Today, I spent nearly half an hour clearing several inches of snow off my car. After almost suffering from hypothermia, I finished. Except the car keys were missing from my pocket, presumably buried under a foot of snow. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, I looked outside and I saw that my new car had been snowed on. Sadly the snow had frozen onto the car, so I spent the entire day getting it off. I came inside. By 8pm, my car had snow all over it again, and this time I left the window open. FML
Today, I went to shovel the massive amount of snow that was on our car. After spending time in the cold wind, I finally finished, realizing it wasn't my car. It was an identical car. FML
Today, I spent an hour in a snowstorm waiting for my bus to show up. After I got fed up, I decided to just clean off my car and drive to work. After I was halfway finished swiping off the snow and ice stuck to my car, the bus drove right past me. 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 bundled up to shovel my car out of almost 2 feet of snow, only to find my car was gone. I ran into the nearby police station to report my stolen car. The policeman trudged down with me to get a report. I had parked my car on the other side of the street. 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, I was driving on roads that were bad from two days of snow. I spun my car out, and ended up half-way in a ditch. Thinking that I could push my car out of the snow, I got out of my car, landing in waist deep snow. When trying to get back in, I fell neck deep into snow. FML
Today, I stepped out of my car and slipped on a fresh coating of ice on the ground. I tried to catch myself by grabbing the car on my way down, but unfortunately, I was trying to grab with the hand that was holding my car keys. I key-scratched my own car. FML
Today, my city got almost a foot of snow. When I went out to my car, it was covered in snow with a layer of ice underneath. I went to open the trunk to get the window scraper, when the snow that had collected on the top of my back window slid into my trunk. My laptop was the recipient of most of the snow. FML
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littlekellilee 45
I think she means on the snow around the car to find the keys.
perdix 31
Go inside and wait until spring. Or, move to Florida. If you can get hypothermia while doing vigorous physical activity, you have no idea how to dress for cold weather and are a menace to yourself.
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ItsAUnicorn 27
Why don't you pour hot water on it?
cyanidesandwich 21
I hope that's sarcasm, cause pouring ht water on a car, especially the windshield in cold weather is never a good idea, it could crack the windshield
littlekellilee 45
I think she means on the snow around the car to find the keys.
oj101 33
OP could always use lukewarm water, or turn on her windscreen heater.
ItsAUnicorn 27
Guys.. I meant on the snow on the ground because his/her keys were underneath T.T Why would anyone be so stupid to pour hot water on a car??
Jasmeent11 15
I probably would actually.. lack of logic.
CrazyDoomsdayGuy 6
its -35 here in indiana with the windchill and thats pretty much unheard of lol
Sebvill96 10
Then it would freeze and make ice?
neo08061972 12
well because it will get frozen, I think
MrsDruidess 23
why didnt op do the smart thing and clear off the drivers side door, turn the car on, turn on the heat and the rear defrost, then clear the rest of the car?? That way the car warms up, your keys are safe and you can get warmed up faster when done. Too smart I guess.
JMichael 26
If it was cold enough to give OP hypothermia it was probably most likely cold enough to freeze the water as she poured it on her car.
TwistedCherub1 15
Seriously! Hypothermia in 30 minutes? It must have been well below zero or OP was soaking wet. It took me several hours of single digit temps and being covered in snow to stop shivering, and I didn't pass out until we got back to camp off the mountain. Learned a good lesson about layers that day.
itcomesinthrees 10
It probably was well below zero. It's -40 here right now and has been for pretty much the last month. I sure wouldn't be pouring water on my driveway, I'd end up slipping on the ice later on.
TwistedCherub1 15
It was fourteen below zero just after I made that comment when I cleaned off all the windows of my mini van to go to work this morning. Wind chill was -34. I wore a coat. No hypothermia; not even close. Just cold hands and toes. I've been in colder weather, chaining tires on a semi, without more than a little discomfort. All I'm saying is OP is either exaggerating or was very ill prepared to be outside today.
murdersquirrel 15
was OP taking his temperature in order to know how much his core body temperature dropped!? seriously, mild hypothermia causes...shivering and other mild, temporary effects. it's not really a big deal unless tissue damage results. just saying. happens to people all the time. wear more layers. i think the wording here is a bit of an exaggeration.
omgbrainZ_fml 24
Shovel the driveway
littlekellilee 45
When you brush snow off a car, it usually lands beside the car, causing there to be a deep area of snow there. That's likely what she meant, not her lack of shoveling.
davidislost 11
and why would you do that op? ;D
jaimie652 12
why didn't you start your car while you cleaned it off? o.o or am I the only one that does that?
HelloooooNurse 20
Nope, I do that too. Only way to survive cars in northern ohio
annie_nk 23
I do it too. And turn the defrost on. Makes any icy parts on the windows easy to pick off.
CrazyDoomsdayGuy 6
most ppl clean off their door before starting the car to keep snow from falling inside but not the whole car thats dumb
itsmimi121 8
I always start my car, that way by the time I'm done brushing it off and digging it out, my car is nice and toasty.
touch_phobia 13
That sucks
efettes 19
This is why we have spare keys to our car.
Sports_guy3 28
No shit Sherlock!
myusername83 10
She might have had spare keys, but if she locked her house she probably needed a key to get herself back in the house to get them, which she would have to have her original ones for doing
foxy_grampa 19
Like the first person said, either use boiling water or if you have a big magnet that you can stick into the snow you could use that too
oathkeeper99 31
Don't suppose you have a metal detector?
perdix 31
Go inside and wait until spring. Or, move to Florida. If you can get hypothermia while doing vigorous physical activity, you have no idea how to dress for cold weather and are a menace to yourself.
itcomesinthrees 10
No matter how warm I dress I still get pretty cold when it's -40. I wouldn't say I'm a menace to myself, the weather is the menace.