そんな中、ミネソタ州の住民たちは新たな楽しみを見つけたようだ。同州ツイン・シティでは水に濡れたジーンズを外に出すとすぐに凍ってしまい、立たせておくことができるのだという。
地元KARE TVによると、この「遊び」は同市に住むトム・グロッティングさんが数年前に始めたもの。洗濯機で洗った直後のジーンズを濡れたまま外に出したら立つのではないかと思い、実行してみたのだという。
近隣に住むジョラーナ・ベーンハートさんによると、グロッティングさんが今年、ジーンズの写真をFacebook上に公開したところ大きな反響を呼び、真似してジーンズを立たせる人が急増した。
Twitter上では「#FrozenPants 」というハッシュタグ付きで自分のジーンズを立たせた写真を公開する人が多く確認され、ABCニュースなどのアメリカ国内の主要メディアも報じるなど、広がりを見せている。
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走れるようになるのも大変。(01 of10)
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とりあえず前が見えるようになった。(02 of10)
A vehicle, with a large chunk of snow on its top, drives along Route 20 after digging out after a massive snow fall in Lancaster, N.Y. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Another two to three feet of snow is expected in the area. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ドアの外に積もる雪(03 of10)
In this photo provided by Patrick Bryne, his dog, Bonnie, sniffs a door blocked with snow on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, in South Buffalo, N.Y. A lake-effect snowstorm dumped more than 4 feet of snow on the Buffalo area on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Bryne) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
犬も埋まる(04 of10)
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雪かき(05 of10)
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雪下ろし(06 of10)
Andrew Zelak cleans the snow from his roof on Irving Place in Alden, N.Y. Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. A new blast of lake-effect snow roared through western New York with thunder and lightning on Thursday, raising to nearly 6 feet the three-day total in parts of the Buffalo area. The weight of the snow has caused problems around the area with roofs collapsing and structures fracturing. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
屋根の雪を下ろしたら家と同じ高さに(07 of10)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, and released by the New York National Guard, an airman with the New York Air National Guard shovels snow off the roof of the Eden Heights Assisted Living Facility in West Seneca, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/New York National Guard, Maj. Mark Frank) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ブルドーザー登場(08 of10)
A front loader drives through a snowstorm along Union Road on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in West Seneca, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
道路の側面にも雪の壁(09 of10)
In this photo from a surveillance camera operated by the New York State Thruway Authority, a person climbs through piles of snow next to abandoned vehicles on the Thruway, near Lackawanna, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. A 132-mile stretch of the state Thruway in western New York remains closed as authorities continue their efforts to rescue motorists stranded on a Buffalo-area section of the highway. (AP Photo/New York State Thruway Authority) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
11月なのに積もりすぎ。(10 of10)
A man carries a shovel as he walks in the south Buffalo area on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Buffalo, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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