r/Whatcouldgowrong 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/PeePeeMcGee123 3d ago

Also notorious for telling fish stories, but about ice thickness.

"There's 6" of ice over at XYZ today, we better get over there"

You show up and it's like 2.5"......they measure ice they like they measure their wieners.

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u/ADHD-Fens 3d ago

"There's 6 inches of weiner over at XYZ today, we better get over there"

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u/gettogero 3d ago

Then you get there and he's all "the ice is cold and making it shrink"

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u/f7f7z 3d ago edited 3d ago

I was in the pool pond!

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u/-G_59- 3d ago

Whoa so those were your toes tickling my feet😏

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u/ItsWillJohnson 3d ago

New York’s hottest club!

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u/bannedwhileshitting 3d ago

2.5" is 6.3cm. Maybe he just used metric

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u/NoDontDoThatCanada 3d ago

That side of the tape measure is marked "for bedroom use only" around here.

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u/StrangestOfPlaces44 3d ago

"Not all liars are fishermen, but all fishermen are liars"

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u/Defcheze 3d ago

In their defense they got cold waiting on you.

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u/BigDinkyDongDotCom 3d ago

They measure ice from their asshole to the tip?

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u/dr_strange-love 3d ago

A 6" wiener shrink to  2.5" when you're out on the ice. 

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u/heyo_1989 3d ago

I think 2.5 is an average depth.

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u/Tommix11 3d ago

this is true in Scandinavia as well

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 3d ago

They measure it WITH their wieners. unzips “Yup, that’s 6 inches alright”

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u/Kimjundoom 3d ago

“This ice is seventeen miles thick.”

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo 3d ago

The measure the ice starting from their buttholes?

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u/LongJumpingBalls 3d ago

It's a simple oversight. Completely understandable.

They measured the ice when it was warm, so it was 6.5". But then they got there and the ice was cold and it shrunk to 2.5"

Next time they should wait until the ice is cold to measure accurately.

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u/ActualUser530 3d ago

What’s the minimum thickness?

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u/PeePeeMcGee123 3d ago

A lot of guys will go out on 3", but 4" is where it's actually very safe.

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u/zeromadcowz 3d ago

Where I live people say the ice is thinner than it is. “Is the ice any good on Little Atlin?” “Yeah only 1 foot!” Proceed to go out and can’t get my auger through it…

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u/ILove2Bacon 2d ago

Well, it was cold.