Friday, January 20, 2012

Car Turds? Really?


Typical front view
A classic rear car turd.

When you drive over Wisconsin's snowy roads the snow flips up and accumulates in the wheel wells behind each tire.  The snow amasses and packs in underneath and then it hangs tight especially on very cold days.  


A hard frozen specimen
in a parking lot
Watch your step!















As the temperatures warm and the snow starts to melt the chunks come loose and plop off onto the ground or on the street as you drive along.  You'll see people walking around their cars in driveways and parking lots giving the snow a kick so it falls off with a sploosh or a clunk depending on how cold it is.  When walking across a parking lot at the mall you have to be careful not to trip over them or step in them soiling your shoes.  

Beware!  If your garage is warm enough it can potentially fill with these melty lumps.  It's a nasty phenomenon indeed. 

The name for these little ditties is car turds.  Really, I kid you not.  

1 comment:

  1. When those car turds fall on your driveway, don't shovel them onto your lawn! The salt is so concentrated in that turd that it will kill the grass once it melts.

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