Nothing good has ever come from a snowball. Nobody has ever fallen in love after being hit with a snowball. Nobody's ever won a million dollars from a snowball fight. You can't even eat a snowball to stay alive. So why do we have them? Some sadistic ass-muncher thinks they're fun. Which they are... to a point...but they never stay fun.

People begin to throw harder, hit from a closer distance, add rocks or make ice balls that don't break when you get hit. Or maybe somebody decides to shove ice down somebody else's back. Then innocent passer-bys become victims just because they were there. And without exception somebody always goes away hurt. More often than not, it's me.

I can't tell you how many times I've walked away with bruises, broken eyewear, and a small limp because someone nailed me into "No Man's land." I have a simple rule. I don't throw them because I don't want to get hit. If there is any resemblance to a snowball in my hands, I must be making a snowman. In a snowball FIGHT, the word "fight" is the operative word. In a fight somebody always takes things too far; I think the sooner you realize this the less people are going to get hurt in the long run.

Take for example the moron here at school who threw a snowball at a cop car, then hit the cop and ran from the scene in a fit of rage, probably brought upon by heightened adrenaline from the snowball fight.

Now this guy deserves everything they give him, not necessarily because he hit the cop car with a snowball, but because he was stupid enough to not apologize for doing something a 5-year-old knows not to do, then hit a cop, then run from a crime scene. Duh, even I've watched enough episodes of COPS to know that crap won't work. I say "Book 'em, Dan-o" and let the voices of all of us who hate snowballs be heard.

We are not going to take it any more. So all of those who throw, beware, the law is on our side, so keep your balls to yourself.

Name: author
Major: spch comm
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Ich sehe deine deutsch major. Danke schon fur deine comments kim ( i apologize for my crude attept at german.)

Name: Sarah
Year: Freshman
Major: Graphics Design
Comments:
That's What I'm Talkin About!!!!

Name: ANTIPOP
Comments:
Amen and again. I wish people would not give me so much crap when I don't go out to throw snowballs at people.

Name: PeeR
Comments:
Wow Kim. Very well put.

Name: Kim
Year: senior
Major: German and History
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First of all, you CAN'T use a snowball to stay alive. If you ate the snow it would cause your body temperature to lower thus allowing your innards to freeze. I saw a documentary on a woman trapped in a snowstorm with her husband and baby with no food. She consistenly ate the snow thinking it would give her adequate breast milk to feed the baby, but instead it killed her from what I just mentioned above. Besides eating a snowball, what other thing can you do to use it? Throw it at a bear in the woods or something? That will keep you alive. Other than that, I agree with you, Chris, on everything you said. It's fun to 'live a little,' but when you're stupid then that's where you draw the line. The guy who threw the snowball at the cop deserved everything he got. There are a lot of stupid people here at RU thinking everything they do is 'living a little,' but it's not. It's just plain stupidity.

Name: ANTIPOP
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Very grown up Mr. Pussy. Very grown up...

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you pussy...live a little

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"Nothing good has ever come from a snowball. Nobody has ever fallen in love after being hit with a snowball. Nobody's ever won a million dollars from a snowball fight. You can't even eat a snowball to stay alive." who's to say none of this good stuff happened? there's probably a chance it has... as crazy as it sounds... but there's still a chance... also,you can use a snowball to stay alive...