The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Courtesy of Popular Mechanics, we come across this novel method of propelling oneself across the ice.
What I want to know is, what happens if he cuts a little too deeply? One has visions of the ice separating beneath him, and his feet getting wider and wider apart, until . . .
Peter
A Wile E Coyote moment waiting to happen.
Well, not really. Not with the ice as thick as THAT clearly is. On the other hand, it does have a special "Hey, y'all, watch this!" flavor for those who aspire to replicate this in warmer environs..
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Yeah. I was just going to ask what's the Swedish for, "Hold my beer and watch this!!".
I saw that and my immediate thought was, "Darwin Award!"
You obviously have not lived where lake ice is so thick you have to add an extension to a three-foot ice auger, have you?
@Jim22: No, very fortunately I haven't!
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