Dreamweaver Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 A recent nasty ice and snowstorm got me thinking about a crazy activity that many do. A friend of mine did this after snowfall in his highschool parking lot, and got ticketed by the police! There are several names that I know of calling the activity of driving around in tight circles on a slippery surface, usually ice. Cutting cookies Doing donuts Whipping shitties The one that I use is the last one, whipping shitties. I looked it up online and found an interesting [url="http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_77.html"]Harvard study[/url]. Others have commented in blogs that whipping shitties is the funniest phrase they've ever heard. Is it really that funny? or am I just a crazy northern midwesterner?
Sojourner Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I call it doing donuts. But I like your term for it better.
Snarf Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Donuts or fishtailing. Nomenclature depends on the situation and the manner of rotation.
zabbazooey Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Donuts...although I like your word for it
tojo Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Donuts. Hsmom also said this and we are both northern midwesterners, also. Sojourner is midwestern and she said donuts too....
Proud2BCatholic139 Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I say donuts my brother calls it whipping shitties.
Jaime Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I used to call it the whipping one too Was anybody else expecting the filters to work?
Dreamweaver Posted November 30, 2005 Author Posted November 30, 2005 Is the censoring supposed to work? Ok, I see, if you remove "ties" from shitties it'll turn to another word. Why wouldn't the fiddler make it shinobities?
Sojourner Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Now we know how to defeat the fiddler -- just add "ties" to the end of any word.
Lil Red Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 donuts, or brodies. anyone every hookey-bob before?
Jazz4jesus Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I thought it was hydroplaining... I thought donuts were more of a controlled action, and as far as i know you cant make tight circles (or turns) on slippery surfaces while being in control. also fishtailing is a weaving motion I have done fishtailing and other disastorous actions, in mud though. Brother hyproplained for me when i was a fish in HS. drove home took turn fast spun 360 so fast i didnt realize what happened.
prose Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Donuts, fishtailing AND whipping here, And, yes! I was very surprised about the lack of the censoring!
RC_ Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I once pulled a brodie in my chair...not much fun...
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