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A television interviewer had to conduct two separate live interviews on the local nightly news; one with a councillor about rate rises and the other with a man from the Forestry Commission, talking about a tree shortage in Scotland. Both men were called Trevor Smith.
Interviewer : “Mr. Smith, how important do you really think the forests in Galloway are?”
The councillor : “Well.....er, quite a lot, I’d say. Yes, definitely, actually my wife and I often enjoy a drive through Galloway on a Sunday, and it wouldn’t be the same without those lovely trees.”
Interviewer : “Then why not plant more of them?”
The councillor : “Well, to be fair, I’m only one man and there’s only so much I could do. I suppose I could buy a couple of saplings from the garden centre and plant those.”
Interviewer : “I’m glad you can laugh about it Mr Smith. Surely you and the Forestry Commission accept trees have more than intrinsic value?”
The councillor : “Oh yes, absolutely. You can use trees for lots of things like making paper...and, er...boats for example. But I don’t know about the Forestry Commission, you’d have to ask them. I’m from Copeland Council.”
Interviewer (faintly) : “Thank you.”
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