A Lady Environmental Activist, who was responsible for getting horses banned
from National Parks & State Forests, was climbing a big tree to have a look
out over the forestry when a Tawny Frogmouth Owl attacked her for invading its
nesting site. In a panic to make her escape, she slid down the tree, getting
many splinters in the crotch of her designer shorts. In considerable pain she
hurried to the nearest Doctor, told him she was an environmentalist, and how
she got all the splinters. The Doctor listened with great patience and then
told her to go into the examining room and he would see if he could help her.
She waited for three hours before the Doctor reappeared.

The angry woman demanded: "What took you so long?"

He smiled and then told her: "Well, I had to get permission from the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Forestry Service, National Parks and
Wildlife Service, Rural Fire Service, and Conservation and Land Management,
before I could remove "Old Growth Timber" from a recreational area....... This
things take time you know...

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