Minnesota Neighborhood Pranked by Frozen Pants
When the cold gets tough in Minnesota, one longtime Minneapolis resident uses frozen pants to make it more fun.
Tom Grotting is famous in his Minneapolis neighborhood for freezing pants and placing them in unlikely places, including his front yard.
“I mostly do it for my neighbor, Diane,” Grotting told ABC News. “The winter gets a little long and she doesn’t like winter very much so it’s mostly entertainment for Diane.”
Grotting soaks the pants in a bucket of water and then hangs them outside, sculpting them as they freeze. The whole process takes less than 30 minutes, he said.
The fun begins for Grotting when he decides where to put the frozen pants. Past locations have ranged from outside the neighborhood coffee shop to next to parking meters near his company, Digital Pictures, Inc., in downtown Minneapolis.
“I put them right outside my office window so I took pictures of people awkwardly squeezing in between the frozen pants as they tried to fill the meter,” Grotting said.
Grotting began the now-tradition a few years ago when what was described as a Polar Vortex left Minneapolis with unbearably cold temperatures.
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Gives an entirely new meaning to "freezing your butt off".
:~)
Oh what a fun story- very creative! And just in time for the big storm heading my way.
Hahahaha, You may be right - it could be symbolic.
Heck in northern Minnesota we used to do that in May. 'cept we were still wearing the pants.