUSEDAY NEWS OF THE WEIRD !.

December 14, 2010 at 1:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

HUMOR would be more like this :

A blond guy asked his wife what she wanted for Christmas.

She said, : " a little more "hard wood" around here would be nice."

So the blond guy went out and stole a walnut tree.

dee dum-dum
:>)

December 14, 2010 at 1:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bnance (anonymous) says...

Humor is what this was intended for! And for the record folks, I'm a country girl. I do know how you steal a tree. (Was trying to be funny) Just wanted to clarify that! All in humor. And yes, biscuitboy, I've been put in my place! Thanks all for doing that! LOL

Brandy

December 14, 2010 at 1:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

neighbor (anonymous) says...

Random firewood cutters are becoming very common anymore. When caught trespassing and confronted, they use the excuse that they thought landowners would appreciate the help cleaning up the place. People are getting real nervy.

December 14, 2010 at 2:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bobhornet (anonymous) says...

Oh Chris and Brandy--you have upset the Puritans of our little community!

I recall H.L. Mencken's definition of Puritanism, which is an apt definition of being an Emporian: "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

December 14, 2010 at 2:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Now keep an eye on the want ads for walnut wood sales.

Sorry, Brandy, gotta chime in here with the rest of 'em. I sold a walnut tree about ten years ago. It had become a problem so I sold it. The straight ones are worth a LOT of money. They came, paid me, cut it down, and carted it off in a horse trailer in very long lengths. After curing, the guy told me he was going to sell it and that even the small pieces are valuable. Lotsa money in walnut.

December 14, 2010 at 2:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

good afternoon!
brandy, i did see the humor in the article. those darned tree poachers! just as bad as deer poachers. by the way, this happens all thru lyon co every year, remember?

December 14, 2010 at 3:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

steve, i love the joke!

December 14, 2010 at 3:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

yev_kassem (anonymous) says...

Dang! Some people sure have gotten their knickers in a twist! Relax folks, it was something she found humor in. I too found it amusing.

Brandy--

Please don't let some of these grumps prevent you from posting additional amusing findings in your everyday life.

Chill pills anyone?

December 14, 2010 at 4:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

krazykansan (anonymous) says...

Current price paid for a straight 10 foot, 12 to 15 inch diameter chunk of walnut is $250.00

December 14, 2010 at 4:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

methusla (anonymous) says...

You know them pesky " Wild Walnut Trees " are really hard to sneak up on or " Call " into " Chainsaw " range ! Besides when they hear that blamed chainsaw or hear a Walnut Tree hunter yell " Timber " the rest of em get realy spooked and can run really fast !

The best way to lure the "Walnut Tree " into range is spread some " Female Walnut Tree " scent around and them ambush the " Buck Walnut Tree " when he comes " A Courtin ", they can' t run very fast with " Wood " ???

December 14, 2010 at 4:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

oh meth,
you are too funny. there is a story of farmer trying to rope a deer running around the internet. .the story is very similar.if you post your email i will send it to you. : )

December 14, 2010 at 5:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

Now that's funny methusla.

Brandy

I hope you realized my "She has now properly been put in her place." comment was intended with full sarcasm.

December 14, 2010 at 5:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jmac (anonymous) says...

Lol Meth.

Brandy I saw the humor in this. Not the act itself. I was wondering how one steals a walnut tree especially if no one heard anything. Chainsaws are noisy beasts.

December 14, 2010 at 5:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

marko (anonymous) says...

nice switch from "humor" to "oddity", now the humor is that the tree theft is from the Sheriff's LOG.

December 14, 2010 at 6:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

I never saw the humor in it, too many dump/steal/disrespect the country around this town. People get tired of this crap. It's all fun and games until it happens to YOU.

December 14, 2010 at 6:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bnance (anonymous) says...

biscuitboy, yep, I realize it was done with full sarcasm! No worries. :0)

December 14, 2010 at 6:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mythoughts (anonymous) says...

Maybe I can convince someone these hazardous trees in my yard are walnuts...

December 14, 2010 at 6:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Boom (anonymous) says...

How does that happen???

December 14, 2010 at 7:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jafo (anonymous) says...

I actually have a very tall and straight walnut tree that we would sell for the wood if someone would come take it down.

December 14, 2010 at 7:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

I think some of the disconnect here is a city/country thing. To someone like myself that has always lived in a town.....the idea of someone stealing a tree out of my yard without my realizing it seem almost ludicrous. Then you come up with these mental images of some masked miscreant running down the street somehow carrying a tree....root system still attached.....to the waiting open trunk of a Chevrolet.....and that image can be amusing.

Of course us city folks don.t appreciate that in the country a tree might be located some distance from the residence of the property owner, But that doesn't make it less his property nor less important/valuable to him.

While I can understand that.....the article was headlined initially as Tuesdays Humor and was intended as such. We have all at times made a joke that didn't quite fly. My problem was not so much with pointing out that trees do have value and stealing them is serious.....but with the superior nature of some of the criticism.

Country folk in the city are also prone at times to gaffes and social errors. It's just part of living in different worlds.

December 14, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

jafo, ah yes, taking a tree down, there's the rub. The last time I had a tree taken down it cost me nearly $500! So if you sell your pesky walnut tree for $300 and they take it down for you, look at the savings!

December 14, 2010 at 9:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

gooseylucy (anonymous) says...

I once had a tree "stolen". I had recently planted a nice little maple tree in my yard. It was staked out and tied. Then one day I look out and my little tree was gone! I looked further out into my yard and there was my big brute of a lab. He was carrying my tree in his mouth! He was wanting to play fetch. To this day I have no idea how he managed to pull that tree up!! True story.

And I agree, there are a lot of folks on this blog that needs to "chill". It was meant to bring a little humor to a bad situation. Remember the 'possums?? LOL

December 15, 2010 at 8:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bnance (anonymous) says...

Love that story goosey. And I do remember the 'possums. I was talking to a friend about that last night!

December 15, 2010 at 10:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )