Parking on the frozen lake seemed like a good idea at the time

[LongTimeListener]

Wisconsin.

 

[JohnHammond]

I don't know if I'd park a truck on the ice this winter, but been through a few winters where the risk is low. How do you think you get to your icehouse?

 

[Vombatus]

Haven't these cheese-eating deer****ers heard of global warming?

 

[old_tony]

Lake Geneva, which is a getaway spot for Chicago folks. On the news, the one license plate I could make out was an Illinois plate.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Happens every spring in the Upper Midwest.

 

[exmediahack]

Lived in the upper Midwest for most of my adult live and I never, ever understood this.

Just park and walk. Idiots.

 

[Starman]

The car owners should be socked in the ass for every ******* cent of expense it takes to haul the cars out. Taxpayers shouldn't pay a nickel.

 

[Donny in his element]

Lake Geneva, which is a getaway spot for Chicago folks. On the news, the one license plate I could make out was an Illinois plate.

In other words... liberals.

 

[amraeder]

Wife and I were just talking about how it'd been so warm, it was a bad idea to be snowmobiling on the river near us these days.

When I lived in Fairbanks, AK, pretty much every fall and spring we had a story about people whose car fell in the river because they tried to drive across it before it was completely frozen/after it'd started to thaw.

 

[old_tony]

In other words... liberals.

Stupid people, so ... yeah.;)

 

[Fly]

<begin classic rock riff>

We all came to Wisconsin
Shoulda stayed on the Lake Geneva shoreline

Cars in the water
And morons are surprised
Cars in the water

 

[Starman]

<begin classic rock riff>

We all came to Wisconsin
Shoulda stayed on the Lake Geneva shoreline

Cars in the water
And morons are surprised
Cars in the water

Tires in the sky!

 

[bigpern23]

The car owners should be socked in the ass for every ******* cent of expense it takes to haul the cars out. Taxpayers shouldn't pay a nickel.

Why would taxpayers have to pay anything?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Meanwhile, in Brainerd ...

 

[Neutral Corner]

"You might be a Redneck if... you build a house on the ice so you can fish through a hole in your living room floor."

 

[I Should Coco]

Never understood the attraction of ice fishing.

Why spend all that time building a deluxe ice shack (complete with space heater and TV)? If you need to get away from the missus and like fish, head to the local bar, watch sports, drink some beer and order the fish and chips basket.

 

[Starman]

Why would taxpayers have to pay anything?

In most stories of this sort in Michigan, either the state police or county sheriff department has to send out a marine unit to deal with vehicles sunk in the water, and in many cases, haul them out. That ain't cheap.

 

[bigpern23]

In most stories of this sort in Michigan, either the state police or county sheriff department has to send out a marine unit to deal with vehicles sunk in the water, and in many cases, haul them out. That ain't cheap.

OK, gotcha. Makes sense. I didn't realize that.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

In most stories of this sort in Michigan, either the state police or county sheriff department has to send out a marine unit to deal with vehicles sunk in the water, and in many cases, haul them out. That ain't cheap.

Depending on the situation, the vehicle's owner can face pretty hefty fines.

Fines possible for vehicles, shanties left on ice atop -- or sunk beneath -- Michigan waters

 

[playthrough]

Meanwhile, in Brainerd ...

Hmm, regular or jalapeno ...