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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:37 AM
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Poll question: "Throwing snowballs at cars" should be an Olympic sport.
Edited on Mon Dec-08-03 01:39 AM by HEyHEY
With the winter coming I am reminded of the pastime of hiding in a bush hucking a snowball at a car...then running like hell
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:40 AM
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1. Who wants to throw some with me tommorow when I stay home sick
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:41 AM
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2. No snow here
Have to use rocks I guess
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:42 AM
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4. Theres some snow here
well rocks do.
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oustemnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:41 AM
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3. damn, those were good times
the giddy thrill that came with landing one, and then the risk of getting caught. Definitely assholish behavior, but I fully indulged as a youth.

Unfortunately, we don't get many snowstorms in Los Angeles, so I rarely get to participate any more.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:45 AM
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5. About two years ago
My buddy and I were at an Xmas party....around 3 it started to snow. SO we decided to go and re-live old times. We were wandering around looking for a place to hide for the snowball chucking....then a taxi pulled up, a guy got out and we started whipping snowball's at him. HE said "Stop stop. I give up" and we took off. The next day we went to my friends (Who is this guy's nieghbour) We were telling him the story and laughing, he didn't look impresses.
"That guy only has one arm you assholes"
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oustemnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:48 AM
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6. oh, man; whoops!
Not much of a challenge there, I guess. I don't imagine he was too adept at making snowballs, though his arm may have been better due to compensation.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:50 AM
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7. I'm just glad he took it in humour
It was so dark we couldn't see he only had one arm. Not to mention coming home at three am getting out of a cab and being pelted with snowballs, would be considered assualt by some people (Gun toting freepers looking for an exscuse to shoot someone especially)
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:56 AM
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8. My brother
accidently ran over a kid who was throwing snowballs at cars. He swerved when one hit his windshield, fishtailed on the ice and hit the kid standing on the side of the road. The kid ended up breaking both legs. I used to think throwing snowballs at cars was fun until that happened. Snowball fights between friends are still fun though.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 01:58 AM
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9. We used to run after we tossed them
thus eliminating the chance of such an accident.

Actually BC being the place I grew up, there were hills everywhere, so we threw the balls from 30 feet above street level mostly.
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:05 AM
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10. How about hiding in a car and chucking a snowball at a Bush?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:06 AM
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12. why? so we can watch him cry then "tell on us"
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:06 AM
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11. You Canadians are just angling for more medals.
But I bet the Russians kick your ass for the gold :-)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:07 AM
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13. I bet we get it back after the scandal!
Come on the ruskies don't throw snowballs at cars... a Lada would blow up if a snowball hit it and murder is a big charge.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:22 AM
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14. would that be the winter or summer olympics?
:shrug:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:23 AM
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15. rocks in summer
snowballs in winter
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-03 02:55 AM
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16. Why not? It's more of a sport than figure skating is!
:shrug: I'll never understand why it get's so much coverage:dunce:
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