A few months ago I made one of the most stupid mistakes someone could possibly make. The outcome was so obviouse, but i still failed to see what was coming. Anyways, it was late winter here in Ontario, Canada, and me and some friends decided to visit a frozen pond near our University. After some time of sliding and wrestling on the ice, one of my friends had the "great idea" to break off the ice of the pond, just for the hell of it. I contributed to the plan with an even better idea to cut a circle in the ice all the way around the pond, collapsing the ice in the centre. So there was the plan, and we set forth on our pointless goal to shatter all the ice in the water. My mistake was that, while smashing my foot through the ice, I was in the middle of the pond. As you might have guessed, by the time I was nearly done making my island, the ice in the centre broke through with me on it. You'd probably find something like this in an 80's cartoon, but I made it a reality. What makes it a near-Darwin experiance is that I'm a terrible swimmer, and the ice surrounding me was too slippery for me to get onto. My friends served little help except for calling for help and when it arrived, it took more than a half hour for the responce team to bring me back on land. Nearly freazing my ass off, I'm sure I would've been fish food if I was in that water for much longer. Here's the lesson kids, if you ever get the stupid idea to break the ice off of a pond, make sure you can swim, and you're not in the middle of it!

Submitted on 05/03/2009

Submitted by: Renato De Souza
Reference: Personal Account - February, 2009

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Bruce said:
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While falling through thin ice is exceedingly common I think your story is deserving of mention. What you did certainly sounds cartooney to me. Thanks, Renato.

Shadow said:
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I agree, this definately earns a spot with me as well!

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