Trees

I decided to forgive myself and not worry about making up the post I missed. Mostly because it means I don't have to think of another topic to write about. It is laziness that keeps me loving myself.
We took Lisa up to East Campus of the University of Nebraska where the law school, dental school, and dairy are. I showed off the newspaper stands and my locker and then we went to get some ice cream. Rather Anna and Lisa got ice cream and I scoffed and got hot chocolate. It was cold, why would you want to eat ice cream? Soapy was being good (but she is still kind of creepy and zombie like since she got her shots on Wednesday. Probably its Solanum.)
But as we were leaving, we passed by some nice firs in the arboretum. Lisa noticed a small sign zip-tied to a branch and we looked at it.
It had a little robo-pooch in the corner and text that said

"This tree has been sprayed with rotten eggs and synthetic fox urine. It will release a foul smell if it is taken into a warm house."

A few things ran through my mind: Why does it not stink now? Why did they spray it? Did they wait for eggs to get rotten before they mixed it with the fake-o fox urine? How do you spray that?
I suppose they have had problems with people stealing trees for christmas? What does the university do once spring rolls around? Can you really wash off rotten eggs and fox urine? Did the sprayers object to handling the stuff? I kind of want to steal a branch off of the bottom and take it into a warm house to see if it really stinks. Why doesn't it stink in the cold either? Maybe they use high tech science or something.
cool cool.

I would also like to add that the pumpkin pie turned out great. The crust wasn't doing so hot (I'll have to get you to teach me how to make a nice crust, Katie), so we ended up with more of a pumpkin torte with a crust base than a pie, but it was nicely stirred and chilled. Also, we are enjoying the turkey bits that we gleaned from the carcass.