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Frozen Pants Take Over Minnesota Neighborhood
https://abcnews.go.com/US/minnesota-neighborhood-pranked-frozen-pants/story?id=36377805When 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.
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.
More photos at link.
I only wish I had thought of this. I also live MPLS.
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This is great! I love it when people can take a bleak situation and inject some humor and whimsy into it. Very creative!
I am glad he is thinking of his neighbor's mental health! 
That made me tear up. 
Used to scare the living crap out of me as a kid. I always had to read to the very end when the character makes friends with the pants.
I'm glad to share it! 
