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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I decided that it would be good exercise to shovel the ice on the backyard patio. Now I can't stand up. FML
Today, I took mine and my sister's dog for a walk in the park near my house. The dog managed to find a large piece of rotting, frozen meat buried in the snow and tried to eat it. I had to pry it from his mouth and can't get the smell out of my gloves and coat. FML
Today, I tried to walk on the sidewalk. Actually, it was so slippery that I had to shimmy across it. Then I shimmied too quickly and fell down. Now everything hurts. Maybe next time I should bring a sled. FML
Today, I got stuck in the snow in the middle of street. As I was just beginning to get myself unstuck, the snow plow came by and buried the front end of my car. FML
Today, I'm at my grandparents' house to help clear snow. I was making a path to the driveway by pushing the snow out of the way. I saw a big pile and went to kick it really hard. Alas, it was a step. FML
Today, I learned that some days you win, and some days you clean up skunk carcass with a snow shovel, in the rain, in formerly waterproof boots. FML
Today, my car got stuck in a foot of snow. I tried desperately digging around my wheels to see if it would help. I was finally able to get out 10 minutes later only to realize that I had dropped my phone in the snow while I was digging and had run over it. FML
Today, the snow in my backyard melted, revealing just how much dog shit accumulated underneath it this winter. FML
Today, the company that was supposed to clear our apartment's parking lot never showed up. I almost got frostbite in my fingers trying to shovel someone's car out since my gloves got soaking wet. FML
Today, it was very windy and snowy and the neighborhood's garbage cans were blowing everywhere. I had already brought mine in and I saw my neighbor's being blown away. Thinking I'd be nice, I went out to pick it up. Just before I could however, the wind smashed it into me and I fell on the ice. FML
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LetsRollOut 2
RIP Pepe Le Pew. ):
zargon 1
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.
nerdsgetmehot 23
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.
natvv 0
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."
DVecc 0
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
XX477544 0
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.
randomgurl__ 3
EWWWWWWWWWW
coaster918 3
to be honest that's actually kind of funny
Wis93 0
just pile salt around it, there problem solved