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I could listen to gardeners chat for hours. It always sounds like they’re up to no good | Zoe Williams
The author attributes a current problem to an uncle's disregard for rules. The uncle owns a gingko tree, ironically called a memory tree, despite his poor short-term memory. He vividly recalls a previous gingko sapling being confiscated by customs, a "smuggling" incident he still resents. The exact origin of the current tree in his garden is unclear to the author, raising questions about whether it was another smuggled item. The author humorously dismisses the idea of the uncle using a decoy tree, then immediately contradicts this by referencing a past incident. This past event involved the same uncle smuggling seven varieties of seed potatoes from Germany in 1985. He did this by placing them in the pockets of the narrator and their siblings. The uncle's reasoning was that customs officials would never search a child. The article concludes by inviting readers to submit their opinions on the issues raised.
