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It's so cold in this US city that everyone is quite literally freezing their pants off

The trend was started back in 2013.

WE THINK WE KNOW cold here in Ireland, but we have no idea.

In the US state of Minnesota, it’s currently so cold that people have started doing freezing trousers for fun. Yep, that’s exactly what you think it is.

Locals are soaking their trousers in water, hanging them outside to freeze, then setting them out like creepy, creepy lawn ornaments.

The trend was started by Tom Grotting, who has been doing it to prank his neighbours since 2013.

“Now all over Northeast Minneapolis, people are freezing their pants,” he told ABC News.

I mostly do it for my neighbour, Diane. The winter gets a little long and she doesn’t like it very much, so it’s mostly entertainment for Diane.

Inspired.

Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Dec 26th 2015, 8:49 PM

    Reading this article gave me the measles.

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    Dec 26th 2015, 8:58 PM

    Is that a new meme?

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    Dec 26th 2015, 10:41 PM

    Congratulations. Worst article ever.

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    Dec 26th 2015, 9:42 PM

    Looks like tubridy was at a bukake party

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    Dec 26th 2015, 10:48 PM

    I had to Google ‘bukake party’ ….. my wife isn’t talking to me now

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    Dec 26th 2015, 10:49 PM

    ..actually she is. She told me to get off the fu@#ng Internet!

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    Dec 26th 2015, 11:53 PM

    They reckon its taste of things to come

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    I think Minions is still going. Unfortunately >_>

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    What about the kermot the frog memes? By far the funniest ones…

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    why wait a week to repost stories from the desk at the other side of the office?

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    Dec 27th 2015, 12:23 AM

    O the DRESS, it changed colour according to the angle you had the LCD screen at, eejits…

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    Is Dad bod really a beer belly?

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