Break the Ice Day

Another Literal / Figurative Choice


There's a kids' game called Don't Break the Ice. I have owned a copy, but I don't know that I've ever actually played it. How about you?

The preferred method of celebrating Break the Ice Day is doing so literally with naturally formed ice. In other words, not using ice cubes from your freezer or a bag of ice you bought at Kwik Trip.

Since the temperatures in most parts of the United States at this time of year are well above freezing, to find naturally formed ice, you'll have to go way, way up north into Alaska or Canada, you hoser.

I don't know what latitude you'll have to cross to find ice, but I'm guessing it's well north of the 56th parallel where Ft. McMurray is located.

If you're going to be lame about this and use man-made ice, just take a hammer to it and be done with it.

If you're going to be lamer still and do the figurative thing, like at some singles bar, then get yourself all gussied up and get ready to paint the town red tonight. That's assuming you have the guts to actually break the ice with someone of the opposite gender.

Be careful out there.

By the way, it's also Red Nose Day, so you have to wear one if you go out tonight.