The expression "that
tree is far away" is used in situations to express that the last statement made by that speaker is
irrelevant and unimportant information that can be ignored, rather than repeated. It'
s best used as a reply when a person mumbles something, an accompanying individual cannot understand and asks for them to
re-say their last
line, only to be told "that
tree is far away," indicating that what they originally spoke was not worth repeating.
It's derived from a Mitch Hedberg comedy act:
"I mumble a lot on stage, I'm a mumblerer. But sometimes what I mumble is some insignificant shit. Like I'll be walking down the street with my friend, and I will have said something, but he didn't hear me, so he says "What!?" SO I'll say it again, and again he had not heard me, so he'd say, "What!?" And now by this time I am yelling "That
tree is very far away!"