Lebanon said the Israelis had crossed into Lebanese territory while trying to prune a cypress tree for better visibility, and that the army acted in self-defense against Israeli "aggression."
VOA: standard.2010.08.04
When the singer Luther Vandross was charged with manslaughter after his best friend died in a car accident with Vandross driving, L. Peter Parcher, "lawyer to the stars, " devised a slick defense: An olive tree had dropped its slippery nuggets precisely where the crash occurred on Hollywood's Laurel Canyon Boulevard.