By theyreallydosmell - 04/02/2011 00:59

Today, I came home from a vacation. It had snowed, so I decided to shovel the front walk. While shoveling, I found a dead skunk frozen solid on the sidewalk. I tried to pick it up with my shovel, but it stuck. It won't move 'til the ice melts. FML
I agree, your life sucks 27 655
You deserved it 3 062

Same thing different taste

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Have you considered taking action to melt or break the ice yourself? Seriously, this is not a difficult problem to solve, so you deserve it for every minute it remains out there.

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pfcstuck 2

Take a pan of hot water and pour it out around the skunk. The ice will melt then you can pry it up with the shovel. Don't just leave it to stink up the neighborhood when it thaws.

At least the fact that it's frozen may slow the rate of decomposition enough that it won't stink too badly before you can get it off the sidewalk.

FMLs about dead creatures annoy me. It's like, "Really, you feel bad for YOURSELF because a LIVING BEING freaking DIED ?! Geez, sorry it's suffering inconvenienced you, asshole."

boiling water will crack the pavement, shut up if you don't know what your talking about.

mr_miyagi 0

21/31 is retarded. "exposed to the elements?" oh you mean like the snow and wind that keep it frozen and therefore from decomposing? bacteria are what do the decomposing, not the elements, and they cant while its frozen. besides it wouldnt smell bad anyway since human sense of smell is inhibited in cold, as is the rate of diffusion bringing the scent to your nose

mr_miyagi 0

that totally sucks op!!! if only ice wasnt a magical impenetrable substance and if only you could somehow control when the ice melted by changing its temperature. o well i guess youre helpless here

53 what do you expect him to do? Go stand out in the minus 25 degree celcius weather with a blow dryer? The most he could hope to do is to hit it with a shovel or a bat to get it unstuck and that would make a huge mess.

coaster918 3

to be honest that's actually kind of funny

just pile salt around it, there problem solved