Well That is Saddly Ironic

Beatles vs. Beetles:

In a case of unbelievable coincidence, a pine tree planted in memory of the late Beatle George Harrison was killed by a beetle infestation.

The tree, planted in a Los Angeles park, was overrun with bark beetles, LA Councilman Tom La Bonge said over the weekend, adding that a new tree will be planted in its place, the LA Times reported.

The memorial tree was planted in Griffith Park in 2004 and had risen to more than 10 feet high. Harrison spent his final days in LA.

First up, more shitty writing from the MSM, it’s not really a “coincidence” that the tree was killed by beetles. It’s IRONIC that a man who was part of a famous band would have his memorial destroyed by the insect the band was named after.

And given the abuse of the word irony in modern writing, it’s rather ironic (hah!) that it wasn’t used in this story.

I won’t lie, I’m note much of a Beatles fan, they covered so much ground it’s hard to not have at least a few songs from their extensive catalog that you don’t love, but overall I never got into them.

Still Harrison was a member of the Traveling Wilburys and that sadly short-lived super-group was fucking AWESOME!

Also I laughed out loud reading this in the comments:

Someone just has to ensure that any tribute to the Rolling Stones can’t be threatened by a rockslide. Maybe the one for AC/DC should have a UPS.

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