What do you call driving on a frozen lake and spinning in circles with your car?
What do you call driving on a frozen lake and spinning in circles with your car?
Idk about the etymology of the American "whipping shitties", but seeing it's popular a saying in States where there have historically been Finns, I guess there could be a connection. Or not.
But in Finland we call it "ajaa paskarinkiä" "driving in a shit circle"
I've always heard it called that regardless of what you're driving on. I assumed it referred to the circle of tire tracks it leaves.
I’ve heard people call doing a u-turn “whipping a shitty” and always thought it was a dumb term.
Ripping donies
We should reframe climate change as an attack on winter recreational activities. Then Republicans might actually give a shit about it.
"Oh, I'm not worried about climate change. But I'm very concerned about the impending demise of snowmobiling."
"How will the homeless freeze to death without cold winters?"
Make homeless freeze again.
Sadly it still doesn't matter when people believe that God guarantees four seasons in the Bible
Maryland can be included in this. We have parking lots...and empty roads...and neighborhoods....and intersections.
Ripping shitties? Lol wtf Maine is way better, "ripping titties" and it makes more sense.
In Canada whipping a shitty means an illegal U turn
I call that flipping a bitch
That's what I know it as in Minnesota. No idea where people are getting the donuts thing from.
The last time I saw a meme like this I asked around and everyone else said "whipping shitties" was an illegal U turn.
Here too in Illinois
We definitely whip shitties in WI, too.
It has been a long time since most of those places have been cold enough, long enough, to have a lake become that solidly frozen. It has been 30+ years since I have seen this happen in the mid atlantic.
The water's really deep there, too, so it's riskier. Isn't that were the Titanic sunk?
I’ve lived in the mid Atlantic my entire life and have never driven on a frozen lake.
I do my donuts in parking lots that haven’t been salted or plowed yet.
back in the 90s there was a couple times lakes in western PA/NY froze over enough people were out driving on them.
Only ever done this in an empty parking lot after a few inches of fresh snow
But snow isn't particularly slippery, the only way that works properly is if there's a layer of ice underneath. So you need a warmish day with some rain, followed by a bitter cold night, followed by a dusting of fresh snow to really lose traction in a parking lot.
There was one particular parking lot near my house that was not plowed for years. The snow would fall, melt a little during the day, and then refreeze. Spent many evenings there.
You are missing out then, frozen lakes are so much fun.
Wait until they learn about parking your half-tonne on it, building a hut and sitting there fishing with some beers for hours.
ND we use both. I can't even say what is more common.
North Dakota doesn't exist.
'Course it does, it's just left of East Dakota.
You know the old trope about how people in the South can't drive in snow? We do donuts on the roads unintentionally once the snow falls and refreezes to ice. No lake needed. I guess if you only have snow on the roads you have to seek out places where the car will slide around.
In the PNW, we don't get a lot of snow and it doesn't get cold enough to freeze lakes, but we do get plenty of black ice. Rain + tons of shade under evergreen trees can cause a lot of issues.