21 October 2008

I need an ice scraper

I woke up this morning to go to 8am Mass, thought I'd have enough time (12 minute drive to parish, leave 16 minutes 'til Mass, until I realized that there was a thin layer of ice on my windshield. I lacked an ice scraper. So I had to turn on the car and wait for it to thaw out.

Fun story. I know. Moral of the story, don't live in Wisconsin. Other moral of the story, steal Tom's ice scraper. And, as always, the third moral of the story, after parking the night before you think there might be an ice storm, either leave your car running overnight or put a thin layer of either wax paper or plastic wrap over the windshield and the un-windshield (the back windshield which isn't really a windshield because it doesn't shield you from the wind in the same way that a real windshield does). That way you just have to wrap up the wax paper/plastic wrap and throw it onto the ground. Very environmentally safe.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Moral of the story: LEARN how to live in Wisconsin! And learn what else can be used as an ice scraper if you forget that Wisconsin gets cold. Example: Credit cards may be used to scrape ice, as well as a CD case.

Unless you mean it rained and then froze because that is a tad more difficult.

Unknown said...

I have used a credit card a fair few times.

But, I like Isaac's moral of the story: steal Tom's ice scraper. Stealing always makes things better.

Katie said...

hahahhaha. i can't wait to go home and FREEZE in the midwest...