• circuscritic
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    1311 months ago

    There was either rocks inside, or they used the heat of their hands to compact and harden the snowballs.

    Probably the latter, but possibly both techniques were used.

    • teft
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      911 months ago

      My brother and I used to put ice in ours. Better than throwing rocks since you can claim ignorance.

      • circuscritic
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        11 months ago

        Or take the hand hardened snow, roll it in powder, and claim ignorance.

        I know, there’s lots of variations on how make a snowball maim or cause blunt force trauma, but adding rocks and making ice balls in your hands seemed like a consise way to explain why those kids all look like boxers who lost a 10 round slug fest.

    • ares35
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      611 months ago

      when i was little, my brother skipped the packing the hard rock inside the snow bit and just threw the rocks at my head instead.